Your students will like this site! Math Apprentice teaches a student how various careers use math. But they don’t teach math through a boring, lengthy, text-based method. No, Math Apprentice gets your student happily involved by allowing them to choose a character who skateboards through town, visiting the different careers:
The student then interactively works on math problems related to the career of choice:
Description from the site author: Math Apprentice … connects math to real world careers by allowing students to be apprentices at various companies, applying their math skills to real world challenges.
For more about the site, or to view how to use the site in a middle school classroom, including classroom examples, visit this informative page.
How to Get This Freebie: Visit Math Apprentice. To get started right away, click on the Explore the Math button at the bottom of the home page.
Targeted Grade Level: Grades 4th-7th, but I found the site had a lot to teach me, so I’d recommend it for high schoolers, too.
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I have to laugh at the skate girl in the graphics of this site! My 11 year-old skater daughter will have to laugh.
This looks like it’ll be fun. Thanks.
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