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Thanksgiving editions of five favorite games, with fall colors and Thanksgiving word problems. The math is the same as the originals, so they fit right into your lessons the week of Thanksgiving. Grades 1–8 and Algebra 1. Get all 5 in the Thanksgiving bundle for $18.
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The Thanksgiving edition of What's My Rule? Feed numbers into the pie oven, study the last 10 inputs and outputs, then crack the secret recipe as an equation like 2x + 3 = y.
Skills: Input/output tables, finding the rule from a table, writing linear equations like y = 2x + 3, negative slopes and constants, quadratic and cubic rules (Extreme)
OAS 6.A.1.2–3 · PA.A.2.1–2.2
Common Core: 6.EE.C.9 · 8.F.A.3 · 8.F.B.4 · HSF-BF.A.1
The Thanksgiving edition of Who's Multiplying? Cranberry and Pumpkin each move a chip on the 1–9 corn row, multiply the two chips and serve that plate. Get four plates in a row to win.
Skills: Multiplication facts 1–9, factors and products, strategic thinking
Choose the grade on the start screen · problems match that grade
Common Core: 3.OA.C.7 · 3.OA.A.1 · 4.OA.B.4
The Thanksgiving edition of Systems Showdown: solve systems by graphing, substitution and elimination with word problems about parade tickets, pie fundraisers and the drive to Grandma's.
Skills: Solutions of systems, solving by graphing, substitution and elimination, number of solutions, systems word problems, systems of inequalities
OAS PA.A.2.1 · PA.A.4.1, 3 · A1.A.1.3 · A1.A.2.1
Common Core: 8.EE.C.8a · 8.EE.C.8b · 8.EE.C.8c · HSA-REI.C.5–6 · HSA-REI.D.12 · HSA-CED.A.3
The Thanksgiving edition of Double Trouble. Race along the Harvest Hollow Trail to the Feast Table with doubles, halves, near doubles and double-and-halve tricks.
Skills: Doubles facts, halves, near doubles, doubling and halving 2-, 3- and 4-digit numbers, double-and-halve multiplication strategies, story problems
OAS 1.N.2.3 · 1.N.3.2 · 2.N.2.2 · 2.N.2.4 · 2.N.3.2 · 3.N.2.2 · 3.N.2.7–8 · 4.N.2.1 · 4.N.2.5 · 4.A.2.1
Common Core: 1.OA.B.3 · 1.OA.C.6 · 2.OA.B.2 · 2.OA.C.3 · 2.NBT.B.5 · 3.OA.B.5 · 3.OA.C.7 · 3.NBT.A.2 · 4.OA.A.1 · 4.NBT.B.5–6
The Thanksgiving edition of Scale Sleuths. Every pumpkin, pie, apple and ear of corn has a secret weight. Use the balanced market scales to figure out what each one weighs.
Skills: Will it balance?, one mystery shape, two and three mystery shapes with substitution, unknowns on both sides, writing the equation for a balance
OAS 3.A.2.1–2 · 4.A.2.2–3 · 5.A.2.1–3 · 6.A.1.3 · 6.A.3.2 · 7.A.3.1 · 7.A.4.1 · PA.A.3.1 · PA.A.4.1
Common Core: 3.OA.A.4 · 3.OA.D.8 · 4.OA.A.3 · 5.OA.A.2 · 6.EE.A.2c · 6.EE.B.5 · 6.EE.B.7 · 7.EE.A.1 · 7.EE.B.4a · 8.EE.C.7b · 8.EE.C.8b–c
Quick, no-prep 5 minute math games the whole class plays on your projector while they move. Every game has 5 levels, from adding within 20 up to integers and one-step equations, so one game works in grades 1–8. Get all 10 in the Brain Break Pack for $19. More about math brain breaks
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A math sentence appears on the screen. Students stand up if it's true and sit down if it's false, then the answer pops up.
Skills: 5 levels: add & subtract within 20, times tables & division facts, multi-digit operations, fractions, decimals & percents, integers & one-step equations
OAS 1.N.2.1 · 2.N.2.1 · 4.N.2.2–2.3 · 5.N.3.1 · 5.N.3.3 · 7.N.2.1–2.4 · 7.A.3.1
Common Core: 1.OA.C.6 · 2.OA.B.2 · 3.OA.C.7 · 4.NBT.B.4–6 · 4.NF.B.3 · 5.NBT.A.2 · 5.NBT.B.7 · 6.RP.A.3c · 6.EE.B.7 · 7.NS.A.1–2
The class shouts answers together to build a streak before the buzzer. Every right answer makes the clock a little faster. Can you beat the class record?
Skills: 5 levels: add & subtract within 20, times tables & division facts, multi-digit operations, fractions, decimals & percents, integers & one-step equations
OAS 1.N.2.1 · 2.N.2.1 · 4.N.2.2–2.3 · 5.N.3.1 · 5.N.3.3 · 7.N.2.1–2.4 · 7.A.3.1
Common Core: 1.OA.C.6 · 2.OA.B.2 · 3.OA.C.7 · 4.NBT.B.4–6 · 4.NF.B.3 · 5.NBT.A.2 · 5.NBT.B.7 · 6.RP.A.3c · 6.EE.B.7 · 7.NS.A.1–2
Simon says hop on one foot if 6 × 7 = 42! Students do the move only when Simon says it and the math is true. Trick rounds keep everyone listening.
Skills: 5 levels: add & subtract within 20, times tables & division facts, multi-digit operations, fractions, decimals & percents, integers & one-step equations
OAS 1.N.2.1 · 2.N.2.1 · 4.N.2.2–2.3 · 5.N.3.1 · 5.N.3.3 · 7.N.2.1–2.4 · 7.A.3.1
Common Core: 1.OA.C.6 · 2.OA.B.2 · 3.OA.C.7 · 4.NBT.B.4–6 · 4.NF.B.3 · 5.NBT.A.2 · 5.NBT.B.7 · 6.RP.A.3c · 6.EE.B.7 · 7.NS.A.1–2
Students hop left and right on the spot to move a frog along the number line, then call out where it lands. Then watch the frog jump to check.
Skills: 5 levels: add & subtract within 20, times tables & division facts, multi-digit operations, fractions, decimals & percents, integers & one-step equations
OAS 1.N.2.1 · 2.N.2.1 · 4.N.2.2–2.3 · 5.N.3.1 · 5.N.3.3 · 7.N.2.1–2.4 · 7.A.3.1
Common Core: 1.OA.C.6 · 2.OA.B.2 · 3.OA.C.7 · 4.NBT.B.4–6 · 4.NF.B.3 · 5.NBT.A.2 · 5.NBT.B.7 · 6.RP.A.3c · 6.EE.B.7 · 7.NS.A.1–2
Four answers, four colored corners of the room. Students walk to the corner with the right answer before the timer runs out.
Skills: 5 levels: add & subtract within 20, times tables & division facts, multi-digit operations, fractions, decimals & percents, integers & one-step equations
OAS 1.N.2.1 · 2.N.2.1 · 4.N.2.2–2.3 · 5.N.3.1 · 5.N.3.3 · 7.N.2.1–2.4 · 7.A.3.1
Common Core: 1.OA.C.6 · 2.OA.B.2 · 3.OA.C.7 · 4.NBT.B.4–6 · 4.NF.B.3 · 5.NBT.A.2 · 5.NBT.B.7 · 6.RP.A.3c · 6.EE.B.7 · 7.NS.A.1–2
Clues appear one at a time: I'm even, I'm greater than 40, my digits add up to 9. Students stand up when they think they know the number.
Skills: 5 levels: add & subtract within 20, times tables & division facts, multi-digit operations, fractions, decimals & percents, integers & one-step equations
OAS 1.N.2.1 · 2.N.2.1 · 4.N.2.2–2.3 · 5.N.3.1 · 5.N.3.3 · 7.N.2.1–2.4 · 7.A.3.1
Common Core: 1.OA.C.6 · 2.OA.B.2 · 3.OA.C.7 · 4.NBT.B.4–6 · 4.NF.B.3 · 5.NBT.A.2 · 5.NBT.B.7 · 6.RP.A.3c · 6.EE.B.7 · 7.NS.A.1–2
Partners count “Rock, paper, MATH!” and throw out fingers, then race to add or multiply the two hands. The rule changes with each level.
Skills: 5 levels: add & subtract within 20, times tables & division facts, multi-digit operations, fractions, decimals & percents, integers & one-step equations
OAS 1.N.2.1 · 2.N.2.1 · 4.N.2.2–2.3 · 5.N.3.1 · 5.N.3.3 · 7.N.2.1–2.4 · 7.A.3.1
Common Core: 1.OA.C.6 · 2.OA.B.2 · 3.OA.C.7 · 4.NBT.B.4–6 · 4.NF.B.3 · 5.NBT.A.2 · 5.NBT.B.7 · 6.RP.A.3c · 6.EE.B.7 · 7.NS.A.1–2
Four number cards and a target. Students use every card once, with any operations, to make the target, then stand up and shout “Make it!”
Skills: 5 levels: add & subtract within 20, times tables & division facts, multi-digit operations, fractions, decimals & percents, integers & one-step equations
OAS 1.N.2.1 · 2.N.2.1 · 4.N.2.2–2.3 · 5.N.3.1 · 5.N.3.3 · 7.N.2.1–2.4 · 7.A.3.1
Common Core: 1.OA.C.6 · 2.OA.B.2 · 3.OA.C.7 · 4.NBT.B.4–6 · 4.NF.B.3 · 5.NBT.A.2 · 5.NBT.B.7 · 6.RP.A.3c · 6.EE.B.7 · 7.NS.A.1–2
Music plays and students dance while a number pattern builds on the screen. When the music stops, everyone freezes and calls out what comes next.
Skills: 5 levels: add & subtract within 20, times tables & division facts, multi-digit operations, fractions, decimals & percents, integers & one-step equations
OAS 1.N.2.1 · 2.N.2.1 · 4.N.2.2–2.3 · 5.N.3.1 · 5.N.3.3 · 7.N.2.1–2.4 · 7.A.3.1
Common Core: 1.OA.C.6 · 2.OA.B.2 · 3.OA.C.7 · 4.NBT.B.4–6 · 4.NF.B.3 · 5.NBT.A.2 · 5.NBT.B.7 · 6.RP.A.3c · 6.EE.B.7 · 7.NS.A.1–2
A picture flashes for a few seconds: a pile of apples, a shaded bar or a big multiplication. Students make their best estimate and the closest guess wins.
Skills: 5 levels: add & subtract within 20, times tables & division facts, multi-digit operations, fractions, decimals & percents, integers & one-step equations
OAS 1.N.2.1 · 2.N.2.1 · 4.N.2.2–2.3 · 5.N.3.1 · 5.N.3.3 · 7.N.2.1–2.4 · 7.A.3.1
Common Core: 1.OA.C.6 · 2.OA.B.2 · 3.OA.C.7 · 4.NBT.B.4–6 · 4.NF.B.3 · 5.NBT.A.2 · 5.NBT.B.7 · 6.RP.A.3c · 6.EE.B.7 · 7.NS.A.1–2
Number sense and fact fluency for younger students: doubles and halves, even and odd. Choose the grade on the start screen and every question matches it.
Race through Twin Town with doubles, halves, near doubles and double-and-halve tricks for faster mental math.
Skills: Doubles facts, halves, near doubles, doubling and halving 2-, 3- and 4-digit numbers, double-and-halve multiplication strategies, story problems
OAS 1.N.2.3 · 1.N.3.2 · 2.N.2.2 · 2.N.2.4 · 2.N.3.2 · 3.N.2.2 · 3.N.2.7–8 · 4.N.2.1 · 4.N.2.5 · 4.A.2.1
Common Core: 1.OA.B.3 · 1.OA.C.6 · 2.OA.B.2 · 2.OA.C.3 · 2.NBT.B.5 · 3.OA.B.5 · 3.OA.C.7 · 3.NBT.A.2 · 4.OA.A.1 · 4.NBT.B.5–6
Pair up socks to learn even and odd: count pairs, find the sock with no match, split numbers into equal addends and spot even and odd patterns.
Skills: Even and odd by pairing objects, counting pairs and leftovers, even and odd numbers to 1,000, skip counting by 2s, equal addends, even and odd sums and products
OAS 1.N.1.4 · 1.N.3.2 · 2.N.1.5 · 2.A.1.1 · 3.A.1.1 · 3.N.2.6
Common Core: 1.OA.C.5–6 · 2.OA.C.3 · 2.OA.C.4 · 3.OA.D.9
Race across Critter Meadow by counting, comparing, making 10, adding and subtracting.
Skills: Counting objects to 20, counting on, counting to 120, skip counting by 2s, 5s, 10s and 100s, more and less, comparing numbers with >, < and =, number bonds and making 10, addition and subtraction within 20, fact families, the equal sign, story problems
OAS K.N.1.1–2, 5, 7–8 · K.N.2.1 · 1.N.1.4–7, 9 · 1.N.2.1–3 · 2.N.1.1, 4, 7 · 2.N.2.1–2, 5 · 2.A.2.3
Common Core: K.CC.A.1–2 · K.CC.B.4–5 · K.CC.C.6–7 · K.OA.A.1–5 · 1.NBT.A.1 · 1.NBT.B.3 · 1.NBT.C.5 · 1.OA.A.1–2 · 1.OA.B.3–4 · 1.OA.C.5–6 · 1.OA.D.7–8 · 2.NBT.A.2, 4 · 2.NBT.B.8 · 2.OA.A.1 · 2.OA.B.2
Build your tower one block at a time with tens and ones, number forms, comparing, 10 and 100 more or less, and adding and subtracting with place value.
