Assignment: Investigate The Concept Of Variables 5.19a Assignment

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8 activities: 8 games

117 min

Activity 1: Simulation Game. Estimated duration: 10 min

Equality Explorer: Basics - Lab

Change the values of three different objects and build balanced and unbalanced situations. Note: Students will automatically move through this simulation after 10 minutes of playtime.

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Teacher Ratings (3) 1.7 stars.

Student Ratings (1249) 3.0 stars.

Activity 2: Simulation Game. Estimated duration: 10 min

Equality Explorer - Variables

Discover how to maintain equality or inequality by adding and removing integers and variables from a balance. Build an equation or inequality and observe the effects of changing the value of the variable. Note: Students will automatically move through this simulation after 10 minutes of playtime.

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Teacher Ratings (17) 3.1 stars.

Student Ratings (1927) 3.1 stars.

Activity 3: Question Game. Estimated duration: 15 min

Newton Pool

The game consists of hand-crafted levels where the player controls a white ball. The goal of each level is to get the white ball to the end of the level in as few moves as possible, while racking up points by bumping golden balls into obstacles on the way! The game does not have any instructional math content, it simply has math review questions spread throughout.

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Teacher Ratings (751) 4.0 stars.

Student Ratings (259650) 4.0 stars.

Activity 4: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 28 min

Enigma: Algebraic Expressions

Enigma is a puzzle game based on riddles that the player will need to solve! All the riddles in the game can be solved with a mathematical expression or an algebraic expression. You are representing an explorer looking for treasures, and your goal is to find all the golden coins in the game!

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Teacher Ratings (22) 2.6 stars.

Student Ratings (1085) 3.2 stars.

Activity 5: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 17 min

Say It With Mathbees!

Our intrepid Technician is sent out in the field to help the local marketplace, with its... shall we say "eccentric" rules. Learn about algebraic expressions as you chase down those gosh darn mathbees!

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Teacher Ratings (31) 3.7 stars.

Student Ratings (1657) 2.5 stars.

Activity 6: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 13 min

Burger Dash!

The new burger restaurant just opened and Jessie needs help on her first day of work. She will teach you how to calculate the cost of each burger, and she also has a surprise for you to celebrate the first day of business!

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Teacher Ratings (20) 3.5 stars.

Student Ratings (3486) 3.7 stars.

Activity 7: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 11 min

Mystic Door

The Mystic Door contains the treasure of an ancient civilization and the only way to unlock it is to solve the puzzle left behind. In this game by Zapzapmath, students will write expressions that record operations with numbers and with letters standing for numbers.

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Teacher Ratings (66) 4.0 stars.

Student Ratings (8191) 3.3 stars.

Activity 8: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 13 min

Algebratic 9000

Learn how to write and understand algebraic expressions and equations to represent real-world problems!

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Teacher Ratings (72) 4.5 stars.

Student Ratings (7184) 3.4 stars.