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Road Planner

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Game Info for Teachers

COMBINED RATING

4.3 Stars

TEACHERS (7)

4.3

STUDENTS (1362)

4.3

LENGTH

13 Minutes

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CAPABILITIES

Spanish Language Support

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Description

"Road Planner" is an educational game designed to help 3rd-grade students grasp the concept of finding area by counting unit squares. The game adopts a SimCity-style approach where players build roads in isometrically drawn cities. The goal is to fix the city's broken roads, understand the concept of area, and manually calculate the total area covered without using formulas.

Vocabulary Words

unit square

area

estimate

vertex

x-axis

y-axis

line

length

width

plane

square units

Instructions

Play through this interactive game to learn about Find Area By Counting Unit Squares. Suitable for Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5.

Main Concepts

Use manipulatives and models to count area with unit squares.

Cover a shape completely with tiles and count to find area.

Discussion Questions

Before the Game

What is a unit square? What is meant by finding the area of a figure or space? How did you create a unit square? What are the dimensions (length and width) of a unit square?