Presents four card games that can teach arithmetic concepts, reinforce skills, and develop problem-solving techniques. (MKR)

Describes some of the many worthwhile activities to be done with Poly Plug, an activity board that engages children in mathematics. (Author/CCM)

Presents a mathematical analysis of the game "twenty-four points" that aims to apply arithmetic operations on the four numbers to reach a specific number. This game can improve children's ability to do mental arithmetic. (ASK)

Used classification and seriation games over 4 months to teach the oddity principle and insertion into a series to Head Start 4-year-olds during free play. A comparison group participated in free play without the teacher-directed classification and seriation games. At the conclusion, intervention students were significantly better than comparison…

Introduces the use of the game Battleship to study the system of equations and the distance formula. (ASK)

Decribes a variation on Bingo that provides a non-routine probability investigation through which students develop concepts of chance. (Author/CCM)

Describes a game designed to familiarize students with nuclear reactions and the general geography of the table of nuclear isotopes by simulating the nucleogenic process. (CCM)

Points out the pedagogical testing value of the game show "Who Wants to be a Millionaire". Explains which game show components are applicable to classroom settings and examines some show strategies. (YDS)

Presents programs and curricula that provide meaningful food systems education to students. Includes a list of resources for food systems education, science activities, and a game. (YDS)

Presents a game that was created to loosely simulate the process of genetic material exchange and to illustrate how two simple sets of genes can lead to much variability. (ASK)

Describes a form of dimensional analysis based on a pack of cards for use with students aged 11-16. Presents new approaches to understanding the manipulation of simple equations, and also aids familiarization with the units involved and the relationships between them. Provides differentiation by altering the layout of the cards and varying the…

Teachers spend a great deal of time trying to capture student interest because motivation is the beginning of learning. One effective way to do this is through the use of games in the classroom. Games provide a natural motivation, are part of good teaching strategies, and, fortunately, there are many that can be used to help build concepts.…

In this article, the author shares some of the activities for the classroom invented by Gill Hatch. One of those activities is the activity for older students, which is for the five-year-olds through to post-graduates. Card-sorting game, geometry games, algebra games, and loop games are also some of those activities for the classroom invented by…

This paper outlines an innovative education project that, by using a cutting-edge racing car physics simulation, will help create the next generation of engineers. The article gives an overview of this genre of games to give a background to the non-games expert. It also identifies key educational methodologies that have helped to form the goals of…

The discrete dynamical system of absolute differences defined by the map [psi]( x[subscript 1] , x[subscript 2] , x[subscript 3] , x[subscript 4] ) = ([vertical line] x[subscript 2] - x[subscript 1] [vertical line], [vertical line] x[subscript 3] - x[subscript 2] [vertical line], [vertical line] x[subscript 4] - x[subscript 3] [vertical line],…