Common Sense Media Review
By Jinny Gudmundsen
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Educational Asteroids is fun, but clunky.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 6+?
Any Positive Content?
Where to Play
Parent and Kid Reviews
What's It About?
COSMIC MATH is Leapfrog's version of the mega-hit Asteroids. Kids answer math equations by turning their spaceship 360 degrees to blast an incoming numbered space rock. The spaceship is located in the middle of the screen, and numbered asteroids orbit around the spaceship while slowly spiraling inward. A correct hit stops the incoming asteroids, but an incorrect hit causes the rock to explode, which sends harmful debris toward the ship.
Kids use the arrow pad to turn their ship, and they shoot by pushing the \"A\" button. This game is for kids ages 6 to 10 and offers four levels of math difficulty. The problems range from sums and differences up to 20 on level one, to division and multiplication questions through 12 on levels three and four. Two-player competitions are possible in which each player completes a round on the chosen level of difficulty and then scores are compared.
Is It Any Good?
The arrow pad is a little unresponsive, which makes this game frustrating to play.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about educational video games. Is a video game a good way to practice math facts? Do you like it better or worse than other learning methods? Can you think of any drawbacks to learning this way?
Game Details
- Platform : Leapster
- Pricing structure :
- Available online? : Not available online
- Publisher : LeapFrog
- Release date : March 8, 2006
- Genre : Educational
- ESRB rating :
- Last updated : November 11, 2020
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