Blog Post 3.5

I chose four websites that had games for kids about 12 years and older and that had large amounts of different games.

1.  http://www.math-play.com

A website designed to better your math skills wherever you have access to a computer.  The site has tons of different games to help you with math. The website has games split into different sections. Each category is either a level in math or a topic of math. An example would be 5th grade math or Integer games. This site is made for anyone between the ages of 7 and 20 depending on what math class you are taking.  The site has games that are appropriate up to college level calculus.  I would recommend this site to anyone looking to get some more on math and can't sit down at a computer.  The website has all sorts of games for any kind of learner or player.  The website has a good feel to it and is very organized.  If you are trying to learn more about math I definitely recommend this class. 

2. http://www.learningwave.com/abmath/

Learningwave.com holds a math game called Asburd Math.

Absurd Math is a mathematical solving questions type of game.  The player proceeds on missions in a fantasy world .  There are four different levels of the same game on the website.  This is too increase the difficulty for players as they beat some of the earlier levels.  This sight focuses on Pre-Calculus, but the four different levels include a lot more math then just Pre-Calculus.  I would not recommend this site because it does not have a lot of variety. If you get bored of the one game then there are no other games to play and all of a sudden the site is worthless.  The site needs to have more variety and then it will be a great site.

http://www.mathplayground.com/games.html

Mathplayground.com is a huge conglomerate of math games that are helpful no matter what you want to study.  The website is organized very well, which makes it easier to find what you want to do on the site.  There are games that are adding fractions while driving and other games where it asks you to fill in puzzles in order to move to the next level.  I firmly recommend this site as it is one of the far better ones out on the internet.  It has a lot of options to choose from and covers a large range of material so you will always have a new game to try if you run out of study options.

http://hotmath.com/games.html

While hotmath.com only has four games each game is intended for a separate audience.  There is Catch the Fly for middle school and up; Number Cop for middle school and up; Factortris for 9th and up; and Algebra vs the Cockroaches high school and up. The site is well organized and clean. I would recommend this site just based on the fact that all four games are fun. It also helps a lot with learning consequences in math