Math-City: An Educational Game For K-12 Mathematics

Recent United States national test results indicate a continuing need to improve K-12 student achievement in mathematics. In an effort to address this need and to expose young students to basic renewable energy concepts, we have developed an educational game called Math-City. Math-City is a simulation-based game in which students can create and maintain their own city with residential, commercial, and industrial buildings, as well as renewable and non-renewable power sources, while practicing different mathematical concepts. In this paper, we present the Math-City game along with the results of a small survey on the game with K-12 teachers. (C) 2010 Published by Elsevier Ltd.