The Radix Endeavor - Algebra

AL1.4: I Vant Your Bloooood…bats

slindgren — Sat, 18 Jan 2014 00:23:24 +0000

Quest Line:

To Market To Market

Previous Quest:

AL1.3: Before Sunset

Summary:

Help Jedd trade bambolo pelts for bloodbats for his sister Mindy.

Recommendations:

In this case it is not important to trade for the most amount of money but to trade for specific items. This means that the values of each individual item are not as important.

Learning Objectives:

Players will be able to use unit conversions to solve problems

Connecting Questions:

What was your strategy for trading items in the marketplace? (look at all the vendors first, trade randomly, constantly check the values of the goods, etc.)
Did your strategy change when it didn’t matter how much the items were worth?
Was it more or less difficult to have to trade for specific items vs. maximum money?
What would it look like if we tried to write out the trades as equations? (this is prep for helping students make the connection between the quest and writing simple one step equations)

Additional Resources:

These resources can give students additional practice on setting up and using simple equations to solve problems:

AL1.3: Before Sunset

slindgren — Sat, 18 Jan 2014 00:21:45 +0000

Quest Line:

To Market To Market

Previous Quest:

AL1.2: Snip Snap Snoop

Summary:

Maximize trade value for Erzu, but using only 3 trade tickets.

* The values in the marketplace change for each quest so a player will not be able to necessarily follow the same pattern in the previous quest. They will have to re-determine what is a good trade.

Recommendations:

This quest is very similar to the previous quest, but constrains a player to a smaller number of trades. The emphasis is on determining what are the best value trades because the number of them is so limited in this case.

Learning Objectives:

Players will be able to use unit conversions to solve problems

Connecting Questions:

What was your strategy for trading items in the marketplace? (look at all the vendors first, trade randomly, constantly check the values of the goods, etc.)
Did your strategy change when you had less trade opportunities?
Did you discover any patterns in what the merchants were trading? (some merchants are giving good deals, some are giving very bad deals)
How did you decide what was a good deal? How were the deals different this time than last time (players can look at the values of different goods at the broker shop to see what value they will get from their trades)
What would it look like if we tried to write out the trades as equations? (this is prep for helping students make the connection between the quest and writing simple one step equations)

Additional Resources:

These resources can give students additional practice on setting up and using simple equations to solve problems:

AL1.2: Snip Snap Snoop

slindgren — Sat, 18 Jan 2014 00:19:52 +0000

Quest Line:

To Market To Market

Previous Quest:

AL1.1: Sizzgam Shuffle

Summary:

Trade Tonnie’s snipsnaps for a specific amount of currency.

* The values in the marketplace change for each quest so a player will not be able to necessarily follow the same pattern in the previous quest. They will have to re-determine what is a good trade.

Recommendations:

This is a good quest for introducing the concept of trading up. It can be used before or during discussions of unit value, conversion and simple one step equations. There are multiple trades available and players will need to strategize about what trade sequence is best to use.

Learning Objectives:

Players will be able to use unit conversions to solve problems

Connecting Questions:

What was your strategy for trading items in the marketplace? (look at all the vendors first, trade randomly, constantly check the values of the goods, etc.)?
Did you discover any patterns in what the merchants were trading? (some merchants are giving good deals, some are giving very bad deals)
How did you decide what was a good deal? How were the deals different this time than last time (players can look at the values of different goods at the broker shop to see what value they will get from their trades)
What would it look like if we tried to write out the trades as equations? (this is prep for helping students make the connection between the quest and writing simple one step equations)

Additional Resources:

These resources can give students additional practice on setting up and using simple equations to solve problems:

AL1.1: Sizzgam Shuffle

slindgren — Sat, 18 Jan 2014 00:18:11 +0000

Quest Line:

To Market To Market

Summary:

Sunny is having trouble with her trades. Help her maximize the amount of zorbits (trading currency) that she can get for her trades.

Recommendations:

This is a good quest for introducing the concept of trading up. It can be used before or during discussions of unit value, conversion and simple one step equations.

Learning Objectives:

Players will be able to use unit conversions to solve problems

Connecting Questions:

What was your strategy for trading items in the marketplace? (look at all the vendors first, trade randomly, constantly check the values of the goods, etc.)
Did you discover any patterns in what the merchants were trading? (some merchants are giving good deals, some are giving very bad deals)
How did you decide what was a good deal? (players can look at the values of different goods at the broker shop to see what value they will get from their trades)
What would it look like if we tried to write out the trades as equations? (this is prep for helping students make the connection between the quest and writing simple one step equations)

Additional Resources:

These resources can give students additional practice on setting up and using simple equations to solve problems:

To Market To Market

slindgren — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 23:46:34 +0000

Player enters a marketplace where merchants are trading goods. Several characters will ask the player to help them with their trades in order to earn currency or specific goods. In this quest line, players have to keep track of the values of goods and unit conversions in order to make the most beneficial trades.

Standards Covered in Quest line:

CCSSM Practice 2: Reason abstractly and quantitatively
CCSSM Practice 4: Model with Mathematics
CCSSM Number and Quantity Standard N-Q: Reason quantitatively and use units to solve problems

Topic:

Algebra

Walkthrough:

Quests:

AL1.1: Sizzgam Shuffle

AL1.2: Snip Snap Snoop

AL1.3: Before Sunset

AL1.4: I Vant Your Bloooood…bats