Skills: Tens and ones with base-ten blocks, the value of a digit, standard, expanded and word form, regrouping (like 2 tens and 15 ones), comparing with >, < and =, 10 more/less and 100 more/less, adding and subtracting tens, 2-digit addition and subtraction with regrouping, adding and subtracting within 1,000
OAS 1.N.1.2–3, 6–7, 9 · 2.N.1.1, 3–4, 7 · 2.N.2.4–5
Common Core: 1.NBT.A.1 · 1.NBT.B.2–3 · 1.NBT.C.4–6 · 2.NBT.A.1, 3–4 · 2.NBT.B.5–9
A game show about clocks, calendars, coins and dollars. Pick a tile, answer the question and win the points.
Skills: Telling time to the hour and half hour, to 5 minutes and to the minute, quarter past and quarter to, a.m. and p.m., days, months and the calendar, elapsed time, coin names and values, counting coins and bills, fewest coins, making change from $1 and $20, shopping and time story problems
OAS 1.GM.3.1–2 · 1.N.4.1–3 · 2.GM.3.1–2 · 2.N.4.1–2 · 3.GM.3.1–2 · 3.N.4.1–2
Common Core: 1.MD.B.3 · 2.MD.C.7–8 · 3.MD.A.1
Inch your way to the finish by comparing lengths, measuring with cubes and rulers, choosing units and solving length problems.
Skills: Longer, shorter, taller and the same, ordering by length, comparing through a third object, measuring with unit cubes and paper clips (no gaps, no overlaps), why bigger units give smaller numbers, measuring with inch and centimeter rulers, objects that don't start at 0, choosing units (inches, feet, yards, centimeters, meters) and tools, estimating length, how much longer, adding and subtracting lengths, number line diagrams
OAS K.GM.2.1–2 · 1.GM.2.1–4 · 2.GM.2.1–2
Common Core: K.MD.A.1–2 · 1.MD.A.1–2 · 2.MD.A.1–4 · 2.MD.B.5–6
Plant flowers on the garden grid by reading tally charts, picture graphs, bar graphs and tables. Get 4 in a row to win!
Skills: Sorting objects and counting each group, most and fewest, reading tally marks, totals, how many more and how many fewer, picture graphs with keys of 1, 2 and 5, bar graphs with scales of 1, 2, 5 and 10, one- and two-step problems using graphs and tables
OAS K.D.1.1–3 · 1.D.1.1–3 · 2.D.1.1–4 · 3.D.1.1–2
Common Core: K.MD.B.3 · 1.MD.C.4 · 2.MD.D.10 · 3.MD.B.3
Collect shapes to build your masterpiece by naming flat and solid shapes, counting sides and corners, finding equal parts and putting shapes together.
Skills: Naming circles, triangles, squares, rectangles, rhombuses, trapezoids, pentagons, hexagons and octagons in any position or size, quadrilaterals, sides, corners (vertices), angles and right angles, defining vs. non-defining attributes, cubes, spheres, cylinders, cones, rectangular prisms and pyramids, faces, edges and vertices, halves, thirds and fourths, rows and columns of squares, composing shapes and pattern blocks, position words (above, below, beside, between)
OAS K.GM.1.1–5 · K.GM.2.1 · 1.GM.1.1–4 · 1.N.3.1 · 2.GM.1.1–5 · 2.N.3.1
Common Core: K.G.A.1–3 · K.G.B.4, 6 · 1.G.A.1–3 · 2.G.A.1–3
A game show for addition and subtraction fluency: facts, strategies, fact families, missing numbers and bigger numbers.
Skills: Addition and subtraction facts within 20, adding three and four numbers, adding and subtracting tens and hundreds, near doubles, making a ten, getting to 10 when subtracting, thinking addition to subtract, friendly numbers (adding 9, 99 and 199), even and odd sums, fact families, missing addends and subtrahends, balancing equations, 2-digit and 3-digit addition and subtraction with regrouping
OAS 1.N.1.2 · 1.N.2.1–3 · 2.N.2.1–2, 4–5 · 2.A.2.3 · 3.N.2.3 · 3.A.2.1
Common Core: 1.OA.B.3–4 · 1.OA.C.6 · 1.OA.D.8 · 1.NBT.C.4 · 2.OA.B.2 · 2.NBT.B.5, 9 · 3.NBT.A.2 · 3.OA.D.9
One game, many grades. Choose the grade on the start screen and every problem matches it.
Each player moves their own chip on the 1–9 row. Multiply the two chips, cover the product in your color, and get four in a row before your rival.
Skills: Multiplication facts 1–9, factors and products, strategic thinking
Choose the grade on the start screen · problems match that grade
Common Core: 3.OA.C.7 · 3.OA.A.1 · 4.OA.B.4
Roll, land on a property and solve its Easy, Medium or Hard problem to buy it free, or pay with points. Trade properties, draw Chance cards, dodge detention and own a whole color set to triple the rent.
Skills: Eight grade-level topics on every board, from addition and time (3rd) to slope and the Pythagorean theorem (8th)
Choose the grade on the start screen · problems match that grade
Common Core review: Gr 3–5 OA · NBT · NF · MD · G · Gr 6–8 RP · NS · EE · G · SP · 8.G.B.7
Pick your gear: an Easy problem moves you 2 spaces, Medium 4 and Hard 6. Hit boosts, turbos, pit stops and roadblocks on the way to the finish line.
Skills: Operations, fractions, geometry, data, money and algebra at the grade you choose
Choose the grade on the start screen · problems match that grade
Common Core review: Gr 3–5 OA · NBT · NF · MD · G · Gr 6–8 RP · NS · EE · G · SP
Journey through Number Valley, Money Market, Geometry Mountains, Data City, Algebra Forest and Coordinate Space. Earn a key in each region to reach the Lost Castle.
Skills: Six strands of math, one per region, with chests, traps and a castle challenge
Choose the grade on the start screen · problems match that grade
Common Core review: Gr 3–5 OA · NBT · NF · MD · G · Gr 6–8 RP · NS · EE · G · SP
Crack five topic locks before the clock runs out. Each code reveals a clue number, and the clue numbers open the master lock. A new room every game.
Skills: Operations, fractions and decimals, geometry, data and algebra, with hints and time penalties
Choose the grade on the start screen · problems match that grade
Common Core review: Gr 3–5 OA · NBT · NF · MD · G · Gr 6–8 NS · EE · G · SP
Cast Spark, Fireball and Lightning by simplifying expressions and solving equations. Duel other wizards, or team up to beat the Algebra Dragon with systems of equations.
Skills: Like terms, distributive property, equations, inequalities, functions, systems of equations
Choose the grade on the start screen · problems match that grade
Common Core: 6.EE.A.3–4 · 6.EE.B.8 · 7.EE.A.1 · 7.EE.B.4 · 8.EE.C.7–8 · 8.F.A.1
Pizza-powered fraction challenges: compare slices, shade fractions, place them on a number line, solve operations and convert to decimals and percents.
Skills: Comparing, equivalent fractions, number lines, fraction operations, fractions to decimals and percents
Choose the grade on the start screen · problems match that grade
Common Core: 3.NF.A.1–3 · 4.NF.A.1–2 · 4.NF.B.3–4 · 4.NF.C.6 · 5.NF.A.1 · 5.NF.B.4 · 6.RP.A.3c
Fly from Oklahoma to Japan, France, Kenya and more. Solve each trip's money, distance, time or measurement problem to earn a passport stamp, then race home.
Skills: Rates, currency conversion, measurement, percents, scale, time zones and equations
Choose the grade on the start screen · problems match that grade
Common Core: 4.MD.A.1–2 · 6.RP.A.3 · 7.RP.A.3 · 7.G.A.1 · 8.EE.C.7
Budget and build houses, parks, schools, stores and stadiums. Every building needs its construction math done right, like a park's area, grass cost and discount.
Skills: Area, perimeter, volume, money, percents, ratios, functions, inequalities and systems
Choose the grade on the start screen · problems match that grade
Common Core: 3.MD.C.7 · 3.MD.D.8 · 5.MD.C.5 · 6.RP.A.3 · 7.RP.A.3 · 7.EE.B.4 · 8.F.B.4 · 8.EE.C.8
The class is stranded! Work together to gather food and water, build a shelter and finish a rescue boat before the days run out.
Skills: Division, multi-step problems, rates, volume, the Pythagorean theorem, linear functions and inequalities
Choose the grade on the start screen · problems match that grade
Common Core: 4.OA.A.3 · 4.NBT.B.6 · 5.MD.C.5 · 6.RP.A.3b · 7.EE.B.4b · 8.F.B.4 · 8.G.B.7
Get paid, work out the bills, shop for the better deal, take side jobs and save with interest. The highest net worth wins.
Skills: Making change, decimals, unit prices, percents, tax, commission, simple interest and linear models
Choose the grade on the start screen · problems match that grade
Common Core: 4.MD.A.2 · 5.NBT.B.7 · 6.RP.A.3b · 7.RP.A.3 · 8.F.B.4
Each solved clue gives a case number that clears a suspect, place or event. Clear the innocent files, then make the accusation that cracks the case.
Skills: Mixed problems from every strand, with whole-number answers matched to case files
Choose the grade on the start screen · problems match that grade
Common Core review: Gr 3–5 OA · NBT · NF · MD · G · Gr 6–8 RP · NS · EE · G
Investigate tables and charts to pick the final shooter, the science-fair plant, the pizza place and more. Answer the evidence questions, then make the call.
Skills: Reading tables and graphs, mean, median, range, percents, probability, scatter plots and lines of best fit
Choose the grade on the start screen · problems match that grade
Common Core: 3.MD.B.3 · 6.SP.B.5 · 7.SP.C.5–7 · 8.SP.A.1–2
Take on geometry commissions, with diagrams, to add floors to your three towers. Finish a tower to make it a landmark.
Skills: Shapes, perimeter, area, angles, symmetry, volume, nets, scale, circles, transformations and the Pythagorean theorem
Choose the grade on the start screen · problems match that grade
Common Core: 3.MD.D.8 · 4.MD.C.5–7 · 4.G.A.3 · 5.MD.C.5 · 6.G.A.4 · 7.G.A.1 · 7.G.B.4 · 8.G.A.1–3 · 8.G.B.7
Design bridges, towers and wheelchair ramps that meet the rules. Predict your length, height, cost or slope, then test the build.
Skills: Multiplying and adding measurements, decimals, budgets, inequalities and slope
Choose the grade on the start screen · problems match that grade
Common Core: 4.MD.A.2 · 5.NBT.B.7 · 7.EE.B.3 · 7.EE.B.4b · 8.EE.B.5 · 8.F.B.4
Five number cards are face up. Make a true equation from them, with operations on both sides, and every card you use is yours.
Skills: Order of operations, parentheses, mental math and flexible thinking; exponents in 6th–8th
Choose the grade on the start screen · problems match that grade
Common Core: 3.OA.C.7 · 5.OA.A.1 · 6.EE.A.1 · 6.EE.A.2c
Tap the number line to dive to the right spot and grab treasure: whole numbers, fractions, decimals, negatives and square roots on lines with changing scales.
Skills: Whole numbers, fractions and mixed numbers, decimals to thousandths, negative numbers, absolute value and moves on the number line, comparing rational numbers, square roots, rational vs. irrational numbers, repeating decimals as fractions
OAS 3.N.1.1 · 3.N.3.4 · 4.N.3.2 · 4.N.3.8–9 · 5.N.1.1 · 5.N.1.3 · 6.N.1.1–2 · 7.N.1.1 · 7.N.1.3 · PA.N.1.4
Common Core: 3.NF.A.2 · 3.NF.A.3a · 4.NF.A.2 · 4.NF.C.6–7 · 5.NBT.A.3 · 6.NS.C.6 · 6.NS.C.6c · 6.NS.C.7a · 7.NS.A.1 · 7.NS.A.1b · 8.NS.A.1–2 · 8.EE.A.2
Crack balance-scale logic puzzles: every shape has a secret weight. Use the balanced scales to figure out what each mystery shape weighs.
Skills: Will it balance?, one mystery shape, two and three mystery shapes with substitution, unknowns on both sides, writing the equation for a balance
OAS 3.A.2.1–2 · 4.A.2.2–3 · 5.A.2.1–3 · 6.A.1.3 · 6.A.3.2 · 7.A.3.1 · 7.A.4.1 · PA.A.3.1 · PA.A.4.1
Common Core: 3.OA.A.4 · 3.OA.D.8 · 4.OA.A.3 · 5.OA.A.2 · 6.EE.A.2c · 6.EE.B.5 · 6.EE.B.7 · 7.EE.A.1 · 7.EE.B.4a · 8.EE.C.7b · 8.EE.C.8b–c
The gym scale only weighs two balls at a time. Use the pair readings to figure out what every ball weighs, with live needles that show when your numbers match.
Skills: Unknown addends, doubles and halves, pair sums and differences, substitution with three or more unknowns, half-ounce values
OAS 3.A.2.1 · 4.A.2.2 · 5.A.2.2 · 6.A.3.2 · 7.A.3.1 · PA.A.4.1
Common Core: 3.OA.D.8 · 4.OA.A.3 · 5.OA.A.2 · 6.EE.B.7 · 7.EE.B.4a · 8.EE.C.8b–c
Focused games for one skill at a time: place value, patterns, time, measurement, the coordinate plane and prime factors. Choose 3rd, 4th, 5th or 6th grade on the start screen.
Crack the bank's vaults with place value. Bigger locks mean bigger loot, but too many wrong answers set off the alarms.
Skills: Read, write, compare and round big numbers; expanded form; × and ÷ by 10, 100 and 1,000
OAS 3.N.1 · 4.N.1
Common Core: 3.NBT.A.1 · 4.NBT.A.1–3 · 5.NBT.A.2
Run the factory machines, crack each pattern rule and fill your conveyor belt with toys.
Skills: Function machines, input/output rules, number and shape patterns
OAS 3.A.1 · 4.A.1 · 5.A.1.1
Common Core: 3.OA.D.9 · 4.OA.C.5 · 5.OA.B.3
Your bingo card is made of problems. Solve the missing numbers to stamp squares and get four in a row.
