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Spirit Lake game twitter — “Long multiplication” is just multiplying larger numbers. Sure, you were fine with 2 x 2 but once you got to 278 x 42 it was not so easy. Don’t worry. Be happy. Let us give you an example of how to solve a long multiplication problem. Like this video? You’ll […]

VIDEO – How to Solve Long Multiplication

March 11, 2019 in 7GenGames / Fourth Grade / Math / Mathematics / multiplication / Teachers / Two-digit multiplication by Daniel Mondaca

Daniel Mondaca, Strong Mind Studies country manager for Chile — If a picture is worth 1,000 words, an educational video should be worth at least 10,000, don’t you think? So, what’s videopalooza? Do you have enough time to make videos for your class? In my life, whether I was teaching middle school math or multivariate statistics to graduate students, I […]

Videopalooza! A video is worth 10,000 words

March 10, 2019 in 7GenGames / Educational Resources by AnnMaria De Mars

English is going down in the list of world’s most spoken languages The number one is Chinese, due to its large demographics, unfortunately for most Americans, it is a very complicated language for its writing – totally different from what we are used to. If you can understand this blog, […]

Tips to learn Spanish

March 8, 2019 in 7GenGames / Bilingual Education by Daniel Mondaca

Fish Lake: Two Ojibwe men in a canoe — What does “mixed form” mean? How do you convert from a mixed fraction to a, well, regular fraction? Watch this video and have your fraction questions answered. This is a video from our game FISH LAKE. GET IT HERE In Fish Lake, players practice math problem-solving strategies while learning how […]

VIDEO – Mixed form to fraction from

March 7, 2019 in 7GenGames / Educational Games / Educational Resources / Fifth Grade / Fourth Grade / fractions / Math / Mathematics / Teachers by Daniel Mondaca

Spirit Lake - game teaching multiplication, division and Dakota history — Some people call it long multiplication. Maybe because it takes a long time? We’re here to help. In this video you’ll learn how to solve long multiplication problems and do a math reality check. Like this video? You’ll love our game Spirit Lake which has many more videos like this. […]

VIDEO – Multiplying Large Numbers

March 7, 2019 in 7GenGames / Educational Resources / Mathematics / multiplication / Third Grade / Two-digit multiplication by Daniel Mondaca

Spirit Lake has multiplication word problems — Test your subtraction knowledge. Do you know these five things? Like this video? You’ll love our game Spirit Lake, with videos like this and much more. Recommended Grades 3-5Math: Multiplication and DivisionHistory: Dakota (Sioux) History, Plains Native Americans In Spirit Lake, players practice multiplication, division, geometry through word problems while […]

VIDEO – 5 Things To Know About Subtraction

March 5, 2019 in 7GenGames / Educational Resources / Mathematics / Second Grade / subtraction / Teachers by Daniel Mondaca

Children with iPads and cards — How many times have you heard this:So, tell me little *insert any name here* What do you want to be when you grow up? You’ll probably hear from kids -and you might have said this too- they want to become an astronaut, a singer, a doctor, or all of them! […]

Want your kids to succeed? Start today

March 1, 2019 in 7GenGames / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Games by Daniel Mondaca

We have come a long way with math games, from our start with Spirit Lake: The Game. I will never be able to say thank you enough to the teachers at Turtle Mountain and Fish Lake for helping us with our very buggy first version. How you like me now? […]

How a math game evolved on an American Indian reservation

February 26, 2019 in 7GenGames / Education: Innovation and STEM / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars

Hunter walking 3/6 of the way to a meeting place — Fractions, that’s usually a math concept that students either love or hate. From what I’ve observed while in the classroom, and from personal experience, that love or hate stems from whether students understand the concept or not. Here is a ten minute lesson that can be extra helpful for students […]

Ten minute lesson: Fractions

February 26, 2019 in 10 Minute Lesson / 7GenGames / Educational Resources / fractions / Third Grade tagged 10 Minute Lesson / 7 Generation Games by Diana Sanchez

How Native Americans used fractions to catch rabbits. Video from Spirit Lake: The Game. In Spirit Lake, players practice multiplication, division, geometry through word problems while learning about the Native American history of Dakota. Save your tribe from attacks and a spreading epidemic by solving math problems while escaping rabid […]