Links from Presentation – 2026

Customized Development

Note: All the resources below are free to download and use, or, in the case of the webinar, sign up and attend. If you’d rather we make a game for you than make your own game, that can be arranged, and, although it’s not free, we’ll give you a great price. Learn more here.

Game design card that says "Example: Click an animal and video plays explaining its uses to the Maya. An educational activity we could add is "

Game Design Workshop Materials

Game Design Cards – PDF colored backgrounds

Game design cards – Another set of cards, this one in Word

Game design worksheet to complete

Sign-up for No-Code Game Builder webinar – Spaces available beginning May, 2026

7 Gen Blocks Game Builder - 2 choices , create a game or edit a game

Links

Games we’ve made – links to our games, by device (Chromebook, iPad, Windows/ Mac, Android)

Growing Math site – games, lessons, videos and virtual manipulatives

Games created using primary sources from the Library of Congress

Publications

De Mars, A., & Longie, E. (2018). The value of perseverance: Using Dakota culture to teach mathematics. Transmotion, 4(2), 113–131. https://doi.org/10.22024/UniKent/03/tm.252

De Mars, A., Taken Alive, J., Ortiz, M., Ma, Z., & Wang, M. (2022). Educators’ Perspectives on Factors Impacting STEM Achievement in Rural Indigenous Student- Serving Schools. The Rural Educator, 43(1), 24-36. https://doi.org/10.35608/ruraled.v43i1.1207