The Pumped Up World of PreAlgebra

This is a fun video about PreAlgebra.
From their site:
'The Standard Deviants team uses their colorful approach to make math entertaining. Features topics including integers, multiplication, division, rounding, fractions, and ratios.'

It's free. Just download and watch it on your computer. I haven't watched the whole thing yet, just the very beginning, but it looks promising... 

If you like it, they also made a video for Basic Math.  Integers are included in this Basic Math video, so if you need to review Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying or Dividing Integers, it's there!

Here is another online game for Scientific Notation

Here is another online game for Scientific Notation. I guess there isn't too much exciting about it either...but it beats having to do pages of worksheets!

Online Practice Test for Scientific Notation

Here is an online practice test for Scientific Notation.

Nothing fancy, but it is practice!

Why do we need/use Scientific Notation?

Here is a great article about why we use Scientific Notation. The article is from the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER)

There is an accompanying Worksheet too! Answers are at the bottom of the page.

Coffee Shop Game

Here is a game where you set up a coffee shop for 14 days and your job is to earn as much money as possible in the 14 days. You purchase ingredients, set your price and make the coffee recipe. This is a fun way to practice using decimals!

To earn the max amount, be sure to grab paper and pencil and do a few calculations before choosing prices, etc.

Here is the Coffee Shop Game!

Similiar Triangles video

Here is a video that explains similiar triangles:

Similiar triangles

Here is part 2 of the video

Enjoy!!

Video for Adding & Subtracting Integers

Here's a video demonstrating how to add and subtract integers...

Video

Factory Balls 2 - I Spoke too soon - this is my new favorite!!

OK, so I spoke too soon! Factory Balls is my new favorite!! Even my kids know about this one and I didn't. I will be fighting my kids (the 7 yr old AND the 17 yr old!) for the computer now!!

Drag and Drop a ball over the tools to produce the required ball for shipping. If you want to start over just drag the ball over to the recycling bin. Don't give up, you can complete this game.

Comets! (My new favorite!)

Hey, I LIKE this one! I'm gonna play it a lot! (yes, I know that 'gonna' is incorrect grammar, so don't use it in your essays!)

Here it is1 You get to shoot comets with lasers!!

Martian Math

Answer questions about square roots, and powers of multiplication as you help some not-very-bright aliens repair their ship in this math game.

This is fun! Bring paper and pencil for the big numbers!

Martian Math

Ever Ask 'When would I ever use this math?'

Here are some 'mini-movies' about real-life occupations/situations where you need to use various math concepts. From The Futures Channel...

Some of the movies:
Designing Stronger Skateboards
Tracking Lightning
Undersea Treasure
The Salt Marsh Ecosystem
Recycling: Winning the War on Waste
Building Custom Guitars


There are more movies once you get to The Futures Channel.

Equivalent Fractions again!

I found another fraction game. If you need practice reducing fractions, here is a game for you.

Object is to release and guide the falling balls into the correct barrel. Each barrel is divided and colored to represent the reduced fraction. Caution: the colors are a little hard to see, so before you release the ball, figure out how 'full' the barrels are.

Then comes the challenge of getting the ball into the barrels. I had to keep trying and trying to get the ball into the barrel.

How did you do? Let me know in the comment section!

Play Fraction Balls