Skills: Missing number problems, equal and unequal expressions, number properties
OAS 3.A.2 · 4.A.2 · 5.A.2
Common Core: 3.OA.A.4 · 3.OA.B.5 · 4.OA.A.3 · 5.OA.A.1–2
Read clocks and work out elapsed time to race from the Dinosaur Age all the way to the Future.
Skills: Read analog clocks, elapsed time, convert units of time
OAS 3.GM.3 · 4.GM.3
Common Core: 3.MD.A.1 · 4.MD.A.1–2
Plot points, follow coordinate rules and read the grid to earn digs, then use hot and cold clues to find the buried chests.
Skills: Plot and name points in all four quadrants, coordinate rules and tables, reflections, polygons on the grid (side lengths, perimeter, area and missing vertices)
OAS 5.A.1.2 · 6.A.1 · 6.GM.2.3
Common Core: 5.G.A.1–2 · 6.NS.C.6 · 6.NS.C.8 · 6.G.A.3
Break the Composite King's army into primes to defend the fortress, with a factor tree students build by tapping.
Skills: Exponents, factor trees, prime factorization, GCF and LCM
OAS 6.N.2.4–2.6
Common Core: 4.OA.B.4 · 6.NS.B.4 · 6.EE.A.1
Five Olympic events with on-screen rulers, protractors and thermometers. Measure right to win the most medals.
Skills: Read rulers, protractors and thermometers; convert units; choose the best unit
OAS 3.GM.2.5–2.7 · 4.GM.2 · 5.GM.3
Common Core: 3.MD.B.4 · 4.MD.A.1 · 4.MD.C.6 · 5.MD.A.1
Hop along the number line: place fractions, find equivalent fractions and compare them to leap across the pond.
Skills: Fractions on number lines, fractions greater than 1, equivalent fractions, comparing fractions, decomposing fractions
OAS 3.N.3.1–4 · 4.N.3.1–4
Common Core: 3.NF.A.1–3 · 4.NF.A.1–2 · 4.NF.B.3a · 4.NF.B.3b · 3.NF.A.2a · 3.NF.A.2b · 3.NF.A.3c · 3.NF.A.3a · 3.NF.A.3b · 3.NF.A.3d
Count squares, multiply sides and measure fences to plan the best garden. Claim four plots in a row.
Skills: Area by counting squares, area of rectangles, L-shapes, perimeter and unknown sides, area vs. perimeter, missing side lengths
OAS 3.GM.2.1–2, 4 · 4.GM.2.2
Common Core: 3.MD.C.5–7 · 3.MD.D.8 · 4.MD.A.3 · 3.MD.C.7a · 3.MD.C.7b · 3.MD.C.7c · 3.MD.C.7d
Classify triangles and quadrilaterals, lines and angles, and symmetry. Sort four shapes in a row to win.
Skills: Quadrilaterals, equal parts, points, lines, rays, parallel and perpendicular lines, angle types, classifying triangles, symmetry, shape hierarchy
OAS 3.GM.1.3 · 3.N.3.2–3 · 4.GM.1.1–2 · 4.GM.2.1 · 5.GM.1.1
Common Core: 3.G.A.1–2 · 4.G.A.1–3 · 5.G.B.3–4
Solve multi-step word problems to spot animals on safari. Fill your field guide first.
Skills: Two-step and multi-step word problems, times-as-many comparisons, interpreting remainders, fraction and decimal stories, choosing the equation
OAS 3.N.2.4–5, 7 · 3.A.2.1 · 4.N.2.3–5 · 4.N.4.2 · 4.A.2.1–2 · 5.N.2.1–4 · 5.N.3.1, 3 · 5.GM.3.3–4 · 5.A.2.1
Common Core: 3.OA.D.8 · 3.NBT.A.1 · 4.OA.A.2–3 · 5.NF.A.2 · 5.NF.B.3, 6 · 5.NBT.B.5–7 · 5.MD.A.1 · 5.OA.A.2
Compare, round and compute with decimals to sprint around the track.
Skills: Decimal notation, place value to thousandths, comparing and ordering decimals, rounding, powers of 10, decimal operations, money problems
OAS 4.N.3.6–9 · 4.N.4.2 · 5.N.1.1–4 · 5.N.3.1, 3–4 · 6.N.4.1–4 · 6.N.1.2
Common Core: 4.NF.C.5–7 · 4.MD.A.2 · 5.NBT.A.1–4 · 5.NBT.B.7 · 6.NS.B.3 · 6.NS.C.7
Multiply and divide fractions to scale recipes and fill your kitchen shelf first.
Skills: Multiplying fractions and mixed numbers, area models, scaling, dividing unit fractions, dividing fractions, recipe word problems
OAS 5.N.2.3 · 6.N.4.1–4
Common Core: 5.NF.B.3–7 · 6.NS.A.1
Collect lab gear by reading and making line plots with fractions: measure, compare, add and subtract, and summarize data.
Skills: Reading line plots marked in halves, fourths and eighths, finding the value of a mark, comparing fractional measurements, equivalent eighths, how many measured more or less than a value, difference between greatest and least, total of equal measurements, adding the two greatest values, sharing a total equally (5th), range, mode and median, matching data to a line plot
OAS 4.D.1.1, 3 · 4.N.3.5 · 5.D.1.1–2
Common Core: 4.MD.B.4 · 4.NF.B.3 · 5.MD.B.2 · 5.NF.A.2
Claim squares by finding volume: count unit cubes, use layers, use V = l × w × h, add combined figures and solve volume problems. Get 4 in a row to win.
Skills: Unit cubes and cubic units, counting cubes (including hidden ones), cubes per layer × number of layers, V = l × w × h and V = B × h, volume of figures made of two boxes, finding a missing dimension, different boxes with the same volume, choosing cubic units
OAS 5.GM.2.1
Common Core: 5.MD.C.3–5 · 5.MD.C.5a · 5.MD.C.5b · 5.MD.C.5c
Teams solve multi-digit multiplication one step at a time. Each problem, choose Split it (area model and partial products) or the standard algorithm, then check each other's work and call Challenge! on mistakes.
Skills: Estimating products by rounding, area models, partial products, splitting one factor or both factors by place value, multiplying by multiples of 10 and 100, adding partial products, the standard algorithm with carrying, multiplying by the ones and tens digits with a placeholder zero, adding rows, checking and correcting a partner's steps
OAS 4.N.2.2–3 · 5.N.2.4
Common Core: 4.NBT.B.5 · 5.NBT.B.5
Race to the finish by asking statistical questions, finding mean, median, mode, range, IQR and MAD, and reading dot plots, histograms and box plots.
Skills: Statistical vs. non-statistical questions, mean, median and mode, finding a missing value from the mean, choosing the best measure of center, how outliers affect the mean and median, range, quartiles and IQR, mean absolute deviation (MAD), comparing consistency, reading dot plots and box plots, describing the shape of a distribution
OAS 6.D.1.1–2
Common Core: 6.SP.A.1–3 · 6.SP.B.4–5 · 6.SP.B.5c · 6.SP.B.5d · 6.SP.B.5a · 6.SP.B.5b
Claim squares by finding the rule: dependent and independent variables, tables, equations and graphs. Get 4 in a row to win.
Skills: Identifying dependent and independent variables, which variable goes on which axis, completing tables from a rule, finding the rule from a table, writing equations like y = 4x and y = 3x + 5, reading graphs of relationships, extending a pattern, solving real-world problems with equations
OAS 6.A.1.2–3
Common Core: 6.EE.C.9 · 6.EE.B.6
One game for each major topic of a 7th grade Pre-Algebra year, aligned to the Oklahoma Academic Standards, plus functions and slope games, a state-test review game and two long division games.
Roll and race along the trail. Every color is a skill: integers, rational numbers, exponents, absolute value, square roots and order of operations.
Skills: Integers, rational numbers, exponents, absolute value, square roots, order of operations
OAS 7.N.1.1–1.3 · 7.N.2.1–2.4 · 7.A.4.1–4.2 · PA.N.1.4
Common Core: 6.NS.C.7 · 7.NS.A.1–3 · 6.EE.A.1 · 8.EE.A.2
Play the right step card to keep the scale balanced. Miss, and the next player can steal the equation.
Skills: One- and two-step equations, p(x + q) = r, variables on both sides, like terms, no or infinite solutions, substitution
OAS 7.A.3.1 · 7.A.4.1 · PA.A.3.1–3.2 · PA.A.4.1
Common Core: 7.EE.A.1 · 7.EE.B.4a · 8.EE.C.7a–b
Match colored tiles to build inequalities, solve them, pick the right graph and crack word-problem cards.
Skills: One- and two-step inequalities, flipping the sign, graphing on a number line, word problems
OAS 7.A.3.2 · PA.A.4.2 · PA.A.4.3
Common Core: 6.EE.B.8 · 7.EE.B.4b
Collect tables, graphs, equations and word cards that show the same unit rate. Call out the non-proportional imposters.
Skills: Unit rates, ratio tables, graphs and equations, constant of proportionality, proportional or not, unit conversions
OAS 7.A.1.1–1.2 · 7.A.2.1 · 7.GM.3.1
Common Core: 6.RP.A.1–3 · 7.RP.A.1–2
Shop with $200. Discounts, tax, tips, markups and interest decide the final price, but only if you calculate it right.
Skills: Discounts, sales tax, tips, markups, percent of change, simple interest
OAS 7.A.2.2 · 6.N.1.3–1.4 review
Common Core: 6.RP.A.3c · 7.RP.A.3
Claim trapezoids, circles and composite figures by finding their area or perimeter. Connected land scores bonus points.
Skills: Area of trapezoids, circles, semicircles and composite figures; perimeter and circumference
OAS 7.GM.2.1–2.2 · 7.GM.3.2–3.3
Common Core: 6.G.A.1 · 7.G.B.4 · 7.G.B.6
Translate, reflect, rotate and dilate your cannon to hit hidden ships on the coordinate plane.
Skills: Translations, reflections, 90° rotations, dilations, similar figures, scale drawings
OAS 7.GM.4.1–4.3
Common Core: 7.G.A.1 · 8.G.A.1–4
Fill customer orders with boxes and cans that hold enough volume while using the least material.
Skills: Volume and surface area of rectangular prisms and cylinders, nets
OAS 7.GM.1.1–1.3 · PA.GM.2.1–2.4
Common Core: 6.G.A.2 · 6.G.A.4 · 7.G.B.6 · 8.G.C.9
Your hand is a data set. Win rounds with the highest median, smallest range and more, then read box plots, histograms and scatter plots.
Skills: Mean, median, mode, range, IQR, outliers, box plots, histograms, circle graphs, scatter plots
OAS 7.D.1.1–1.3 · PA.D.1.1–1.3
Common Core: 6.SP.B.4–5 · 7.SP.B.3–4 · 8.SP.A.1
Find the probability, place your bet, then watch the booth run 50 times to compare theoretical and experimental results.
Skills: Theoretical and experimental probability, compound, independent and dependent events, fair samples, random samples and inferences about a population, sampling variability
OAS 7.D.1.1 · 7.D.2.1 · 7.D.2.3 · PA.D.2.1–2.3
Common Core: 7.SP.A.1–2 · 7.SP.C.5–8
Jump between planets with the Pythagorean Theorem, refuel with scientific notation and power up with exponent rules.
Skills: Properties of exponents, scientific notation, Pythagorean Theorem, distance between points
OAS PA.N.1.1–1.4 · PA.GM.1.1–1.2
Common Core: 8.EE.A.1 · 8.EE.A.3–4 · 8.G.B.6–8
Build the longest train by spotting functions and matching tables, graphs, equations and stories. Collect all five car types for a caboose bonus.
Skills: What a function is; independent and dependent variables (which goes on the x-axis, equations and rates from tables, what a point on a graph means); tables, graphs, equations and stories; linear vs. nonlinear
OAS PA.A.1 · PA.A.2.1–2.2 · 6.A.1.2
Common Core: 8.F.A.1–3 · 8.F.B.5 · 6.EE.C.9
Find slopes and intercepts to race down the mountain. Pick a green, blue or black-diamond trail, but a miss on black diamond slides you back.
Skills: Slope from graphs, points and tables; intercepts; real-world lines
OAS PA.A.2.3–2.5
Common Core: 8.EE.B.5–6 · 8.F.B.4
Teams pick categories and point values from any units you choose. Perfect for the smartboard before state testing.
Skills: Every unit in one game-show board. Pick your categories and play in teams.
OAS All 7th grade and Pre-Algebra OAS units
Common Core: Grade 7 and 8 domains: RP · NS · EE · G · SP · F
Take turns doing one step of long division at a time: divide, multiply, subtract, bring down. Check each other's work and call Challenge! to catch mistakes.
Skills: Long division step by step, zeros in the quotient, remainders, 2-digit divisors, dividing into decimals
OAS 7.N.1.2 (fractions to decimals) · 6th grade review
Common Core: 4.NBT.B.6 · 5.NBT.B.6 · 6.NS.B.2 · 7.NS.A.2d
Pirate crews split chests, bags, stacks and coins evenly, trading leftovers for smaller pieces. It's long division you can see, and the matching problem builds right beside it.
Skills: Why long division works: place value, fair sharing, regrouping (trading), remainders
OAS Place value & division review · supports 7.N.1.2
Common Core: 4.NBT.B.6 · 5.NBT.B.6 · 6.NS.B.2
Complementary, supplementary and vertical angles, parallel lines and triangle angles in a game-show showdown.
Skills: Complementary, supplementary, vertical and adjacent angles, angle equations, parallel lines and transversals, triangle angle sum, exterior angles
OAS 6.GM.3.1–2 · 7.A.3.1 · G.2D.1.1, 4, 8, 10
Common Core: 7.G.B.5 · 8.G.A.5 · 7.EE.B.4a
A geometry game show: the triangle inequality, angle sums, one-many-or-none triangle conditions, classifying triangles and drawn triangles.
