Description

An introduction to fractions using eggs todemonstrate elementary concepts such as full, empty, as many as,times as many as to help students gain a visual understanding offractions and their application to everyday objects. Students alsolearn to recognize phrases in spoken English relating to fractionalquantities as they are used in conversation.

Students hear a name or fact spoken and choose the matching photo.They then hear more information which they will need to answersubsequent questions. After six right in a row, Race Mode startsautomatically. It asks questions at speed to test the students'memory and comprehension of the names and facts just covered,before continuing with new ones. At the end of the race, studentscan see how well they have done relative to their other races. Thegame gradually focuses on any names and facts that the studentshave difficulty recognizing, and speeds up as competence isgained.

By contrast to Race Mode, Story Mode slowly introduces new namesand facts by saying them as the photos are shown, allowing studentsto quietly look, listen and learn.

The game is controlled by on-screen gestures which are simple todemonstrate and easy to use, and the game can be played withoutvoice prompts.

* 48 photos of eggs in different fractional configurations
* Spoken facts about each configuration
* Race Mode tests memory and comprehension against the clock
* Story Mode allows students to look, listen and learn
* Slide and show Mode displays all the photos and facts inalphabetical order
* Zoom and Pan Mode magnifies the images to see more detail
* Easy on-screen gestures to control the game
* Context-sensitive help

The paid version of this app has much higher resolution photos thanthe free version. The free version has lower resolution photos anddoes contain advertising but no push advertising. No Internetconnection is required.