Games That Make You Smarter

AnnMaria De Mars

Example of a plot for statistics education — I like good news and today’s post is brimming with it. The American Statistical Association has a page on their site This Is Statistics called “resources for teaching during social distancing” but really, these digital resources are excellent because they can be used any time! Statistics Education Web is awesome! […]

Statistics Education at Any Age

May 19, 2020 in Fifth Grade / Seventh Grade / Sixth Grade / Statistics Education by AnnMaria De Mars

Spirit Lake has multiplication word problems — In nearly 30 years teaching and consulting on American Indian reservations, I’ve seen a dismaying number of failures to provide a good education. In the movie, Mask, the mother of a boy with a noticeable physical disfigurement is trying to register him for middle school. The principal says, Perhaps a […]

Failing Native American students: Let me count the ways

May 11, 2020 in AnnMaria / Cultural content / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Resources tagged Native American heritage month by AnnMaria De Mars

Foggy road with no traffic in the Canadian Rockies — When we heard schools were closing, our first thought was, "How can we help?" So, we made all of our games, apps and other resources free.

When the world closed down, we asked, “What can we ...

May 4, 2020 in 7GenGames / Bilingual Education / Cultural content / Educational Games / Educational Resources / Math / Teachers tagged Digital Learning / learning at home by AnnMaria De Mars

Perimeter of a rectangle — This lesson plans includes 2 videos on perimeter, running around the house and 10 math problems.

Finding the perimeter and physical education

April 14, 2020 in Educational Games / Educational Resources / Math / Third Grade by AnnMaria De Mars

Ojibwe woman from Fish Lake about to jump over some rocks — Fish Lake is a lot more like a video game than anything that plays on Chromebooks AND it gives an in-depth introduction to fractions.

5 Ways Fish Lake helps school from home

April 12, 2020 in Educational Games / fractions / Math by AnnMaria De Mars

AzTech: The Story Begins - book on desk with picture of Mayan god-king — Combining Mayan history and math, learn about distributions and Mayan trading with these two videos. An adventure game, included, kicks off the AzTech Games series. Bilingual Spanish-English

Social Studies Meets Math in Today’s AzTech Games Lesson

April 1, 2020 in Bilingual Education / History / Math / Mathematics / Seventh Grade / Sixth Grade / video tagged Distributions by AnnMaria De Mars

Fractions problems teacher report from Fish Lake — How do you know what standards are being addressed while students are learning at home? Fish Lake reports break it down easily.

Student Progress Reports for Fish Lake

March 29, 2020 in Educational Games / Educational Resources / Fifth Grade / fractions / Math / Mathematics / Sixth Grade by AnnMaria De Mars

What happens when division is not exact? — Use our division play list to teach long division and division with remainders. End your lesson by playing Spirit Lake, learning more math along with Dakota history.

Learning Division on YouTube and with Spirit Lake

March 24, 2020 in 10 Minute Lesson / division / Division / Educational Resources / Fifth Grade / Fourth Grade / Math / Mathematics / Teachers tagged division with remainders / long division by AnnMaria De Mars

Division Problem from 7 GenGames Youtube Play list — If you’ve decided that summer came early and your children are going to spend the next however long this quarantine lasts watching stupid YouTube videos where celebrities stuff pickles up their nose, we won’t judge you. However, if you’d like some education to happen, check out this division play list, with animated videos that explain everything from what is a dividend to long division with remainders. All the videos are from one and a half to around three and a half minutes.

Yes, Your Kids Can Learn Division on YouTube

March 22, 2020 in division / Division / Educational Resources / Fifth Grade / Fourth Grade / Math / Mathematics tagged long division by AnnMaria De Mars

Trail divided into fractions, from Fish Lake game — Today's post features another fraction problem contributed by a middle school student. This one teaches equivalent fractions and common denominators.

Part 2: Math Problems and Middle School Game Design Project

March 19, 2020 in Fifth Grade / fractions / Math / Sixth Grade tagged equivalent fractions / word problems by AnnMaria De Mars

Equivalent fractions, 9/12 and 3/4 — One way to teach students fractions is to have them write their own problems and give the answer. Next, have them solve and discuss each other's problems. Play the Fish Lake game to get some ideas of fractions problems.

Math Problems and Middle School Game Design Project: Part 1

March 18, 2020 in Educational Games / Fifth Grade / fractions / Math / Sixth Grade tagged equivalent fractions / student-written problems by AnnMaria De Mars

Multiplication of two-digit and three-digit numbers — Two- and three-digit multiplication is worth learning, even if everyone has a calculator app in their pocket. Here are some reasons why.

Math in the age of iPhones

March 10, 2020 in Educational Games / Mathematics / Two-digit multiplication by AnnMaria De Mars