Math Dash Ninjas - Online Game

Last time I looked at ways to help middle school and high school students learn their multiplication facts since knowing them fluently is extremely important.  In the process, I included the link to a suggested game - Math Dash Ninjas - which allows students to find a more focused practice.

When you click on play, you'll see a dialog box asking for the student's grade of Preschool to 8 it works for students who are below grade level or need to practice certain skills.

Each grade level brings up certain choices.  For grade 8, it brings up decimals, fractions, algebra, or mixed equations but 7th grade has these plus addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, ratios, equations, and estimation.  

On the other hand, if you click on skills, you have a choice of counting and cardinality, operations and algebraic thinking, number and operations in base 10, or geometry.  However, there are no live links connected with this page.

Once you choose the skill, the screen comes up showing a ninja getting ready to run the  course.  The student starts with 25 free dodges so if they hit the object in the way, they use up a dodge and for every correct answer, they gain a free dodge.  

A problem is shown with four different choices for answers.  If the answer is correct you get a green light and a yeah its correct but if the answer you select is wrong, it says incorrect, shakes, and you loose a heart.  If you have three wrong answers, your ninja dies and the game tells you how far you went.

This is a nice game because allows students to practice so many different skills based on grade level and topic. If a student needs extra practice in one area, they can work on it because the game structure is the same for all the games. Check it out.  On Friday, I'll be looking at some of the other games at the site.  Let me know what you think, I'd love to hear.  Have a great day.