Math Apprentice
By Jason Shiroff,
Common Sense Media Reviewer
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Explore math careers through fun real-world simulations.
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What’s It About?
Math Apprentice introduces students to real-world math concepts used by people working in various careers. Kids can enter virtual businesses to learn about the math involved there. The businesses include a bakery, a bike shop, an animation studio, a video game studio, and a space-rover-design center, to name a few. Each business has kids solve unique problems using built-in math tools.
Is It Any Good?
Math Apprentice is great for helping kids connect the math they're learning in school with the math done by professionals. The simulations are high-quality and engaging and provide opportunities for open-ended learning. Kids will enjoy exploring the businesses and trying out all the different math tools. Learning to program space rovers, animate a character for the movies, and build a better bike are only some of the activities that will capture their imaginations.
The site is easy to use but doesn't keep track of any user information. This is great for privacy, but, unfortunately, kids will have to start exploring from scratch every time. The math concepts, like graphing sine and cosine functions, are challenging -- perhaps too challenging for younger kids. Nevertheless, Math Apprentice is still fun to explore, even for kids who don't know all the math yet.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about how math is used in different careers.
Ask your kids: Where can you use math skills in real life?
Talk to your kids about which math careers seem the most interesting? Why?
Website Details
- Subjects: Math: equations, geometry, graphing, ratio, Science: engineering, motion, physics
- Skills: Thinking & Reasoning: applying information, asking questions, collecting data, defining problems, hypothesis-testing, making conclusions, part-whole relationships, problem solving
- Genre: Educational
- Topics: Numbers and Letters
- Pricing structure: Free
- Last updated: June 19, 2020
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