Arcademic Game Descriptions

Word Invasion

Type: Single-player
Content: Word Types: Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs, Prepositions, Pronouns
NCTM Standards Strand: Word Type Usage: Identify the correct use of nouns, verbs and adjectives.

Word Invasion provides practice in matching word types. Jellyfish with words in them drift toward the octopus at the bottom. Word types are placed in the octopus, and then the octopus is activated to fire beams that destroy the matching word. Your student reads the type and determines whether the word closest to the octopus matches the type. If the word and type match, your student can fire at the word and move to the next type.

Play Word Invasion

System Requirements:
OS: Windows, MAC
Recent Internet Browser: IE, Firefox, Safari
Flash Player

Teacher Success

"Many of the students play video games all the time at home. This was a way to let them enjoy their playing time, but to practice a skill at the same time."
- Mrs. Smeltz's success story in Lititz, PA.

"Aligning the joy of gaming with practicing math facts clearly helps transform the experience and invites students to learn in an environment they are not only comfortable with but would seek out given the choice."
- Mr. Sprankle's success story in Wells, ME.

"The math activities on your site have improved the students performance grades in classroom timed tests and have boosted the students confidence in their math abilities."
- Mr. White's success story in New Baltimore, MI.

"The students love this. They get so excited. Several of my students would rather stay inside at recess to play the games instead of going outside."
- Mrs. Kido's success story in Topeka, KS.