Soccer Math
© 2004 EdVenture Software
This soccer-themed math drill program is ideal for providing engaging, fast paced math practice. Play begins as students select and name a male or female team, and then select a math skill area and level. Topics include place value, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, measurement (US and Metric), greatest common factor, least common multiple, fractions, decimals and percents. After choosing a team name, students first are given a pretest with ten problems to determine the topic. After choosing one of three timer response levels, the game begins. To control the ball, students must read each problem. In fractions, for instance, the problem might read "which fraction is greater than 1/5?" The choices might be 1/4, 2/16, 3/24 and 1/6. With each correct answer, the ball moves down to a player closer to the opponent's net. Wrong answers send the ball to the opposing team. Scores are kept (the topic practiced, and percentage of correct answers). On the downside, the game's narrator makes repetitive comments, and in our easy level games, the same player made every goal (ball hog!). Note that this happens less often when the clock is running down, which results in a corner kick situation, with new narration and another chance to solve the problem in less time. It is clear that a classroom teacher designed this program... the animations are simple but fun, especially the celebrations after a goal, but they, too, are repetitive. Still, the format is engaging and the amount of skill practice over a wide content area is impressive, as is the ability to zero-in on specific skills.
$29.95, Win 98, Win XP, Mac OS9, Mac OSX
Teaches: math: place value, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, measurement, greatest common factor, least common multiple, fractions, decimals, percents