Math 212 Fraction Bar Lab
Kruczek
Thursday, January 17, 2008

Please work in pairs throughout this lab. Groups of three are too many. If there are an odd number of students working, please have someone work by themselves.

Fractionbars.com Fun

fractionbars.com and decimalsquares.com are two extensive teacher resource websites designed and maintained by Albert Bennett (one of your textbook authors). Both sites have fun interactive games for kids on them, but the decimalsquares.com have been updated more recently and are brighter and a bit more exciting. Dr. Bennett is currently updating the fractionbar.com interactive games for kids to make them as equally bright and exciting as the decimalsquares.com games.

We would all appreciate it if you would log on to a temporary fractionbars.com game site and try the new fraction bars games.

Directions
Log into the temporary fractionbars game site using the following directions:

Go to: http://www.silveroaks.com/login

Login (case sensitive): Bennett

Pass: fractions

With your partner, play each game:

  1. Beat the Clock
  2. Fraction Darts
  3. Hitting Asteroids
  4. Rope Tug
  5. Concentration

For each game, please tell us:

  1. Type a one paragraph explanation of the game.
  2. What math concepts were the easiest in the game?
  3. What math concepts were the hardest in the game?
  4. What did you like best about the game?
  5. What suggestions do you have for improving the game?
  6. Do you think this game would be effective in reinforcing student skills?
With your partner, write or type your responses to the above and turn them in at the beginning of class on Friday, January 18.

Weblinks of interest:

http://www.fractionbars.com/

http://www.decimalsquares.com/