Archive for the ‘Math’ Category

Program Your Robot to Pass the Obstacle Course (2009-5-20)

Kids use logic to program a robot to either walk or jump over each colored shape in the educational website Robot Obstacle Course.  Program the robot to walk over the shapes with keys, and jump over the shapes that are traps, or your robot will fall into the trap.  Collect all the keys to move [...]

Get Real Kids – Manage Your Money (2009-5-17)

Kids practice making grown-up decisions about money using the interactive website Get Real. First choose your level of education, career, apartment, and transportation. Next, decide how to spend and save your money. Will you pay off your monthly bills, or carry a balance on your credit cards? Win the game by [...]

Can You Stop the Disasters? (2009-5-14)

In the educational simulation website Stop Disasters, kids are civil engineers helping a town plan and prepare for a natural disaster. Your goal is to reduce the human, physical, and financial costs of the disaster. You can choose from 5 interactive scenarios: a tsunami in Asia, a hurricane in the Caribbean, a wild [...]

Kids Can Run a Virtual Lemonade Stand (2009-5-10)

Have you ever wanted to manage your own lemonade stand? Well, now is your chance. Lemonade Stand is a fun, easy-to-learn educational business simulation with three difficulty levels. On the easy level, the weather is always sunny and hot, and people always want to buy your lemonade. On the medium level, [...]

Solve the Set Daily Puzzle (2009-5-9)

Kids can stretch their brains trying to find sets of squiggles, ovals and diamonds on Set Daily Puzzle (Adults love this challenging puzzle game too!) The cards have four characteristics: color – red, green, and purple; symbol – squiggle, oval, and diamond; number – one, two, or three symbols; and shading – solid, open, [...]