Cosmic Cookoff: Mathematics

Lightspan - Cosmic Cookoff - Mathematics: In Cosmic Cookoff your child will practice his or her mathematics test-taking skills as Mars and Cali navigate through the solar system, racing againts Flinch and Wigsley in search of the perfect recipe.

Learning objectives:

- Understand and identify place values

- Create the greatest sum and difference

- Compare and order whole numbers

- Compare and order fractions and decimals

- Read and interpret bar graphs

- Plot points on a coordinate plane

- Practice test-taking skills

Features:

First person perspective.

2D graphics

Cartoon graphics

Mathematics & Educational themes.

The Lightspan games was a strategic partnership with Sony, San Diego-based educational software and Internet company Lightspan has cornered the K-8 market on video games in the classroom. Created under the guidance of educators and adhering to national educational objectives and standards, the company’s Lightspan Achieve Now series consists of 80 ‘adventures’ that hinge on lessons in reading, language arts and math.