Skills: Triangle inequality (can these sides make a triangle?), greatest and least possible third side, triangle angle sum of 180°, missing angles in isosceles and right triangles, whether conditions (SSS, SAS, ASA, three angles) give exactly one, more than one or no triangle, classifying triangles by sides and angles, recognizing drawn triangles, steps for drawing a triangle with a protractor and ruler
OAS 6.GM.3.2
Common Core: 7.G.A.2
Race to the finish by choosing random samples, spotting bias, predicting from samples and judging claims.
Skills: Random vs. biased samples, representative samples, sources of bias (convenience, voluntary response, leading questions), improving a sample, why bigger isn't better if biased, predicting population counts with proportions and percents, judging predictions, sampling variability, using several samples, checking claims like 'most students…' against sample data
OAS 7.D.1.1
Common Core: 7.SP.A.1–2 · 7.RP.A.3
Collect pies by sorting rational and irrational numbers, turning fractions into decimals and back, estimating square roots and ordering real numbers.
Skills: Classifying numbers as rational or irrational, the real number sets (whole, integer, rational, irrational), writing fractions as terminating and repeating decimals, converting repeating decimals like 0.4̅ and 0.27̅ to fractions, estimating square roots between whole numbers, to the nearest whole number and to the nearest tenth, comparing and ordering real numbers including π and square roots
OAS PA.N.1.4
Common Core: 8.NS.A.1–2 · 8.EE.A.2
Feed numbers into the rule machine, study the last 10 inputs and outputs, then crack the rule by writing it as an equation like 2x + 3 = y. Extreme mode adds exponents.
Skills: Input/output tables, finding the rule from a table, writing linear equations like y = 2x + 3, negative slopes and constants, quadratic and cubic rules (Extreme)
OAS 6.A.1.2–3 · PA.A.2.1–2.2
Common Core: 6.EE.C.9 · 8.F.A.3 · 8.F.B.4 · HSF-BF.A.1
Games for the high school Algebra 1 standards: equations, inequalities, linear functions, polynomials, radicals and probability.
Solve equations to capture outlaws from the wanted posters. Missed bounties go up for the next player.
Skills: Multi-step, absolute value and literal equations
OAS A1.A.1.1–1.2 · A1.A.3.1
Common Core: HSA-REI.A.1 · HSA-REI.B.3 · HSA-CED.A.4
Solve and graph inequalities to rope the wild horses, with a number line students build by tapping.
Skills: Linear, compound and absolute value inequalities; graphing solutions
OAS A1.A.2.1–2.2
Common Core: HSA-REI.B.3 · HSA-CED.A.1
Answer to charge your laser, then choose a slope and y-intercept to fire a line through as many targets as you can.
Skills: Linear equations in every form, parallel and perpendicular lines
OAS A1.A.4
Common Core: 8.EE.B.6 · HSA-CED.A.2 · HSF-LE.A.2 · HSG-GPE.B.5
Play four arcade machines of domain, range, function notation and combining functions, then cash in tickets at the prize counter.
Skills: Domain and range, function notation, combining functions, modeling
OAS A1.F.1 · A1.F.3
Common Core: HSF-IF.A.1–2 · HSF-IF.B.5 · HSF-BF.A.1
A memory match game: pair each equation with its graph, then name the transformation to keep the pair.
Skills: Shifts of parent functions, linear vs. exponential
OAS A1.F.2
Common Core: HSF-BF.B.3 · HSF-IF.C.7 · HSF-LE.A.1
Add, multiply and factor polynomials to earn metal bars, then decide when to forge them into swords and crowns.
Skills: Add, subtract and multiply polynomials; factor GCFs and trinomials
OAS A1.A.3.2–3.4
Common Core: HSA-APR.A.1 · HSA-SSE.A.2 · HSA-SSE.B.3a
Simplify, combine, multiply and rationalize square roots to power your reactor, but wrong answers build heat.
Skills: Simplify and operate on square roots, rationalize denominators
OAS A1.N.1.2
Common Core: HSN-RN.A.2 · 8.EE.A.2
A game show where players bet points on counting, Venn diagram, conditional probability and expected value questions.
Skills: Permutations, combinations, Venn diagrams, conditional probability from Venn diagrams and two-way tables, independence, experimental probability, expected value
OAS A1.D.2
Common Core: 7.SP.C.6 · HSS-CP.A.1–5 · HSS-CP.B.6 · HSS-CP.B.9 · HSS-MD.A.2
Solve systems of equations by graphing, substitution and elimination in a wild-west showdown.
Skills: Solutions of systems, solving by graphing, substitution and elimination, number of solutions, systems word problems, systems of inequalities
OAS PA.A.2.1 · PA.A.4.1, 3 · A1.A.1.3 · A1.A.2.1
Common Core: 8.EE.C.8a · 8.EE.C.8b · 8.EE.C.8c · HSA-REI.C.5–6 · HSA-REI.D.12 · HSA-CED.A.3
Read scatter plots, lines of best fit, correlation and two-way tables. Hit four in a row.
Skills: Scatter plots, association and outliers, lines of best fit and predictions, two-way tables, correlation vs. causation, residuals
OAS PA.D.1.3 · PA.A.2.3 · PA.D.2.1 · A1.D.1.1–3 · A1.A.4.1
Common Core: 8.SP.A.1–4 · HSS-ID.B.5–6 · HSS-ID.C.7–9 · HSS-ID.B.6a · HSS-ID.B.6c · HSS-ID.B.6b
Arithmetic and geometric sequences and exponential growth and decay. Grow your beanstalk to the clouds.
Skills: Arithmetic and geometric sequences, linear vs. exponential, exponential growth and decay models, exponential graphs
OAS A1.F.2.1 · A1.F.3.2 · A1.F.1.2 · A1.A.4.1
Common Core: HSF-IF.A.3 · HSF-BF.A.2 · HSF-LE.A.1–3 · HSF-LE.B.5 · HSF-IF.C.8b
Parabolas, factoring, the quadratic formula, vertex form and projectile problems in a quest for the crown.
Skills: Parabola features, factoring, square roots, the quadratic formula and discriminant, vertex form, projectile problems, complex solutions
OAS A1.A.3.3 · A1.F.3.2 · A2.A.1.1 · A2.A.2.1, 4 · A2.F.1.2–3 · A2.N.1.2 · A1.N.1.1
Common Core: HSA-REI.B.4 · HSA-SSE.B.3a · HSA-SSE.B.3b · HSF-IF.C.7a · HSF-IF.C.8a · HSA-APR.B.3 · HSN-CN.C.7 · HSF-BF.B.3 · HSA-REI.B.4b · HSA-REI.B.4a
Claim squares by solving statistics problems: center and spread, box plots, histograms, the normal curve and two-way tables. Get 4 in a row to win.
Skills: Mean, median and mode, the effect of outliers, range, quartiles, IQR and the 1.5 × IQR outlier rule, population standard deviation, reading dot plots, histograms and box plots, shape and skew, choosing the best measures of center and spread, comparing data sets, shifting and scaling data, the 68–95–99.7 rule, z-scores, joint, marginal and conditional relative frequencies in two-way tables
OAS A1.D.1.1 · A1.D.2.4 · A2.D.1.1
Common Core: HSS-ID.A.1–4 · HSS-ID.B.5
An Algebra 1 game show about reading functions: key features of graphs, average rate of change, comparing functions, interpreting expressions and story graphs.
Skills: x- and y-intercepts, maximum and minimum values, increasing and decreasing intervals, positive and negative intervals, average rate of change from tables, equations and situations, comparing functions given as equations, tables and graphs, interpreting coefficients, constants, factors and growth factors in context, story graphs, discrete vs. continuous, reasonable domains
OAS A1.F.1.2, 4–5 · A1.F.2.1 · A1.F.3.1–2 · A1.A.4.1, 5
Common Core: HSF-IF.B.4–6 · HSF-IF.C.9 · HSA-SSE.A.1
Ride the Unit Express by converting units, finding rates and density, chaining conversion factors, naming units and reporting answers with the right precision.
Skills: Converting customary and metric units, multi-step conversions, metric prefixes (kilo-, centi-, milli-), unit rates and better buys, miles per gallon, density = mass ÷ volume, choosing the correct conversion factor, dimensional analysis with two or three factors (mph to ft/s, km/h to m/s, g/L to mg/mL), units of area, volume and rates in formulas, appropriate precision in context, counting significant figures, rounding products to the correct significant figures
OAS A1.A.1.1
Common Core: HSN-Q.A.1–3
Logic and reasoning for high school Geometry.
Win logic cases with conditional statements and counterexamples. The next player can shout "Objection!" to steal a case.
Skills: Conditionals, converse, inverse, contrapositive, counterexamples, inductive and deductive reasoning
OAS G.RL.1.1–1.2
Common Core: Math Practice MP3 (construct viable arguments) · supports HSG-CO.C.9–11 proofs
Similar triangles, the Pythagorean theorem, special right triangles, SOH-CAH-TOA and the area of any triangle. Climb the tower floor by floor.
Skills: Similar triangles, the Pythagorean theorem and its converse, special right triangles, SOH-CAH-TOA, inverse trig, angles of elevation and depression, area of any triangle with ½ab sin C
OAS G.2D.1.7–8, 10 · G.RT.1.1–4
Common Core: HSG-SRT.A.2 · HSG-SRT.B.5 · HSG-SRT.C.6–8 · HSG-SRT.D.9
Volume and surface area of prisms, cylinders, cones, pyramids and spheres, cross sections and scaling. Load your cargo ship first.
Skills: Volume and surface area of prisms, cylinders, pyramids, cones and spheres, cross sections, solids of revolution, scaling, density
OAS 7.GM.1.1–3 · 7.GM.3.2–3 · G.3D.1.1–2
Common Core: 7.G.A.3 · 7.G.B.4, 6 · HSG-GMD.A.3 · HSG-GMD.B.4 · HSG-MG.A.1–2
Rigid transformations, SSS, SAS, ASA, AAS and HL, CPCTC proofs and constructions. Claim four in a row.
Skills: Rigid transformations, triangle congruence (SSS, SAS, ASA, AAS, HL), CPCTC and two-column proofs, isosceles triangles, parallelograms, constructions
OAS G.RL.1.1 · G.2D.1.5, 9, 11
Common Core: HSG-CO.A.2–5 · HSG-CO.B.6–8 · HSG-CO.C.9–11 · HSG-CO.D.12
Central and inscribed angles, tangents, arc length, sector area and equations of circles in a game-show spin.
Skills: Parts of a circle, central and inscribed angles, tangents and segment lengths, arc length and sector area, equations of circles
OAS G.C.1.1–3 · G.RT.1.1
Common Core: HSG-C.A.1–3 · HSG-C.B.5 · HSG-GPE.A.1
Distance, midpoint, slopes of parallel and perpendicular lines and classifying shapes on the coordinate plane.
Skills: Distance and midpoint, parallel and perpendicular lines, classifying polygons on the coordinate plane, perimeter and area from coordinates, partitioning segments
OAS G.2D.1.5–7 · G.RL.1.1 · A1.A.4.2–3
Common Core: HSG-GPE.B.4–7 · 8.G.B.8
Claim squares by dilating points, using dilation properties, proving triangles similar and solving side-splitter, angle-bisector and right-triangle problems. Get 4 in a row to win.
Skills: Dilating points about the origin and about any center, finding a scale factor, how dilations affect lines, angles, lengths and areas, enlargements vs. reductions, AA, SSS and SAS similarity, corresponding parts from a similarity statement, the triangle proportionality (side-splitter) theorem, midsegments, the angle bisector theorem, altitude to the hypotenuse and geometric means
OAS G.2D.1.8, 10–11
Common Core: HSG-SRT.A.1, 3 · HSG-SRT.B.4
Claim squares by naming undefined terms, choosing precise definitions, fixing flawed definitions with counterexamples, and finding triangle areas with ½ab sin C. Get 4 in a row to win.
Skills: Point, line and plane as undefined terms, segment, ray and line notation, collinear and coplanar, precise definitions of angle, circle, radius, perpendicular and parallel lines, segment, midpoint, angle bisector and perpendicular bisector, counterexamples to flawed definitions, biconditional definitions, height h = b sin C, deriving Area = ½ab sin C, computing areas with exact and calculator values, solving for a missing side or included angle from the area, why sin 30° = sin 150° gives equal areas
OAS G.RL.1.1, 3 · G.2D.1.7 · PC.T.2.3
Common Core: HSG-CO.A.1 · HSG-SRT.D.9
Polynomials, rational functions, radicals and complex numbers, logarithms, trig functions, the unit circle, vectors and matrices, and conic sections. New problems are generated every game.
Polynomial operations, end behavior, factoring, zeros and multiplicity, and division. Power up to full charge.
Skills: Polynomial operations, degree and end behavior, factoring, zeros and multiplicity, long and synthetic division, the Remainder Theorem
OAS A2.A.2.1–2 · A2.A.1.4 · A2.F.1.5
Common Core: HSA-APR.A.1 · HSA-APR.B.2–3 · HSA-SSE.A.2 · HSF-IF.C.7c
Simplify and solve rational expressions and equations, asymptotes and holes, and work problems. Rescue every swimmer.
Skills: Simplifying and operating with rational expressions, rational equations and extraneous solutions, asymptotes and holes, work and rate problems
OAS A2.A.2.3 · A2.A.1.3 · A2.F.1.1, 6
Common Core: HSA-APR.D.6–7 · HSA-REI.A.2 · HSF-IF.C.7d · HSA-CED.A.1
Radicals, rational exponents, radical equations and complex numbers in a game-show treasure cove.
