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Maggie Verster

Numeracy: Learning through games - 0 views

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    "By the end of this section, you will have: * developed ways to use games to raise interest in mathematics; * used a range of games to help enhance mathematical understanding and number skills."
Maggie Verster

MathX is a mxit maths game to hone those basic skills - 0 views

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    "MathX is a mathematical game where the player is given 4 single digit numbers (0-9). The player must apply the basic operators (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division) to each of these numbers, using all the numbers once only, to get to the answer 24."
Maggie Verster

Flash Maths games to download or put on your site - 0 views

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    These games are no longer directly accessible due to the excessive amount of bandwidth they consume but you can download and use it.
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    You are free to download them to use offline or to put them on your own web site. (CC licence=Great)
Maggie Verster

Developing mathematics: The early years- a free online certified course - 0 views

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    The goal of the course is to assemble a toolkit for helping young children develop mathematically. The course is offered for credit at Arcadia University and for P2PU School of Math Future completion certificate to anyone in the world (open and free). Overarching themes: Personally meaningful and relevant mathematics achieved through projects, games, problem-posing and problem-solving. Computer-based mathematics, including interactive simulations, modeling tools, solvers, and children programming platforms. Lifelong learning for teachers, with the focus of online communities and networks for teacher support, and building your personal learning networks
Maggie Verster

Worldometers - real time world statistics -Wooooow - 0 views

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    See real-time data on a host of topics important to daily life around the world!! * world population (e.g., births this year, deaths today, net population growth for today) * government and economics (daily government spending by category; computers sold) * society and media (new book titles published, money spent on video games, Google searches) * environment (forest loss, carbon dioxide emissions, current average temperature) * food (tons of food produced; people who died of hunger) * water (water consumed, people with no access to safe drinking water) * energy (solar energy striking Earth; oil pumped; oil, gas, and coal left) * health (deaths caused by alcohol, suicides, road traffic accident fatalities) Worldometers' algorithm takes the latest statistical data available from the United Nations (UN), the World Health Organization (WHO), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and other institutions, and then processes them together with its estimated progression to compute figures current up to the millisecond. Available in dozens of languages, this site is part of the Real Time Statistics Project. Read more about that here: http://www.realtimestatistics.org/
Maggie Verster

How can maths help us in our daily lives? - 0 views

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    How can maths help us in our daily lives? In this exhibit, you'll look at the language of numbers through common situations, such as playing games or cooking. Put your decision-making skills to the test by deciding whether buying or leasing a new car is right for you, and predict how much money you can save for your retirement by using an interest calculator.
Maggie Verster

Maximum Capacity Game - 0 views

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    In Maximum Capacity, you play the role of an elevator attendant who must bring as many gorillas as possible to the eighth floor for the annual Gorilla's Ball at the Jungle Hotel! The only problem is, the doors to the ball close in three minutes, and there are still hundreds of anxious gorillas waiting. Bring as many as you can to the eighth floor in three minutes.
Maggie Verster

The eyeballing game: see how good you are at creating geometrical shapes - 0 views

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    This applet let's you drag the shapes into position and you play against others to get the best shape!
Maggie Verster

Flash Lottery: draw numbers according to yhour max - 0 views

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    This tool will draw 6 random numbers from 1 to as high as you like. The numbers are random and will be different every time. Makes a fun way to do probability exercises, extra credit questions where students have to guess the number(s) that will come up, and many other clever activities we're sure you'll think of. Have fun!
Maggie Verster

Financial Literacy for Students - 0 views

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    Being financially-savvy is crucial to making the kind of smart money decisions key to ensuring quality of life. Help your students get up to speed on this important life skill with regularly updated K-12 lessons and other resources in this special sponsored section.
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