Math

Math (X) - Elementary (X)

Pearl Diver

Navigate the number line while diving among shipwrecks and sunken ruins. Will you find a pearl, or an old boot? Watch out for the electric eel! Pearl Diver teaches properties of numbers, how to plot numbers, how to visualize quantity on the number line, how to order numbers, and how to use the number line as a visual model for mathematical operations.

Refraction

Refraction is an online puzzle game for teaching fractions. The game requires knowledge of fractions to succeed. In Refraction, the player must partition lasers in order to power spaceships containing various animals who have gotten stuck in space. These animal spaceships all require different fractions of the lasers, and the player is given several pieces that split and bend the lasers to reach the animals and satisfy these requirements.

Creature Capture

Creature Capture is a fun and colorful fraction-based card game where the goal of the game is to own more of the board than your opponent! Players engage in both solo and multiplayer gameplay as they collect cards and build strategies. Opponents take turns playing their creature-themed cards to a central board, causing battles between opposing cards along the way. The victor of each battle is determined by one of three battle rules: largest number wins, smallest number wins, and closest number to ½ wins.

Piñata Fever

In this math game you’re the host of a crazy piñata party. To keep the party pumping you need to keep the candy jar topped up – and the only way to get more candy is by smashing piñatas!

These colourful, goody-stuffed toys descend slowly from the top of the play area. You must move quickly to intercept them by adding and subtracting positive and negative numbers. Once in position, smash open the piñatas to release their tasty treats! Think fast because if you run out of candy, the party’s over!

Roll for It!

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Roll For It! is a casual, family-friendly dice and card game. Each player starts the game with six dice of a single color, and three target cards are laid face-up on the table.

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Math
Special Education
Play Time: 
15 min.
Roll for It!

Prices! Prices! Prices! Why They Go Up and Down

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Copies: 6

Sometimes prices go up and up and up. Then they suddenly crash. Why? In simple language and with colorful graphics and amusing characters, this picture book explains the basic laws of supply and demand, using examples kids will understand, such as dueling lemonade stands on the same block. Terms such as "fixed costs" and "variable costs" are clearly explained, and a glossary as well as a helpful graphic summary are included.

Prices! Prices! Prices! Why They Go Up and Down

I See a Pattern Here

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Copies: 6

Patterns are fascinating! They can be so beautiful that people come from all over the world to see them, or so familiar you hardly notice them. They appear everywhere: beehives, dinner plates, even the bottoms of your shoes!
With stunning photographs that show diverse examples from nature and artwork around the world, Bruce Goldstone reveals the secrets behind patterns--and gives you some fun ideas for making your own.

I See a Pattern Here

Addition in the Forest

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Uses a trip into the woods to teach basic arithmetic. Describes addends, sums, the commutative property of addition, and the associative property of addition. Also includes color photographs and a glossary of words found in the text.

Addition in the Forest

Division with Toys

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Introduces young readers to division through everyday situations. Features simple text, full-color photographs, a glossary, and a list of resources for further study.

Division with Toys

Graphing in the Desert

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Readers use graphing methods to keep track of the different things they see in a desert. Defines terms such as bar graph, circle graph, icon, key, line graph, and pictograph.

Graphing in the Desert

Holiday Fractions

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Uses bright illustrations with specific Holiday objects to teach young students how to work with fractions.

Holiday Fractions

Measuring at Home

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Uses unique photographs and simple instructions to teach children how to measure a variety of things around their home including some measurements in recipes.

Measuring at Home

Money at the Store

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Teaches money and counting concepts through a story about two boys who go to the grocery store to buy items to make ice cream sundaes.

Money at the Store

Multiplication on the Farm

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Introduces multiplication concepts as seen on a farm. Elements counted include pigs, horseshoes, eggs, and cornstalks.

Multiplication on the Farm

Qwixx

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Qwixx is a quick-playing dice game in which everyone participates, no matter whose turn it is. Each player has a scoresheet with the numbers 2-12 in rows of red and yellow and the numbers 12-2 in rows of green and blue.

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Math
Library
Play Time: 
15 min.
Qwixx

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