If you’re gearing up for math test prep or end-of-year review, you know how tough it can be to keep students engaged—and focused—during review season. That’s exactly why I created the Enchanted Maze: 6th Grade Math Review Bundle.
Also, this resource transforms review into a fantasy-themed learning adventure, where students journey through 15 interactive math stations covering every major 6th grade standard—from equations and expressions to volume, decimals, and data.
Why Math Test Prep Station Review Works
✅ Movement + Variety = Engagement – Math stations break learning into manageable chunks and allow students to move, collaborate, and tackle content from different angles.
✅ Differentiation Made Easy – Stations naturally allow for choice and pacing. Students can work where they feel most confident and revisit skills as needed.
✅ Built-in Accountability – With recording sheets, story-based objectives, and self-checking elements like puzzles and code breakers, students stay on task and take ownership of their learning.
What Makes the Math Test Prep Enchanted Maze Special?
For this math test prep activity, each station features a unique hands-on activity—from puzzles and task cards to mazes and craftivities—all wrapped in a magical storyline that keeps students excited to solve the next challenge. Whether they’re converting potions, exploring coordinate scrolls, or unlocking castle vaults, students are practicing rigorous math in an imaginative, low-stress way.
Example Stations from the Enchanted Maze:
- Order of Operations Chain – Students solve expressions to link together a magical chain and escape the Guardian’s riddle.
- Unit Rate Market Challenge – Using a themed price list, students calculate unit rates and compare deals in the Merchant’s Trade.
- Inequality Puzzle – Students match verbal phrases, graphs, symbols, and solutions to piece together enchanted pathways.
- Coordinate Plane Scrolls – Learners plot points, follow directions, and even calculate perimeter and area—all on a magical grid.
- Volume & Surface Area Castle Cards – Students calculate and compare measurements of 3D figures using castle-themed task cards and nets.
- Rational Numbers Cube – A hands-on review cube with six activities focused on fractions and decimals, like mazes and color-by-code cauldrons.
- Integer Spellbook Craftivity – Students answer integer questions to create a 3D spellbook they can cut, fold, and display.
- Vault of Data – Analyze box plots, dot plots, and tables to answer statistical questions and unlock the vault hidden deep in the castle.
Ready to Make Math Review Magical?
The Enchanted Maze is easy to manage, and flexible enough for any classroom. Use it over several days or as a full-week review event—and watch your students review, collaborate, and fall in love with math all over again.
👉 [Check out the Enchanted Maze Bundle here!]
Action Steps:
- Check out the Enchanted 6th Grade Test Prep Station Review.
- Check out Cubes and Dodecahedrons for your math class.
- Take a look at No Prep Activities for Busy Math Teachers blog post.