Race to Numeria HQ
Coordinate Geometry and Pythagorean Theorem Quest Game
Students scout a ruined town, sector by sector, on the way to headquarters. Locked doors and hidden caches open only with correct answers.
- Grades
- Grade 8 and Math 2
- Math
- Coordinate geometry and the Pythagorean theorem
- Format
- Solo, at each student's own pace
- Time
- 30–45 minutes
- Runs on
- Any browser — Chromebooks and projectors
How the game plays
- Each sector on the map holds a problem: a locked door, a cache, or something lurking.
- Students choose their route, so they make decisions as well as solve problems.
- Reaching HQ means they've worked through the whole set.
Skills covered
- Distance and midpoints on the coordinate plane
- The Pythagorean theorem
- Reasoning about points and figures on a grid
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
Turn it on
In the Teacher Portal, switch the game on for your class and choose the topics or question bank it uses.
Introduce it
Open the slide deck from the game's resource shelf. Five minutes is enough to get students started.
Let students play
Students sign in with their login cards and open it from Games & Quests. Progress, XP and Gold save automatically.
Close the loop
Finish with the exit ticket from the resource shelf, or put a quick check on the Live Board.
Try Race to Numeria HQ with your class
Race to Numeria HQ 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.
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