Monster School Bus
ContentIntegers, Addition, Subtraction, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving
LearningThis game requires students to drive a bus through a town to pick up students. The learning develops as students reason how to make their stops so that the bus can fit all the kids without overloading it. It requires the use of basic addition and subtraction along with problem solving.
This learning is a relational understanding of addition and subtraction since learners can visualize how adding or subtracting persons from the bus changes the load. Instead of simply being number operations, the game is giving a context to the act of addition and subtraction helping learners gain an understanding of what the process is doing mathematically. TechnologyThe role of technology here is to engage the learner in a real world situation that he or she is familiar with. The problem solving, addition and subtraction is naturally required to play the game, but it is done so in a way that students enjoy and are that they are motivated to complete. The site does an excellent job in framing the game into an activity that students will enjoy doing.
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