Numeria and Beyond
Proportional Reasoning Story RPG for 7th Grade
A story RPG in the style of classic console games. Students explore rainy Portland and battle alongside Evelyn, Miles and Henry — by spotting the pattern.
- Grades
- Grade 7
- Math
- Proportional reasoning
- Format
- Solo story game, chapter by chapter
- Time
- One chapter per class period
- Runs on
- Any browser — Chromebooks and projectors
How the game plays
- The story only moves forward when the math does.
- Story labs — the Ghost Cart, the Shanghai Tunnels and the Forger's Workshop — turn the unit's big ideas into investigations.
- Students keep the same character they use across Numeria.
Skills covered
- The constant of proportionality
- Tables, graphs, equations and verbal descriptions of proportional relationships
- Scale factor and scale drawings
- Solving proportion problems
Built-in questions follow the NC Standard Course of Study. You can upload your own question banks for any state's standards.
How to run it
Open the chapter
Turn on the current chapter for your class in the Teacher Portal.
Play the story
Students sign in with their login cards and play through the chapter at their own pace.
Run the story lab
Each act has a lab that turns the math into an investigation.
Debrief
Use the slides and exit ticket from the resource shelf to pull the big idea together.
Try Numeria and Beyond with your class
Numeria and Beyond is one of 19 games and labs in Numeria. A free trial unlocks all of them, plus the Teacher Portal, login cards, one class leaderboard, and the slides, guides and activities that come with every game.
Up to 6 class periods, 40 students each. Each request is approved by hand, usually within a day.
Questions? justinowens@justinowensauthor.com