Skills: Simplifying radicals, rational exponents, radical equations, powers of i, complex number operations, complex solutions of quadratics
OAS A2.N.1.1–3 · A2.A.2.5 · A2.A.1.1, 5
Common Core: HSN-RN.A.1–2 · HSN-CN.A.1–3 · HSN-CN.C.7 · HSA-REI.A.2 · HSA-REI.B.4b
Logs and exponentials: log form, properties, solving equations, interest and growth with e. Ski down to the lodge.
Skills: Log and exponential form, evaluating logs, properties of logs, exponential and log equations, interest and growth with e, graphs and inverses
OAS A2.A.1.2, 6 · A2.F.1.4 · A2.F.2.3–4
Common Core: HSF-LE.A.4 · HSF-BF.B.5 · HSF-IF.C.8b · HSA-SSE.B.3c · HSF-BF.B.4a · HSF-IF.C.7e
Radians, the unit circle, amplitude, period and phase shift, and modeling tides and Ferris wheels with sine and cosine.
Skills: Radians, coterminal and reference angles, unit circle values, amplitude, period and phase shift, periodic modeling, the Pythagorean identity
OAS PC.T.1.1–2, 4–5, 8–9 · PC.T.2.1 · PC.T.3.1
Common Core: HSF-TF.A.1–2 · HSF-TF.B.5 · HSF-TF.C.8 · HSF-IF.C.7e
Exact trig values, inverse trig, identities, sum and double-angle formulas, trig equations and the Laws of Sines and Cosines.
Skills: Exact trig values, inverse trig, trig identities, sum, difference and double-angle formulas, trig equations, Law of Sines and Law of Cosines
OAS PC.T.1.1–2, 4–5 · PC.F.1.5 · PC.T.2.1–4 · PC.T.3.1–3
Common Core: HSF-TF.A.3–4 · HSF-TF.B.6–7 · HSF-TF.C.8–9 · HSG-SRT.D.10–11
Vectors, dot products, navigation problems and matrix operations, determinants and inverses on a voyage through space.
Skills: Vector components, magnitude and direction, vector operations, dot product, navigation problems, matrix operations, determinants and inverses
OAS PC.T.2.1–2, 4 · G.RT.1.3–4 · A2.N.2.1–2 · A2.A.1.7
Common Core: HSN-VM.A.1–3 · HSN-VM.B.4–5 · HSN-VM.C.6–12 · HSA-REI.C.8–9
Circles, parabolas, ellipses and hyperbolas: identify, graph, write equations and solve real-world conic problems.
Skills: Identifying conics, circles, parabolas with focus and directrix, ellipses, hyperbolas and asymptotes, writing equations, real-world conics
OAS PC.CS.1.1–5
Common Core: HSG-GPE.A.1–3
Power up your space station with statistics: sampling and bias, surveys and experiments, margin of error, conditional probability and misleading claims.
Skills: Simple random, stratified, cluster, systematic, convenience and voluntary response samples, sources of bias, sample surveys vs. experiments vs. observational studies, correlation vs. causation, random assignment, control groups and placebos, margin of error (≈ 1/√n) and confidence intervals, conditional probability from two-way tables, independence, complements, the addition and multiplication rules, Venn diagrams, misleading graphs and claims, statistical significance from simulations
OAS A2.D.2.1–3 · A1.D.2.2, 4
Common Core: HSS-IC.A.1 · HSS-IC.B.3–6 · HSS-CP.A.1–5 · HSS-CP.B.6–7
An Algebra 2 game show on series and the Binomial Theorem: arithmetic and geometric series, sigma notation, Pascal’s triangle and binomial expansions.
Skills: Sums of arithmetic series with S = n(a₁ + aₙ)/2, finding the last term, theater-seat and log-stack problems, finite geometric series with S = a₁(1 − rⁿ)/(1 − r), savings, bouncing-ball and growth problems, evaluating sigma notation, writing a series in sigma notation, Pascal's triangle, combinations nCk, number of terms and row sums, coefficients in (x + c)ⁿ and (ax + b)ⁿ, expanding binomials
OAS A2.A.3.3–4
Common Core: HSA-SSE.B.4 · HSA-APR.C.5 · HSF-BF.A.2
Claim squares by plotting complex numbers, converting polar coordinates, writing complex numbers in polar form, multiplying and dividing in polar form and using De Moivre’s Theorem. Get 4 in a row to win.
Skills: Plotting a + bi in the complex plane, modulus, distance and midpoint between complex numbers, converting polar points to rectangular coordinates with exact values, finding θ, equivalent polar coordinates with negative r, writing r(cos θ + i sin θ) in a + bi form and back, the argument of a complex number, conjugates as reflections, multiplying by i as a 90° rotation, multiplying and dividing in polar form, modulus and argument of powers, De Moivre's Theorem
OAS PC.T.1.5 · PC.T.4.1–2
Common Core: HSN-CN.B.4–6
Digital versions of the Math Magic tile game. Match colored triangles and solve the math on every side.
Place square tiles so touching triangles match colors, then score the math on every matching side: add, subtract, multiply or divide.
Skills: Mental math with all four operations
Pass-and-play for 1–6 players
Common Core: 3.OA.C.7 · 3.NBT.A.2 · 4.NBT.B.4–6
The sequel: tiles can rotate, and squares, cubes, square roots, cube roots and jokers join the board.
Skills: Four operations, squares and cubes, square and cube roots
Pass-and-play for 1–6 players
Common Core: 3.OA.C.7 · 6.EE.A.1 · 8.EE.A.2
Turf Takeover is a team review game with one version for each grade from kindergarten to Precalculus. Every standard for the grade is in the game: play a full review or pick only the standards on your next test, and the results show which standards to reteach. Get all 13 in the K–12 bundle for $29. More about the review games
A team review game for every Kindergarten math standard. Teams claim tiles on a map by answering questions, and can steal each other's tiles. Play a full review or pick the standards you want. The results show % correct for each standard.
Skills: all 20 Kindergarten standards, including Count by 1s and 10s, Count on from a number, Write & read numbers to 20, Counting objects, Count up to 20, More, fewer or the same and more
OAS K.N.1.1 · K.N.1.2 · K.N.1.5 · K.N.1.7 · K.N.1.8 · K.N.2.1 · K.GM.2.1 · K.GM.2.2 · K.D.1.1 · K.GM.1.1 · K.GM.1.5 · K.GM.1.3 · K.GM.1.4
Common Core: K.CC · K.OA · K.NBT · K.MD · K.G
A team review game for every 1st Grade math standard. Teams claim tiles on a map by answering questions, and can steal each other's tiles. Play a full review or pick the standards you want. The results show % correct for each standard.
Skills: all 21 1st Grade standards, including Story problems to 20, Add three numbers, Properties of addition, Subtract by thinking addition, Counting on and back, Add & subtract within 20 and more
OAS 1.N.2.1 · 1.N.2.3 · 1.N.2.2 · 1.N.1.4 · 1.N.1.5 · 1.N.1.3 · 1.N.1.2 · 1.N.1.7 · 1.N.1.9 · 1.N.1.6 · 1.GM.2.1 · 1.GM.2.4 · 1.GM.3.1 · 1.D.1.1 · 1.D.1.2 · 1.D.1.3 · 1.GM.1.1 · 1.GM.1.2 · 1.GM.1.3 · 1.N.3.1
Common Core: 1.OA · 1.NBT · 1.MD · 1.G
A team review game for every 2nd Grade math standard. Teams claim tiles on a map by answering questions, and can steal each other's tiles. Play a full review or pick the standards you want. The results show % correct for each standard.
Skills: all 23 2nd Grade standards, including One- & two-step story problems, Addition & subtraction facts, Odd & even, Arrays & repeated addition, Hundreds, tens & ones, Skip-count by 5s, 10s, 100s and more
OAS 2.N.2.5 · 2.N.2.1 · 2.N.2.2 · 2.N.1.3 · 2.N.1.1 · 2.N.1.7 · 2.N.2.4 · 2.N.1.4 · 2.GM.2.1 · 2.GM.2.2 · 2.GM.3.1 · 2.GM.3.2 · 2.N.4.1 · 2.N.4.2 · 2.D.1.3 · 2.D.1.4 · 2.GM.1.1 · 2.GM.1.2 · 2.N.3.1
Common Core: 2.OA · 2.NBT · 2.MD · 2.G
A team review game for every 3rd Grade math standard. Teams claim tiles on a map by answering questions, and can steal each other's tiles. Play a full review or pick the standards you want. The results show % correct for each standard.
Skills: all 26 3rd Grade standards, including Meaning of multiplication, Meaning of division, Multiply & divide word problems, Find the unknown number, Properties of operations, Division as an unknown factor and more
OAS 3.A.2.1 · 3.N.2.2 · 3.N.2.7 · 3.N.2.5 · 3.A.1.1 · 3.N.2.3 · 3.N.3.1 · 3.N.3.2 · 3.N.3.4 · 3.N.3.3 · 3.GM.3.1 · 3.GM.3.2 · 3.D.1.1 · 3.D.1.2 · 3.GM.2.4 · 3.GM.2.2 · 3.GM.2.1 · 3.GM.1.3
Common Core: 3.OA · 3.NBT · 3.NF · 3.MD · 3.G
A team review game for every 4th Grade math standard. Teams claim tiles on a map by answering questions, and can steal each other's tiles. Play a full review or pick the standards you want. The results show % correct for each standard.
Skills: all 29 4th Grade standards, including Comparing with multiplication, Comparison word problems, Multistep problems & remainders, Factors, multiples & primes, Patterns from a rule, Place value: 10 times as much and more
OAS 4.N.2.1 · 4.A.2.1 · 4.A.2.2 · 4.N.2.4 · 4.N.2.5 · 4.N.3.1 · 4.N.3.2 · 4.N.3.3 · 4.N.3.4 · 4.D.1.3 · 4.N.3.5 · 4.N.3.6 · 4.N.3.7 · 4.N.3.8 · 4.N.3.9 · 4.N.4.2 · 4.GM.2.2 · 4.D.1.1 · 4.GM.1.1 · 4.GM.1.2
Common Core: 4.OA · 4.NBT · 4.NF · 4.MD · 4.G
A team review game for every 5th Grade math standard. Teams claim tiles on a map by answering questions, and can steal each other's tiles. Play a full review or pick the standards you want. The results show % correct for each standard.
Skills: all 25 5th Grade standards, including Order of operations, Write & read expressions, Two patterns & ordered pairs, Place value: 10 times & 1/10, Powers of 10, Decimals in expanded form and more
OAS 5.A.2.2 · 5.A.2.3 · 5.N.1.1 · 5.N.1.2 · 5.N.1.3 · 5.N.2.4 · 5.N.3.3 · 6.N.4.2 · 6.N.4.4 · 5.D.1.1 · 5.D.1.2 · 5.GM.2.1 · 5.GM.1.1
Common Core: 5.OA · 5.NBT · 5.NF · 5.MD · 5.G
A team review game for every 6th Grade math standard. Teams claim tiles on a map by answering questions, and can steal each other's tiles. Play a full review or pick the standards you want. The results show % correct for each standard.
Skills: all 30 6th Grade standards, including Ratio language, Unit rates, Ratio tables, Rate problems, Percent of a number, Converting units with ratios and more
OAS 6.N.4.2 · 6.N.4.3 · 6.N.4.4 · 6.N.1.1 · 6.N.1.2 · 6.A.3.2 · 6.A.1.3 · 6.A.1.2 · 6.D.1.1 · 6.D.1.2
Common Core: 6.RP · 6.NS · 6.EE · 6.G · 6.SP
A team review game for every 7th Grade math standard. Teams claim tiles on a map by answering questions, and can steal each other's tiles. Play a full review or pick the standards you want. The results show % correct for each standard.
Skills: all 24 7th Grade standards, including Unit rates with fractions, Proportional relationships, Percent problems, Adding & subtracting integers, Multiplying & dividing integers, Rational number word problems and more
OAS 7.N.1.1 · 7.N.1.3 · 7.A.4.1 · 7.A.3.1 · 6.GM.3.2 · 7.GM.1.1 · 7.GM.3.2 · 7.GM.3.3 · 6.GM.3.1 · 7.GM.1.2 · 7.GM.1.3 · 7.D.1.1
Common Core: 7.RP · 7.NS · 7.EE · 7.G · 7.SP
A team review game for every 8th Grade math standard. Teams claim tiles on a map by answering questions, and can steal each other's tiles. Play a full review or pick the standards you want. The results show % correct for each standard.
Skills: all 25 8th Grade standards, including Rational & irrational numbers, Estimating irrational numbers, Exponent rules, Square & cube roots, Scientific notation & estimates, Operations in scientific notation and more
OAS PA.N.1.4 · PA.A.4.1 · PA.A.2.1 · A1.A.1.3 · G.2D.1.1 · PA.D.1.3 · PA.A.2.3 · PA.D.2.1
Common Core: 8.NS · 8.EE · 8.F · 8.G · 8.SP
A team review game for every Algebra 1 math standard. Teams claim tiles on a map by answering questions, and can steal each other's tiles. Play a full review or pick the standards you want. The results show % correct for each standard.
Skills: all 28 Algebra 1 standards, including Rational & irrational results, Units & rates, Parts of an expression, Using structure to rewrite, Factoring to find zeros, Completing the square and more
OAS A1.A.1.1 · A1.F.3.2 · A1.A.1.3 · A1.A.2.1 · A1.F.1.2 · A1.A.4.1 · A1.F.3.1 · A1.F.2.1 · A1.D.1.1 · A1.D.2.4 · A1.D.1.2 · A1.D.1.3
Common Core: HSN-RN · HSN-Q · HSA-SSE · HSA-APR · HSA-CED · HSA-REI · HSF-IF · HSF-BF · HSF-LE · HSS-ID
A team review game for every Geometry math standard. Teams claim tiles on a map by answering questions, and can steal each other's tiles. Play a full review or pick the standards you want. The results show % correct for each standard.
