08 Bright Sparks

Today we made a maths game which helped us understand the connection between fractions, decimals and percentages. We split into groups of 3, made the games, played them to make sure they worked and then shared the games amongst the groups.
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Photographs by Zaynab
We wrote our own procedures to explain how to make and play the game. This procedure was written by Robert.

How to make a Fraction Game

You will need:

• 3 different coloured pieces of cardboard (4 of each colour)
• lead pencils or texta

Method:

1. Cut the cardboard into meduim sized rectangles.

2. Write a fraction on 1 card, a decimal on a another coloured card and a percentage on another colour. Make sure that the numbers match.

How to play

1. Turn the cards over so that the numbers can’t be seen.

2. Take turns to flip over 3 different coloured cards. If they match, keep the cards. If they don’t match flip them back over.

The winner is the person with the most cards after all cards have been matched.

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This morning Bright Sparks were visited by a group of people from the Singapore Education Ministy. We were in the computer room evaluating “Game Maker” games created by Stage 3 students at our school. The visitors were overwhelmed by our amazing skills at playing and evaluating the games. All the games were very motivating. Although it looked like we were just playing and having fun, we had to do lots of thinking and problem-solving to get through the mazes and move through the levels. The Bright Sparks would like to thank all Stage 3 students who made the games for us and hope that they will be able to help us create our own games using Game Maker.