Preserve college students engaged with enjoyable arcade video games! NGPF’s latest arcade recreation, Shady Sam’s Slick Wheels, and its companion Shady Sam: Mortgage Shark each give your college students the possibility to flex their math and decision-making expertise.
1. Shady Sam’s Slick Wheels
Shady Sam’s Slick Wheels turns your classroom right into a automobile dealership negotiation.
College students tackle the position of a shady automobile salesperson who wants to maximise their income. Via stress, upselling, and scare techniques, they assist 3 clients select the perfect deal – for the dealership!
2. Shady Sam: Mortgage Shark
Shady Sam: Mortgage Shark makes number-crunching enjoyable – and devious!
College students will study the “methods of the mortgage commerce” as they play the position of a mortgage shark and attempt to maximize their income. They learn the way excessive charges, excessive rates of interest, and lengthy mortgage phrases could make a mortgage extra pricey for the borrower.
Amp up the Math
After enjoying, think about how one can herald math connections by having college students:
- Talk about how add-ons and charges might affect the general value of the automobile, particularly if financed over time
- Discover how the month-to-month fee or whole compensation would possibly change with or with out sure upgrades
- Examine totally different scholar eventualities and ask, “Who obtained the higher deal and why?” utilizing math reasoning to help their claims
- Brainstorm methods a wise purchaser would possibly use to keep away from overpaying, and the way these methods could possibly be backed by math
Pair these video games with associated math actions, equivalent to:
About
the Creator
Kathryn Dawson
Kathryn (she/her) is happy to hitch the NGPF crew after 9 years of expertise in schooling as a mentor, tutor, and particular schooling instructor. She is a graduate of Cornell College with a level in coverage evaluation and administration and has a grasp’s diploma in schooling from Brooklyn School. Kathryn is wanting ahead to bringing her ardour for accessibility and academic justice into curriculum design at NGPF. Throughout her free time, Kathryn loves embarking on cooking tasks, strolling round her Seattle neighborhood along with her canine, or lounging in a hammock with a e-book.
