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Card Game for the IWB

Algebra has been brought into the primary school grades by the Australian Maths Curriculum but many year 6 and 7 teachers have never been expected to teach algebra before. Help is at hand. The Card Game is a fun way of introducing students to:

  • pronumerals
  • making a table of values
  • creating algebraic expressions
  • using the language of algebraic thinking

As with many of our other software packages the game opens with a simple to manage teacher set-up screen allowing the game to be set to the needs of the students. The game allows for different levels whereby:

  • The teacher chooses which values to allow on the playing cards. The options are to use 1 – 10, a full pack in which Jack =11, Queen =12, King 13 or a Canasta pack in which Joker is wild and will be a randomly chosen number greater than 13.
  • The teacher chooses which clues to make available. The options are Preset in which the sum and difference of the two cards is given, In Words in which multiplication is included in the mix and In pronumerals in which the clues are given in algebraic terms as in 2a + b = 12. a – 2b = 1. Find the values of a and b.

The supporting mental routines, lesson plans and investigations enable a teacher to introduce students to algebra meaningfully and with fun as they develop deep understanding of the underlying ideas.

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Card Game

$33.00

 

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We use this software frequently in our demonstration lessons and teachers are always surprised at the ease with which students adopt the ideas and want to play the game. We always provide playing cards and allow time for the students can play the game in pairs or groups. They noisily take to the game and can be heard explaining their thinking and self-correcting as they do so. We often hear comments like "Why wasn't I taught algebra like this at school?"

We have also been able to include a number of classroom videos that show the software in use, which is why this one is a little more expensive than the other programs in the IWB series.