Product Description
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MATH EVOLVER is pre-algebra learning for the generation. Unlike
other learning programs, Evolver applies the latest in 3D video
gaming technology to create an immersive, entertaining, program
that covers standards-based high impact educational objectives as
defined by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
(NCTM). By completing ¿missions¿ in a virtual education gaming
environment, kids learn pre-algebra concepts they need to succeed
in school. Delivered in a stunning first person, action adventure
video game format, kids are impressed with the graphics and
action, parents and teachers are impressed with the skills it
teaches. What teachers are saying¿. "The biggest problem we have
with the program is that students don¿t want to stop playing ¿
our summer school students wanted to keep going!¿ Dr. Jim
Wohlgehagen, Secondary Mathematics Coordinator, Plano Independent
School District President, Texas Assn. of Supervisors of
Mathematics (TASM).
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Mission: Stop the virus from spreading. Solution: You, your
gaming skills and brainpower.
Dodge, Jump, and Neutralize. Boss Guardians require extra skill
to defeat.
Using Prime Nautilus shells, work your way through the maze that
is Xeno Island.
Along the adventure, gain access to the Cruiser--a hovercraft
that flies at incredible speeds.
Xeno Island
Enter a world where nature and technology came together, with
most unpleasant results. Sharpen your math skills as you unlock
the secrets of the abandoned laboratory.
Virus Origin
Breaking into a deserted research facility is just your first
job as part of a skilled team determined to discover what
happened in the secret Xeno Island research facility.
Once inside, things quickly get exciting as you fend off
creatures left behind to protect the lab's secrets.
Your math knowledge expands as you crack the codes needed to
enter the lab and expose the bizarre research that led to the
island's sudden abandonment.
Parents' Mission: Get Kids Learning Math
By completing "missions" in a virtual education gaming
environment, kids learn pre-algebra concepts they need to succeed
in school. Delivered in a stunning first person action adventure
video game format, kids are impressed with the graphics and
action, parents and teachers are impressed with the skills it
teaches.
Challenges come in an exciting video game format that entertains
as it educates. All skills covered correlate to the National
Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) as well as various
state standards, and target key objectives covered on state
tests.
Kids' Mission: Stop the Virus from Spreading
Daughter of a brilliant scientist, Darienne Clay finds herself
shipwrecked at sea after a university research vessel meets with
disaster. Luckily, she washes up on the shores of an abandoned
island. While searching the island, she stumbles upon the reason
the island is abandoned. A biotech experiment went awry,
infecting the island with bizarre creatures seemingly fused from
nature and technology. Now, the 'experiment' threatens to spread
into the ocean.
Darienne assembles a team of crack scientists and inventors for a
return to Xeno Island to search for clues and a way to end the
threat. As part of that team, you'll need your gaming skills and
brainpower to crack the codes protecting the virus and its
origins.
In Missions 1--5, you and the team land on the island and try to
decipher the mysteries found around every corner. You must break
the code to bypass a security system and access the Research and
Development Facility. Using math skills that grow as you
investigate the island, you'll check energy readings, crack
codes, strap on a jet pack, and fly through the trees.
Darienne and her team need to stay focused. Guardians are lurking
around every corner watching for you.
Use your helmet visor to uncover the math underlying objects.
Skills Covered
* Prime Numbers
* Prime Factors
* Additive Identity Property
* Commutative Property
* Order of Operations [PEMDAS]
* Even & Odd Numbers
* Greatest Common Factor
* Additive Inverse Property
* Distributive Property
* Equivalent Fractions
* Perfect Squares
* Least Common Multiple
* Associative Property
* Multiplicative Identity
* Comparing Fractions About the Developer
Tabula Digita is an educational video game company focused on
delivering innovative and effective educational games to students
and institutions. Through its fusion of education and
technology-based immersive learning systems, Tabula Digita
successfully offers standards-based, high impact educational
tools that engage middle and high school students in learning and
applying pre-algebra and algebra 1 concepts.
In 2006 Tabula Digita received both the Macworld Editor's Choice
Award and the Mouse Awards. In 2007 the company received the
prestigious "Newcomer of the Year" CODiE Award from the Software
Industry Information Association [SIIA], for "offering a product
that has the potential for significant impact on students and
teachers."
Ages
10 & Up
Grades
6-9
ESRB Rating
E 10+ for Mild Fantasy Violence
- Stop the virus from spreading with your gaming skills and brainpower; sharpen your math skills as you unlock the secrets of the abandoned laboratory.
- All skills covered correlate to the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM).
- Kids learn pre-algebra concepts they need to succeed in school through completing missions in a virtual education gaming environment.
- 15 pre-algebra and Algebra 1 concepts covered.
- Target key objectives covered on state tests.