Skills: all 26 Geometry standards, including Geometry vocabulary, Transformations on the plane, Symmetry of polygons, Triangle congruence, Lines & angles, Triangle theorems and more
OAS G.RL.1.1 · G.2D.1.11 · G.2D.1.9 · G.2D.1.1 · G.2D.1.8 · G.2D.1.10 · G.RT.1.2 · G.RT.1.3 · G.C.1.3 · G.C.1.1 · G.2D.1.6 · G.3D.1.1 · A1.D.2.2 · A1.D.2.4
Common Core: HSG-CO · HSG-SRT · HSG-C · HSG-GPE · HSG-GMD · HSG-MG · HSS-CP
A team review game for every Algebra 2 math standard. Teams claim tiles on a map by answering questions, and can steal each other's tiles. Play a full review or pick the standards you want. The results show % correct for each standard.
Skills: all 23 Algebra 2 standards, including Rational exponents, Complex numbers, Complex solutions, Factoring special forms, Geometric series, Remainder theorem and more
OAS A2.A.2.5 · A2.A.1.1 · A2.A.3.4 · A2.A.2.2 · A2.A.2.3 · A2.A.1.3 · A2.F.1.5 · A2.F.1.2 · A2.A.1.6 · A2.D.1.1 · A2.D.2.1
Common Core: HSN-RN · HSN-CN · HSA-SSE · HSA-APR · HSA-REI · HSF-IF · HSF-BF · HSF-LE · HSF-TF · HSS-ID · HSS-IC
A team review game for every Precalculus math standard. Teams claim tiles on a map by answering questions, and can steal each other's tiles. Play a full review or pick the standards you want. The results show % correct for each standard.
Skills: all 21 Precalculus standards, including Complex numbers in polar form, Multiplying in polar form, Vector components & magnitude, Adding & scaling vectors, Matrix operations, Determinants & inverses and more
OAS PC.T.1.5 · PC.T.4.1 · PC.T.2.1 · PC.T.2.2 · A2.N.2.1 · A2.N.2.2 · A2.A.1.7 · A2.A.2.3 · PC.T.1.4 · PC.T.3.3 · PC.T.3.1 · PC.T.3.2 · PC.T.1.8 · G.2D.1.7 · PC.T.2.3 · PC.CS.1.2 · PC.CS.1.4
Common Core: HSN-CN · HSN-VM · HSA-REI · HSA-APR · HSF-IF · HSF-BF · HSF-LE · HSA-SSE · HSF-TF · HSG-SRT · HSG-GPE
Each game is $5 and yours to keep. Every game lists its Oklahoma (OAS) standards first, then Common Core. Questions come with Easy, Medium and Hard levels and a short explanation for every miss.
Phonics, comprehension and sentence skills with picture questions and a read-aloud button for early readers.
Sound out words, spot vowel patterns and blends, and blast your rocket to the stars.
Skills: Short and long vowels, CVC words, digraphs, blends, silent e, vowel teams, r-controlled vowels, syllables, rhymes, endings, prefixes and suffixes
OAS K.2.PA.2–4 · K.2.PWS.3–4 · 1.2.PA.2 · 1.2.PWS.1–3 · 2.2.PWS.1–3
Common Core: RF.K.2–3 · RF.1.2–3 · RF.2.3
Read short stories, find the clues and crack the case: characters, setting, events and key details.
Skills: Characters, setting, feelings, beginning-middle-end, key details (who, what, where, when, why, how), main topic, central message, pictures and words
OAS K.2.R.1, 3 · K.3.R.2–3 · 1.2.R.1, 3 · 1.3.R.3–4 · 2.2.R.1, 3 · 2.3.R.3, 6
Common Core: RL.K.1–3 · RI.K.1–2 · RL.1.1–3 · RI.1.2 · RL.2.1–3, 5 · RI.2.2
Fix capitals, punctuation, nouns and verbs to build a wall of perfect sentences.
Skills: Complete sentences, nouns, verbs, adjectives, pronouns, verb tense and agreement, capitals, end marks, commas, contractions, putting writing in order
OAS 1.5.W.1–4 · 1.5.R.2 · 2.5.W.1, 4–6 · 2.5.R.2 · 3.5.W.1, 5–6 · 3.5.R.2
Common Core: L.1.1–2 · L.2.1–2 · L.3.1–2
Collect pond pals by hearing, matching, spelling and reading sight words in sentences and short stories.
Skills: Dolch sight words for kindergarten, first and second grade: hearing a word and finding it, matching words that look alike (b/d, swapped letters), choosing the word that finishes a sentence, finding a missing letter, choosing the correct spelling, and reading short sight-word sentences and stories to answer questions
OAS K.2.F.3 · 1.2.F.1–2 · 1.2.SE.2 · 2.2.F.1–2
Common Core: RF.K.3c · RF.1.3g · RF.1.4 · RF.2.3f · RF.2.4 · RF.K.4
Ride the Word Wagon by sorting words into groups, finding opposites and words that mean the same, using context clues and figuring out word parts.
Skills: Sorting pictures and words into categories (fruits, animals, clothes, things that go and more), finding the word that does not belong, naming a category, opposites, synonyms, swapping a word for one that means the same, context clues for new words, multiple-meaning words (bat, bark, park, ring, fly), plural -s, -ed and -ing endings, compound words, prefixes un-, re-, pre-, dis- and suffixes -er, -ful, -less, -ly, -ness
OAS K.4.R.1–3 · 1.4.R.1–3 · 2.4.R.1–3
Common Core: L.K.4–5 · L.1.4–5 · L.2.4–5 · L.K.5a · L.1.5a · L.1.5b · L.K.5b · L.1.5d · L.2.5b · L.K.4a · L.1.4a · L.2.4a · L.K.4b · L.1.4b · L.1.4c · L.2.4b · L.2.4c · L.2.4d
A K–2 writing game show: tell stories, facts and opinions apart, pick strong reasons, choose facts that fit a topic, put stories in order and make writing better.
Skills: Telling stories, facts and opinions apart, finding the opinion sentence, choosing a reason that supports an opinion, closing sentences, picking facts that fit a topic, removing sentences that don't belong, topic sentences, beginning-middle-end order, time words (first, next, finally), spacing between words, adding details, stronger verbs and feeling words, combining and moving sentences, setting
OAS K.3.W · K.2.W.2–4 · 1.3.W.1–3 · 1.2.W.2–3 · 2.3.W.1–3 · 2.2.W.1, 3
Common Core: W.K.1–3, 5 · W.1.1–3, 5 · W.2.1–3, 5
The comprehension skills students miss most on state tests: main idea, inference, text evidence and vocabulary.
Find the main idea, supporting details and the best summary to climb to the summit.
Skills: Main idea, supporting details, best summary, best title, theme vs. topic and text structure
OAS 3.2.R.1, 3–4 · 3.3.R.7 · 4.2.R.1, 3–4 · 4.3.R.7 · 5.2.R.1, 3–4 · 5.3.R.7
Common Core: RI.3.2, 8 · RL.3.2 · RI.4.2, 5 · RL.4.2 · RI.5.2, 5 · RL.5.2
Read between the lines, make smart inferences and prove them with text evidence to collect treasure.
Skills: Inferences, best text evidence, character traits and motives, predictions, conclusions and point of view
OAS 3.3.R.5 · 4.3.R.5 · 5.3.R.5
Common Core: RL.3.1 · RI.3.1 · RL.4.1 · RI.4.1 · RL.5.1 · RI.5.1
Use context clues, prefixes, suffixes, roots and figurative language to unlock the meaning of tricky words.
Skills: Context clues, multiple-meaning words, prefixes, suffixes and roots, synonyms and antonyms, analogies, figurative language, connotation
OAS 3.4.R.2–3 · 4.4.R.2–3 · 5.4.R.2–3 · 6.4.R.2 · 7.4.R.2 · 8.4.R.2
Common Core: L.3.4–5 · L.4.4–5 · L.5.4–5 · L.6.4–5 · L.7.4–5 · L.8.4–5
Relative pronouns, verb tenses, modals, commas, quotation marks and confusing words for upper elementary.
Skills: Relative pronouns, progressive and perfect tenses, modals, prepositional phrases, fragments and run-ons, commas, quotation marks, confused words
OAS 4.5.R.1–2 · 4.5.W.1–2, 4, 7, 9–10 · 5.5.R.1–2 · 5.5.W.1–4, 6–7, 9–10
Common Core: L.4.1–2 · L.5.1–2 · L.4.1a · L.4.1d · L.4.1e · L.5.1a · L.5.1e · L.4.1b · L.4.1c · L.5.1b · L.5.1c · L.5.1d · L.4.1f · L.5.2b · L.4.1g · L.4.2a · L.4.2b · L.4.2c · L.5.2a · L.5.2c · L.5.2d
Author’s purpose, point of view, reasons and evidence, fact vs. opinion, text structure and word choice.
Skills: Author’s purpose, author’s point of view, reasons and evidence, fact vs. opinion, text structure, word choice, multiple accounts
OAS 3.3.R.1, 6–7 · 3.7.R · 4.3.R.1, 6–7 · 4.7.R · 5.3.R.1, 5–7 · 5.7.R
Common Core: RI.3.6, 8 · RI.4.5–6, 8 · RI.5.5–6, 8
Claim squares by splitting words into syllables, spotting syllable types, building contractions and abbreviations, using spelling rules and reading with expression. Get 4 in a row to win.
Skills: Counting and dividing syllables in 2- to 6-syllable words, open and closed syllables, r-controlled vowels, vowel teams, diphthongs, silent-e and consonant-le syllables, contractions and their two words, abbreviations (Mr., Ave., ft., approx., etc.), doubling consonants, dropping silent e, changing y to i, silent letters, hard and soft c and g, reading punctuation, ellipses, stressed words, phrasing, character voices and reading rate
OAS 3.2.PWS.1–2 · 3.2.SE.1–3 · 3.2.F.2 · 4.2.PWS.1–2 · 4.2.SE.1–2 · 4.2.F.2 · 5.2.SE.1–2 · 5.2.F.2
Common Core: RF.3.3 · RF.3.4b · L.3.2 · RF.4.3a · RF.4.4b · L.4.2d · RF.5.3a · RF.5.4b · L.5.2e · RF.3.3c · L.3.2e · L.3.2f
A literature game show for grades 3–5: characters, theme, point of view, figurative language, and poems, plays and stories.
Skills: Character traits, feelings and change, setting, plot, conflict, protagonist and antagonist, theme, central message and summary, sequencing events, first-person, third-person, limited and omniscient point of view, simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, idiom, alliteration, onomatopoeia and imagery, stanzas, rhyme and rhythm, cast lists, dialogue, stage directions and scenes, genres such as fables and pourquoi tales
OAS 3.2.R.2–3 · 3.3.R.2–5 · 4.2.R.2–3 · 4.3.R.2–5 · 5.2.R.2–3 · 5.3.R.2–5
Common Core: RL.3.1–6 · RL.4.1–6 · RL.5.1–6
Credible sources and citing, writing craft and revising, and comparing two texts on the same topic. Choose 3–5 or 6–8 on the start screen.
Research questions, credible sources, note-taking, paraphrasing vs. plagiarism and citing sources.
Skills: Research questions, keywords, primary vs. secondary sources, credible sources, note-taking, paraphrasing vs. plagiarism, citing sources
OAS 3.6.R.1–3 · 3.6.W.1–2 · 4.6.R.1–3 · 4.6.W.1–3 · 5.6.R.1–3 · 5.6.W.1–3 · 6.6.R.1–3 · 6.6.W.1–3 · 7.6.R.1–3 · 7.6.W.1–3 · 8.6.R.1–3 · 8.6.W.1–3
Common Core: W.3.7–8 · W.4.7–9 · W.5.7–9 · W.6.7–9 · W.7.7–9 · W.8.7–9 · RI.4.6 · RI.3.5
Hooks, transitions, details, organization and revising and editing real student drafts.
Skills: Hooks, transitions, narrative details, thesis and topic sentences, organization, opinion writing, revising and editing drafts
OAS 3.3.W.1–3 · 3.2.W.1–2 · 4.3.W.1–3 · 4.2.W.1–2 · 5.3.W.1–3 · 5.2.W.1–2 · 6.3.W.1–3 · 6.2.W.2–3 · 7.3.W.1–3 · 7.2.W.2–3 · 8.3.W.1–3 · 8.2.W.2–3
Common Core: W.3.1–5 · W.4.1–5 · W.5.1–5 · W.6.1–5 · W.7.1–5 · W.8.1–5
Compare two texts on the same topic, firsthand and secondhand accounts, text features and visuals.
Skills: Comparing two texts on a topic, firsthand vs. secondhand accounts, integrating information, text features and visuals, conflicting information
OAS 3.7.R · 4.7.R · 5.7.R · 3.6.R.2 · 4.6.R.2 · 5.6.R.2 · 4.3.R.5 · 5.3.R.3, 5 · 6.3.R.1–2, 5 · 7.3.R.1–2, 6 · 8.3.R.1–2, 6, 8 · 6.7.R · 7.7.R · 8.7.R
Common Core: RI.3.7, 9 · RI.4.6–7, 9 · RI.5.6–7, 9 · RL.4.9 · RL.5.9 · RI.6.6–7, 9 · RI.7.6–7, 9 · RI.8.6–7, 9 · RL.6.9 · RL.7.9
Argument, evidence and the grammar rules middle schoolers trip on.
Spot claims, judge evidence, answer counterclaims and win the debate.
Skills: Claims and thesis, relevant evidence, reasoning, fact vs. opinion, counterclaims and rebuttals, central idea, objective summary, author's purpose
OAS 6.3.W.3 · 6.3.R.1, 6 · 6.2.R.1 · 7.3.W.3 · 7.3.R.1, 6 · 7.2.R.1 · 8.3.W.3 · 8.3.R.1, 6 · 8.2.R.1
Common Core: RI.6.2, 6, 8 · W.6.1 · RI.7.2, 6, 8 · W.7.1 · RI.8.2, 6, 8 · W.8.1
Pronouns, clauses, modifiers, verbals and commas. Survive the gauntlet and get four in a row.
