Elementary Math Games for Smart Boards
As Smart Boards continue to gain in popularity in classrooms around North America, teacher resource web sites increasingly add Smart Board games and downloads to their libraries of teaching materials. There are a few games specifically designed as Smart Board Notebook files and other games -- web games, for example -- that work well with the Smart Board. These elementary math games make excellent classroom aids.
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Turkey Trot
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Turkey Trot is a Thanksgiving-themed math review game designed specifically for the Smart Board. The game has a few built-in math word problems to teach students the process of solving logic problems: read, question, number facts and solve. The content is customizable, meaning teachers can change the problems to give the game an extended shelf life. It's a free download and a Notebook file, so it's ready to go on your Smart Board immediately.
The Phantom Menace Review Game
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This Smart Board game requires a little work from the teacher to make it relevant for your specific curriculum, but the components are all in place. "Phantom Menace" is a review game for any subject. You complete a few slides with review questions (in this case, math) and then run the Notebook file and divide the class into two teams. The animations and randomization are different each time, allowing for a bit of variety, but the game's Halloween theme may limit when you can play it during the year.
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Count Us In
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The Australian Broadcasting Corporation created the "Count Us In" games website, which offers 15 different elementary math games that can either be played online or downloaded to your PC to be played locally on the Smart Board. These games are designed for very young children and reinforce number concepts. The animation and simplicity of the games suit a preschool or kindergarten audience.
Jefferson Labs
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The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science created the Jefferson Labs web site, which specializes in science education. The games at the Jefferson Labs site has six math games including the very addictive "SpeedMath," which works well as a Smart Board game because it requires students to quickly choose an answer by clicking (in the online mode) or pressing the screen of the Smart Board. Other games include "Mystery Math" and the two-player "Nim Number Game."
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