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Secondary Maths Collection – Maths Top Trumps Comment:5 average rating | Comments (3)Last Updated:12 May, 2014Section:Resources TES Secondary Maths resource collections Secondary Maths Collection – Maths Top Trumps Collection Author: Craig Barton - Maths AST and creator of www.mrbartonmaths.com (TES Name: mrbartonmaths) As a child (and I am using “child” in the loosest sense of the word – my friend got me a pack for my last birthday), I loved playing Top Trumps. Laura Rees Hugheshas brilliantly managed to bring the spirit of Top Trumps into the Maths Classroom. Laura explains why she loves these resources and how to use them: “Top trumps are a guaranteed way to get your students doing loads of work without them even realising it! Instructions: Enjoy these fantastic resources, and please also take a moment to visit Laura’s Maths Blogas it is excellent! Directed Number - Cartoon Top Trumps BIDMAS – Cartoon Top Trumps Percentages – Top Trumps Standard Form – Top Trumps Substituting into Expressions – Celebrity Top Trumps
2048 Join the numbers and get to the 2048 tile! New Game How to play: Use your arrow keys to move the tiles. When two tiles with the same number touch, they merge into one! Note: The game on this site is the original version of 2048. Created by Gabriele Cirulli. Donate BTC 1Ec6onfsQmoP9kkL3zkpB6c5sA4PVcXU2i SimCityEDU | A game-based learning and assessment tool for middle school students covering the Common Core and Next Generation Science Standards. Gaming the classroom: Teaching style motivates, engages ANN ARBOR—Writing a blog comparing Socrates to Steve Jobs. Designing a board game incorporating political theory concepts. Creating a comic strip featuring a little kid on a playground facing choices every day. These are just a few examples of the assignments not just completed by students in Mika LaVaque-Manty's Introduction to Political Theory class but created by them as well. Not only that, but the students decide how many points each assignment is worth. As they go through the semester, they earn points toward a grade with each project, but never lose points. If this play-against-yourself set-up sounds familiar, it's because for students, it is. "I'm interested in using these gaming techniques because, for one, it's familiar to students," most of whom are freshman and sophomores, says LaVaque-Manty, Arthur F. LaVaque-Manty gives students full warning in his syllabus that they're about to go where they may never have gone before. How is this "game" going over?