Skills: Pronoun case, phrases and clauses, sentence types, modifiers, verbals, active/passive voice, verb mood, commas, semicolons, run-ons, agreement, confused words
OAS 6.5.R.1–2 · 6.5.W.1, 3, 7 · 7.5.R.1–2 · 7.5.W.1, 3, 11 · 8.5.R.1–2 · 8.5.W.1, 3, 7
Common Core: L.6.1–2 · L.7.1–2 · L.8.1–2
Theme, plot structure, character, point of view and figurative language in short middle school stories and poems.
Skills: Theme, objective summary, plot structure, setting and character, point of view and dramatic irony, figurative language, poetry and drama
OAS 6.2.R.1 · 6.3.R.3–5 · 6.4.R.2 · 6.7.R.1 · 7.2.R.1 · 7.3.R.3–5 · 7.4.R.2 · 7.7.R.1 · 8.2.R.1 · 8.3.R.3–5 · 8.4.R.2 · 8.7.R.1
Common Core: RL.6.1–7 · RL.7.1–7 · RL.8.1–7
Literary analysis, rhetoric, logical fallacies and research skills with short original and classic passages.
Analyze theme, characterization, figurative language, tone and structure in short literary passages.
Skills: Theme, characterization, point of view, figurative language, irony, tone, mood, word choice, structure and poetry
OAS 9.3.R.3–4 · 10.3.R.3–4 · 11.3.R.3–4 · 12.3.R.3–4
Common Core: RL.9-10.2–5 · RL.11-12.2–6
Ethos, pathos, logos, fallacies, evidence and research skills in a game-show showdown.
Skills: Ethos, pathos, logos, rhetorical strategies, author's purpose, claims and evidence, logical fallacies, credible sources and citation
OAS 9.3.R.5–6 · 9.6.R.3 · 10.3.R.5–6 · 10.6.R.3 · 11.3.R.5–6 · 11.6.R.3 · 12.3.R.5–6 · 12.6.R.3
Common Core: RI.9-10.6, 8 · W.9-10.1, 7–8 · RI.11-12.6, 8 · W.11-12.1, 7–8
Parallel structure, phrases and clauses, semicolons, colons, dashes, modifiers and concise writing for high school.
Skills: Parallel structure, phrases and clauses, semicolons, colons and dashes, comma rules, modifiers, active and passive voice, concise writing
OAS 9.5.R.1–2 · 9.5.W.1–3, 7–8, 11 · 10.5.R.1–2 · 10.5.W.1–3, 7–8, 11 · 11.5.R.1–2 · 11.5.W.1–2, 6–7, 10 · 12.5.R.1–2 · 12.5.W.1–2, 6–7, 10
Common Core: L.9-10.1–3 · L.11-12.1–3 · L.9-10.1a · L.11-12.3a · L.9-10.1b · L.9-10.2a · L.9-10.2b · L.11-12.2a · L.11-12.1a · L.11-12.1b
High school vocabulary: context clues, Greek and Latin roots, connotation, analogies and figures of speech.
Skills: Context clues, Greek and Latin roots, analogies, connotation and denotation, figures of speech, multiple-meaning and academic words
OAS 9.4.R.1–4 · 9.4.W.1–2 · 10.4.R.1–4 · 11.4.R.1–4 · 11.4.W.1–2 · 12.4.R.1–4 · 9.3.R.4 · 10.4.W.1–2 · 10.3.R.4 · 11.3.R.4 · 12.4.W.1–2 · 12.3.R.4
Common Core: L.9-10.4–6 · L.11-12.4–6 · L.9-10.4a · L.11-12.4a · L.9-10.4b · L.11-12.4b · L.9-10.5a · L.9-10.5b · L.11-12.5a · L.11-12.5b · L.9-10.4c · L.9-10.4d · L.11-12.4c · L.11-12.4d
Build your team by drafting strong writing: sharp thesis statements, relevant evidence and commentary, logical organization, vivid narrative craft and revisions that fit the audience.
Skills: Defensible vs. factual, vague or overly broad thesis statements, informative, compare-contrast, problem-solution and literary-analysis theses, relevant and credible evidence, commentary vs. evidence, signal phrases and embedded quotations, paraphrasing, counterclaims and rebuttals, synthesis, transitions for contrast, cause-effect, example and concession, organizational structures, hooks and conclusions, cohesion, sensory detail, dialogue, flashback, foreshadowing, pacing, point of view, reflective endings, formal and objective tone, consistent point of view and tense, sentence variety, precision, audience and purpose, blending modes
OAS 9.2.W.2–3 · 9.3.W.1–4 · 10.2.W.2–3 · 10.3.W.1–4 · 11.2.W.2–3 · 11.3.W.1–4 · 12.2.W.2–3 · 12.3.W.1–4
Common Core: W.9-10.1–5 · W.11-12.1–5 · W.9-10.1a · W.9-10.2a · W.11-12.1a · W.11-12.2a · W.9-10.1b · W.9-10.2b · W.11-12.1b · W.11-12.2b · W.9-10.1c · W.9-10.2c · W.9-10.2f · W.11-12.1c · W.11-12.2c · W.11-12.2f · W.9-10.1d · W.9-10.2e · W.11-12.1d · W.11-12.2e
Race along the Freedom Trail by reading founding documents: find each author’s purpose, paraphrase key lines, analyze structure and rhetoric, and compare documents across history.
Skills: Declaration of Independence, Preamble, Articles I–III and V, Bill of Rights (First, Fourth and Ninth Amendments), Federalist Nos. 10 and 51, Washington's Farewell Address, Declaration of Sentiments, Douglass's “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?”, Gettysburg Address, Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln's Second Inaugural, Roosevelt's Four Freedoms: author's purpose and audience, paraphrasing 18th- and 19th-century language, text structure, parallelism, anaphora, antithesis, allusion, rhetorical questions, ethos, historical perspective and comparing documents
OAS 9.2.R.1 · 9.3.R.1–2, 5–7 · 10.2.R.1 · 10.3.R.1–2, 5–7 · 11.2.R.1 · 11.3.R.1–2, 5–7 · 12.2.R.1 · 12.3.R.1–2, 5–7
Common Core: RI.9-10.4–6, 9 · RI.11-12.4–6, 9
Each game is $5 and yours to keep. Every game lists its Oklahoma (OAS) standards first, then NGSS. Hundreds of questions per game, with explanations for every miss.
Plants and animals, weather, pushes and pulls, with picture questions and read-aloud.
Learn what plants and animals need, how their parts help them and how they change their habitats.
Skills: What plants and animals need, habitats, living things changing the land, body parts, parents and young, pollination, seed dispersal, engineering
OAS K.LS1.1 · K.ESS2.2 · K.ESS3.1 · K.PS3.2 · 1.LS1.1–2 · 1.LS3.1 · 2.LS2.1–2 · 2.LS4.1
NGSS: K-LS1-1 · K-ESS2-2 · K-ESS3-1 · K-2-ETS1-1–3 · 1-LS1-1–2 · 1-LS3-1 · 2-LS2-1–2 · 2-LS4-1
Weather, seasons, pushes and pulls, and building materials on a windy road race.
Skills: Weather and severe-weather safety, sunlight and shade, sun, moon and seasons, pushes and pulls, building materials, wind and water changing land
OAS K.ESS2.1 · K.ESS3.2 · K.PS3.1–2 · K.PS2.1–2 · 1.ESS1.1–2 · 2.PS1.1–2 · 2.ESS2.1
NGSS: K-ESS2-1 · K-ESS3-2 · K-PS3-1–2 · K-PS2-1–2 · 1-ESS1-1–2 · 2-PS1-1–2 · 2-ESS2-1 · K-2-ETS1-3
Collect stars by exploring how vibrations make sound, how light lets us see, which materials let light through, how shadows form and how we send messages with light and sound.
Skills: Vibrations make sound, sound can make materials vibrate, louder sounds from bigger vibrations, light sources vs. objects that reflect light (including the Moon), seeing needs light, transparent, translucent, opaque and reflective materials, how shadows form and where they fall, shadow size and length, light and sound signals (traffic lights, lighthouses, sirens, bells, drums, flashlight codes, tin-can telephones)
OAS 1.PS4.1–4
NGSS: 1-PS4-1–4
A 2nd grade Earth science game show: fast and slow changes, protecting land from wind and water, landforms and bodies of water, map reading and where water is found.
Skills: Quick changes (earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, floods) vs. slow changes (canyons, weathering, glaciers, dunes), comparing solutions to slow wind and water erosion (plants, windbreaks, seawalls, sandbags, levees, mulch, terraces, beach grass), mountains, hills, valleys, plains, canyons, islands, peninsulas, oceans, lakes and rivers, reading a simple map with a key, where water is found (oceans, ice, lakes, groundwater), salt vs. fresh water, solid and liquid water
OAS 2.ESS1.1 · 2.ESS2.1–3
NGSS: 2-ESS1-1 · 2-ESS2-1–3
Ecosystems, matter, Earth and space. Most of these also have a middle school level.
Producers, consumers, decomposers, food webs and adaptations. Claim the ecosystem four in a row.
Skills: Producers, consumers, decomposers, food chains and webs, energy flow, adaptations and traits, interactions, changing ecosystems
OAS 3.LS4.2–4 · 3.LS3.1–2 · 4.LS1.1–2 · 5.LS2.1 · 5.PS3.1 · 5.LS1.1 · 7.LS2.1–5
NGSS: 3-LS4-2–4 · 3-LS3-1–2 · 4-LS1-1–2 · 5-LS2-1 · 5-PS3-1 · 5-LS1-1 · MS-LS2-1–5
Properties of matter, physical and chemical changes, particles and conservation of mass.
Skills: Properties of materials, physical and chemical changes, states of matter, particles and atoms, conservation of mass, density
OAS 2.PS1.1–4 · 5.PS1.1–4 · 6.PS1.4 · 7.PS1.1–3, 5
NGSS: 2-PS1-1–4 · 5-PS1-1–4 · MS-PS1-1–5
Weather and climate, rocks and fossils, erosion, the sun, moon and stars on a trip across the solar system.
Skills: Weather and climate, natural hazards, rocks, fossils and landforms, sun, moon, stars and gravity, seasons, plate tectonics, Earth's systems
OAS 3.ESS2.1–2 · 3.ESS3.1 · 4.ESS1.1 · 4.ESS2.1–2 · 4.ESS3.1–2 · 5.ESS1.1–2 · 5.ESS2.1–2 · 5.PS2.1 · 6.ESS1.4 · 6.ESS2.1–6 · 8.ESS1.1–3
NGSS: 3-ESS2-1–2 · 3-ESS3-1 · 4-ESS1-1 · 4-ESS2-1–2 · 4-ESS3-1–2 · 5-ESS1-1–2 · 5-ESS2-1–2 · 5-PS2-1 · MS-ESS1-1–4 · MS-ESS2-1–6
Sound, light, wave parts and how information travels. Surf the waves to the beach.
Skills: Wave parts, sound and light, reflection and refraction, the electromagnetic spectrum, wave speed, digital vs. analog information
OAS 4.PS4.1–3 · 8.PS4.1, 3 · 6.PS4.2
NGSS: 4-PS4-1–3 · MS-PS4-1–3
Life cycles, fossils, rock layers and evidence of evolution. Dig up the most fossils.
Skills: Life cycles and metamorphosis, animals in groups, fossils and past environments, rock layers, homologous structures, evidence of evolution
OAS 3.LS1.1 · 3.LS2.1 · 3.LS4.1 · 8.LS4.1–3
NGSS: 3-LS1-1 · 3-LS2-1 · 3-LS4-1 · MS-LS4-1–3
Natural resources, hazards, human impact and climate. Protect four regions in a row.
Skills: Protecting resources, renewable vs. nonrenewable resources, natural hazards, human impact, population and consumption, global temperature data
OAS 5.ESS3.1 · 7.ESS3.1, 3–5 · 6.ESS3.2
NGSS: 5-ESS3-1 · MS-ESS3-1–5
Cells, forces and energy, and the data-analysis skills on every science test.
Organelles, body systems, photosynthesis, respiration, DNA and transport in a game-show city tour.
Skills: Cell theory, organelles, plant vs. animal cells, body systems, homeostasis, photosynthesis, respiration, DNA and proteins, mitosis, membranes and transport
OAS 6.LS1.1–3, 8 · 7.LS1.6–7 · B.LS1.1–7
NGSS: MS-LS1-1–3, 6–8 · HS-LS1-1–7
Forces and motion, Newton’s laws, gravity, energy, momentum and waves on a speedway.
Skills: Balanced and unbalanced forces, Newton's laws, gravity, magnets, energy transfer, kinetic and potential energy, momentum, F = ma and waves
OAS 3.PS2.1–4 · 4.PS3.1–3 · 5.PS2.1 · 8.PS2.1–5 · 7.PS3.1–3 · 6.PS3.3–4 · PH.PS2.1–4 · PH.PS3.1–2 · PH.PS4.1
NGSS: 3-PS2-1–4 · 4-PS3-1–3 · 5-PS2-1 · MS-PS2-1–5 · MS-PS3-1–5 · HS-PS2-1–4 · HS-PS3-1–2 · HS-PS4-1
Variables, fair tests, tables, graphs, mean and median, and claims backed by data.
