Math Snacks - Game Over Gopher

Smart and yummy educational animations, mini–games, and interactive tools that help mid-school learners better understand math concepts.

Game Over Gopher

Hungry gophers are after the prized carrot. Defend the carrot by placing units on a coordinate grid.

A finalist in the 2012 Serious Game Showcase & Challenge.

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Game Over gopher was selected as a finalist 2012 Serious Game Showcase & Challenge. For more information visit the Serious Game 2012 Finalists

Hungry gophers are after the prized carrot. Defend the carrot by placing units on a coordinate grid.

Game Over Gopher guides students in:

Learning coordinate pairs and plotting numbers.
Identifying the four quadrants and differentiating negative coordinates from positive coordinates.
Helps establish the fundamentals of plotting functions on a grid.

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