Designed to provoke clear thinking in an enjoyable and challenging manner, there are 12 puzzles each with five levels of difficulty, a set of 24 photocopyable activity sheets and many suggestions for activities away from the computer.
The easiest levels can be played by pre-school children, facilities are also provided for students with special needs. There is very little text, so reading ability is not essential. The hardest levels may even give teachers a hard time!
Key features
- Easy to use
- Suitable for most ages and abilities
- Assists the development of problem solving skills
- Covers a wide range of maths problems
- Facilities for students with special needs
- Minimal screen text, reading ability not essential
- Records progress through the puzzles
- Save position and many control options available
List of numeracy game contents
- Seals-Problem solving with shapes and movement (like a simplified Rubik`s cube)
- Trapeze-Simple physics: pendulums, timing.
- Magician-Logic, sequencing and problem solving
- Traffic Lights-Timing, observation and planning
- Cannon-Simple physics: trajectories, angles, speed
- Cage-Basic numeracy: addition and simple equations
- Unicycles-Basic numeracy: positive and negative numbers, number lines
- Tickets-Basic numeracy: addition and multiplication, simple simultaneous equations
- Elephant-Basic numeracy: addition
- Scaffolding-Spatial awareness and distance in two and three dimensions
- Clowns-Problem solving and logic in a novel setting!
- Lions-Sorting and size