The much-anticipated follow-up to Zoombinis Logical Journey is here! In this adventure, the lovable Zoombinis must rescue some of their fellow friends from the dark depths of a strange mountain cave, meeting the strange-yet-friendly Boolies along the way. But watch out: the Fleens are back and full of tricks! As with Logical Journey, students create and move teams of Zoombinis through a colorful, puzzle-filled terrain. Mountain Rescue includes nine challenging puzzles that tackle mathematical thinking in networks, permutations, binary numbers, operations, and more. With three levels of difficulty, even adults will find this program challenging! Best of all, teachers can track student progress through each activity with the introduction of Enhanced Educator Version (EEV) functionality.

Zoombinis Mountain Rescue's innovative approach to teaching essential mathematical and logical thinking skills without numbers makes it an appropriate and effective program in our information age of computer programming and data organizing. Each puzzle was developed to correspond with NCTM (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics) standards. Mountain Rescue was co-developed by TERC (Technical Education Research Center).

Features

Enhanced Educator Version (EEV) includes student progress tracking with printable reports
9 engaging activities with 3 levels of difficulty
Teaches math without numbers!
Develops logical thinking processes
Students create their own Zoombinis, choosing hair, eyes, noses, and feet
Plot developments are continuous as game progresses
Teacher's Resource Binder includes printable lesson plans, tips and resources, a User's Guide and NCTM standards

Learning Opportunities

Logical Relationships: grouping and comparing information
Strategic Thinking: linking information and problem solving
Organization: graphing and mapping information
Algebraic Thinking: sorting, comparing, and associating variables
Patterns & Functions: searching for patterns as a means to generalize, see relationships, and understand the logic/order of math
Scientific Thinking: observing, relating, inferring, categorizing, and applying information
Data Analysis & Probability: developing and evaluating inferences and predictions that are based on data; sorting and classifying objects according to attributes
Cooperative Learning: listening, writing, and speaking to share and record mathematical ideas and insights