Math
education is very enjoyable with games. Generally, mathematics is boring lesson
according to many students. However, if we play games related to topic in this
lesson, it can be more entertaining lesson. Moreover, if games is from
computer, students like a lot because computer, internet and smart phones are
indespensable tools for students in "Technological Age". Well, are
there such games in the internet? Yes, of course. What are those?
One of
these games is "Math Snakes: Pearl Divers". You can access the game
via this link:
By this
game, you can teach integers, rational numbers, number line, ratio, scale
factor, prealgebra, measurement and so on. You can use with the curriculum you
are already using in grades 4-8.
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Other
game is "Math Snakes: Game over Gopher" Click here in order to arrive
via this lin:
And you
can watch this video :
You can play
this game when telling coordinate system. Briefly, you draw polygons in
coordinate plane given coordinates for the vertices, then apply techniques in
the context of solving real-world and mathematical problems. you find and
position integers and other rational numbers on horizontal or vertical number
line diagram; find and position pairs of integers and other rational numbers on
a coordinate plane. You solve real-world and mathematical problems by graphing
points in all four quadrants of coordinate plane. It includes use of
coordinates and absolute value to find distances between points with the same
first coordinate or the same second coordinate.
For
fractions, you can use this game:
Moreover,
you can arrive these games for different grades. For example, You can use this
game, for 5th graders:
For 6th
graders:
And so
on.
Finally,
the most popular game is "Minecraft". thanks to minecraft, we can
teach a lot of topics related to other diciplines too.
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