Skills: Variables and fair tests, reading tables, trends, mean, median and range, choosing graphs, claims from data, correlation vs. causation, percent change
OAS 3.ESS2.1 · 3.PS2.2 · 4.PS3.1 · 5.PS1.3 · 5.ESS1.2 · G35.ETS1.3 · 7.LS2.1 · 7.PS1.2 · 7.PS3.1 · 6.PS3.4 · 8.PS2.2 · MS.ETS1.3 · B.LS2.1 · PH.PS2.1
NGSS: 3-ESS2-1 · 3-PS2-2 · 4-PS3-1 · 5-PS1-3 · 5-ESS1-2 · 3-5-ETS1-3 · MS-LS2-1 · MS-PS1-2 · MS-PS3-1, 4 · MS-PS2-2 · MS-ETS1-3 · HS-LS2-1 · HS-PS2-1
Circuits, conductors, electromagnets, Ohm’s law and energy conversions in a high-voltage game show.
Skills: Open and closed circuits, conductors and insulators, series and parallel circuits, electromagnets, Ohm’s law, power, energy conversions
OAS 4.PS3.2, 4 · 8.PS2.3, 5 · 7.PS3.5 · PS.PS2.5 · PS.PS3.1–3
NGSS: 4-PS3-2, 4 · MS-PS2-3, 5 · MS-PS3-5 · HS-PS2-5 · HS-PS3-1–3, 5
The engineering design process: criteria and constraints, fair tests, using data to improve designs and trade-offs.
Skills: Criteria and constraints, comparing solutions, fair tests, using data to improve designs, prototypes, trade-offs and decision matrices
OAS 3.ESS3.1 · 4.PS3.4 · 4.PS4.3 · 4.ESS3.2 · 6.PS3.3 · 7.PS1.6 · 7.LS2.5 · CH.PS1.6 · PH.PS2.3 · ES.ESS3.2 · EN.ESS3.4 · EN.LS2.5
NGSS: 3-5-ETS1-1–3 · MS-ETS1-1–4 · HS-ETS1-1–4
Claim squares by explaining how animal behaviors and plant structures increase the odds of reproduction, how animals help plants and how environment and genes affect growth. Get 4 in a row to win.
Skills: Nest building, herding, parental care, mating calls and displays, migration to breeding grounds, competition for mates, laying many eggs, colorful flowers, nectar and scent, seed wings, parachutes, hooks and hard shells, pollinators (bees, butterflies, bats, hummingbirds), seed dispersal by birds and squirrels, environmental vs. genetic growth factors (light, water, food, space, fertilizer, drought, breed, variety), controlled experiments, probability vs. guarantee, reading data tables as evidence
OAS 8.LS1.4–5
NGSS: MS-LS1-4–5
Biology, chemistry and physics review. Cell City and Force Field Derby above also have Biology and Physics levels.
Atoms, the periodic table, bonding, balancing equations and reactions. Pull off the heist!
Skills: Atoms, the periodic table, ions and isotopes, periodic trends, bonding and formulas, counting atoms, balancing equations, reaction types, rates, nuclear chemistry
OAS 7.PS1.1–2, 4 · CH.PS1.1–2, 5–8
NGSS: MS-PS1-1–2, 5 · HS-PS1-1–2, 5–8
DNA, genes, Punnett squares, inheritance patterns, mutations and natural selection.
Skills: DNA and genes, mutations, meiosis, sexual vs. asexual reproduction, Punnett squares, incomplete and codominance, sex-linked traits, natural selection
OAS 8.LS3.1–2 · 8.LS4.4–6 · B.LS1.1 · B.LS3.1–3 · B.LS4.1–4
NGSS: MS-LS3-1–2 · MS-LS4-4–6 · HS-LS1-1 · HS-LS3-1–3 · HS-LS4-1–4
Carrying capacity, population growth, energy pyramids, the carbon cycle, biodiversity and human impact.
Skills: Carrying capacity, population growth, energy pyramids, carbon and nitrogen cycles, biodiversity, human impact, succession
OAS B.LS2.1–7 · B.LS4.5
NGSS: HS-LS2-1–8 · HS-LS4-5–6
Fusion, the life of stars, the Big Bang, how elements form, orbits and Earth’s early history. Travel across the universe.
Skills: Fusion in the sun, life cycles of stars, evidence for the Big Bang, formation of elements, Kepler’s laws, radiometric dating
OAS ES.ESS1.1–6
NGSS: HS-ESS1-1–6
Plate tectonics, Earth’s interior, the water and carbon cycles, climate feedbacks, resources and sustainability.
Skills: Plate tectonics, Earth’s interior, the water and carbon cycles, climate feedbacks, natural resources and hazards, sustainability
OAS ES.ESS1.5 · ES.ESS2.1–6 · ES.ESS3.1–3 · EN.ESS3.3–4
NGSS: HS-ESS1-5 · HS-ESS2-1–6 · HS-ESS3-1–6
Race to the finish by classifying bonds, explaining forces between particles, sorting exothermic and endothermic changes, calculating bond energies and heat, and explaining designed materials.
Skills: Ionic, covalent and metallic bonding and their properties, intermolecular forces (London dispersion, dipole, hydrogen bonding), boiling and melting points, solubility (like dissolves like), surface tension, evaporation, density of ice, exothermic vs. endothermic processes, bond breaking absorbs and bond forming releases energy, sign of ΔH, estimating ΔH from average bond energies, q = mcΔT calorimetry, conductivity, malleability, brittleness, polymers, cross-linking, allotropes of carbon, hydrophobic and nonstick coatings
OAS CH.PS1.3–4 · CH.PS2.6 · CH.PS3.4
NGSS: HS-PS1-3–4 · HS-PS2-6 · HS-PS3-4
A physics game show on modern waves: digital information, wave-particle duality, EM radiation and health, technologies that use waves, and materials designed at the atomic level.
Skills: Bits, bytes and how many values n bits can store, advantages and disadvantages of digital storage and transmission, sampling, noise, double-slit interference, diffraction, the photoelectric effect, photon energy and frequency, electron diffraction, ordering the EM spectrum, ionizing vs. non-ionizing radiation, UV and sunburn, microwave ovens, evaluating health claims, solar cells, fiber optics and total internal reflection, ultrasound, MRI, infrared imaging, lasers, GPS, noise cancellation, conductors and insulators, semiconductors, optical purity, magnetic domains, superconductors
OAS PH.PS4.2–5 · CH.PS2.6
NGSS: HS-PS4-2–5 · HS-PS2-6
Single-player games for independent practice, one standard at a time. Each game is $5 and yours to keep.
Each student plays alone on a Chromebook or laptop: a world map, levels that adapt to the student, boss battles and a shop to spend coins in. When they finish, the skills report shows every skill as Mastered, Still learning, Needs help or Not reached, with their mistakes, the right answers and what to practice next. Great for stations, early finishers and homework. Get all 20 in the practice bundle for $39. More about the practice games
A single-player rounding game for 3rd grade. Lasso wild numbers into the nearest ten or hundred corral, beat boss broncos, and finish with a skills report for 3.NBT.A.1.
Skills: Nearest 10 (2-digit), between which two?, halfway numbers, nearest 10 (3-digit), nearest 100
Common Core: 3.NBT.A.1
A single-player dungeon crawl for 3rd grade multiplication and division facts. Unlock doors, grab loot, beat the troll and the dragon, and finish with a skills report for 3.OA.C.7, 3.OA.A.4 and 3.OA.B.6.
Skills: × 2, 5, 10, × 3, 4, 6, × 7, 8, 9, missing factor, division facts, fact families
Common Core: 3.OA.C.7 · 3.OA.A.4 · 3.OA.B.6
A single-player equivalent fractions puzzle for grades 3–4. Fuse fraction tiles that are worth the same amount to power the reactor, beat two bosses, and finish with a skills report for 3.NF.A.3 and 4.NF.A.1.
Skills: Equivalent (models), equivalent (numbers), wholes as fractions, compare fractions, missing number
Common Core: 3.NF.A.3 · 4.NF.A.1
A single-player factors and multiples game for 4th grade. Fence grass squares into rectangle pens, find every factor pair, spot primes and multiples, and finish with a skills report for 4.OA.B.4.
Skills: Missing side, all factor pairs, is it a factor?, multiples, prime or composite
Common Core: 4.OA.B.4
A single-player angle game for 4th grade. Read the protractor, aim a laser cannon to exact angles, add and split angles, and finish with a skills report for 4.MD.C.5, 4.MD.C.6 and 4.MD.C.7.
Skills: Read the protractor, aim to an angle, add angles, missing angle, turns & degrees
Common Core: 4.MD.C.6 · 4.MD.C.7 · 4.MD.C.5
A single-player lemonade stand game for 4th grade. Multiply fractions by whole numbers to fill every order, write answers as mixed numbers, and finish with a skills report for 4.NF.B.4.
Skills: Groups of unit fractions, whole × fraction, mixed numbers, word problems, estimate
Common Core: 4.NF.B.4
A single-player potion game for 5th grade. Pour beakers measured in different fractions, add and subtract unlike fractions and mixed numbers, and finish with a skills report for 5.NF.A.1 and 5.NF.A.2.
Skills: Add (related), add (unrelated), subtract, mixed numbers, word problems, estimate
Common Core: 5.NF.A.1 · 5.NF.A.2
A single-player powers-of-ten game for 5th grade. Ride numbers up and down the hotel elevator, slide the decimal point, use exponents, and finish with a skills report for 5.NBT.A.1 and 5.NBT.A.2.
Skills: × 10, 100, 1,000, ÷ 10, 100, 1,000, powers of 10 (10³), which floor?, place value × 10
Common Core: 5.NBT.A.2 · 5.NBT.A.1
A single-player order of operations game for grades 5–6. Every operation is a wire: cut them in the right order to defuse the bomb. Parentheses, brackets, exponents and writing expressions, with a skills report for 5.OA.A.1, 5.OA.A.2 and 6.EE.A.2.
Skills: × ÷ before + −, left to right, parentheses, brackets [ ( ) ], exponents, words → expression
Common Core: 5.OA.A.1 · 6.EE.A.2 · 5.OA.A.2
A single-player spy game for 6th grade. Decode intercepted messages by turning word phrases into algebraic expressions and back, name terms and coefficients, and finish with a skills report for 6.EE.A.2a and 6.EE.A.2b.
Skills: + and − phrases, × and ÷ phrases, two-step phrases, parentheses, expression → words, parts of expressions
Common Core: 6.EE.A.2a · 6.EE.A.2b
A single-player racing game for 6th grade ratios. Find unit rates and unit prices, pick the faster lane, complete ratio tables, and finish with a skills report for 6.RP.A.2, 6.RP.A.3a and 6.RP.A.3b.
Skills: Unit rate, unit price, compare rates, use a rate, ratio tables
Common Core: 6.RP.A.2 · 6.RP.A.3b · 6.RP.A.3a
A single-player space survival game for 6th grade. Split water, food and fuel into fraction-sized servings by dividing fractions, keep the crew alive, and finish with a skills report for 6.NS.A.1.
Skills: Whole ÷ fraction, fraction ÷ unit fraction, fraction ÷ fraction, fraction ÷ whole, word problems, check with ×
Common Core: 6.NS.A.1
A single-player area game for 6th grade. Slice triangles, parallelograms, trapezoids and composite shapes into rectangles and triangles to find their area, and finish with a skills report for 6.G.A.1.
Skills: Triangles, parallelograms, trapezoids, composite (rectangles), composite (mixed)
Common Core: 6.G.A.1
A single-player algebra tile game for grades 6–7. Match like terms, simplify, distribute, factor out the GCF and spot equivalent expressions, and finish with a skills report for 6.EE.A.3, 6.EE.A.4 and 7.EE.A.1.
Skills: Like terms, simplify, distribute, factor, equivalent?, negatives
Common Core: 6.EE.A.3 · 6.EE.A.4 · 7.EE.A.1
A single-player proportional relationships game for 7th grade. Test tables and graphs, find k, write y = kx, explain what points mean and match pipe pieces, then finish with a skills report for 7.RP.A.2.
Skills: Tables, graphs, find k, equations, what points mean, match k
Common Core: 7.RP.A.2a · 7.RP.A.2b · 7.RP.A.2c · 7.RP.A.2d
A single-player scale drawing game for 7th grade. Use map scales to find real distances, map lengths, scales, real areas and redrawn lengths on a fuel-limited expedition, then finish with a skills report for 7.G.A.1.
Skills: Map → real, real → map, find the scale, real area, redraw at a new scale
Common Core: 7.G.A.1
A single-player circles game for 7th grade. Run a pizza shop on Mars where crust is circumference and sauce is area, work backward from orders, compare pizza sizes, and finish with a skills report for 7.G.B.4.
Skills: Which measure?, circumference, area, work backward, bigger pizzas
Common Core: 7.G.B.4
A single-player linear equations game for 8th grade. Solve multi-step equations to rescue the crew, sort equations into one, no, or infinitely many solution pods, and finish with a skills report for 8.EE.C.7a and 8.EE.C.7b.
Skills: Variables on both sides, distribute first, combine like terms, fraction coefficients, sort into pods, build the equation
Common Core: 8.EE.C.7b · 8.EE.C.7a
A single-player Pythagorean Theorem game for 8th grade. Measure zip lines, ladders, laser grids and vault boxes on a rooftop caper, find distances on a coordinate grid, and finish with a skills report for 8.G.B.7 and 8.G.B.8.
Skills: Find the long side, find a missing leg, ladders and zip lines, distance on a grid, box diagonals
Common Core: 8.G.B.7 · 8.G.B.8
A single-player sequences game for Algebra 1. Fly through warp gates by finding next terms, telling arithmetic from geometric, using and writing explicit and recursive rules, and finding the step from two terms, then finish with a skills report for HSF.BF.A.2 and HSF.LE.A.2.
Skills: Next term, arithmetic or geometric?, find the nth term, explicit rule, recursive rule, step from two terms
Common Core: HSF-BF.A.2 · HSF-LE.A.2
A pacing guide for every grade and course, K–12. Each unit lists its standards and the games that fit, with a tip on how to use them.