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The Maze Game
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© E.D.O’Neill
2006 |
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Educational
Game designed to help revision and informal assessment of the less
academic/less motivated student. |
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It’s just an old retro type game with 20 questions. The user
moves Fred around the screen collecting apples ( skulls,
PC’s or chickens – depending on the topic theme)
using the cursor keys. The game generates a RANDOM maze). The student has to answer a question before an apple can be
collected. A typed answer is required. It may be a word, a number or a letter
depending on the type of question. |
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The number of characters for the correct (word) answer is
displayed. The user can type ‘help’ to get a clue – the first two letters in the
answer are displayed. |
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An incorrect answer sends Fred back to base and uses up energy. |
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The Maze Game (in one form or another) has been successfully
used with my students aged 10 to 60 years. From Primary School Science to
Evening Class Basic Hygiene. I’ve taught on (and used the Maze Game with students
attending) courses which include BTEC (HND and ND) Hotel
Management/Supervision ‘Plant and
Premises/ Maintenance’ , RSH Intermediate (and Foundation) Nutrition
Certificate, CIEH and RSH Intermediate
(and Foundation) Hygiene Certificate, GCSE Maths,
Key Skills (Number and ICT), Essential Skills Numeracy
and IOSH Working Safely. |
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Topics currently available in the Maze Game Format include
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MATHS (the basics ; terms, decimals, fractions, percent,
average etc) |
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Addition
1 (single digits) |
Addition
2 (two digits) |
Bodmas |
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Decimals
1 |
Decimals
2 |
Fractions |
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Number
(various quests) |
Percent |
Statistics
– mean etc. |
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Understanding
Number |
Units of
measurement |
Rounding
up or down |
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HYGIENE – Basic (Food
poisoning, bacteria and contamination) |
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About
Bacteria |
Contamination |
Food
Poisoning |
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NUTRITION and FOOD SCIENCE
- Less basic |
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Carbohydrates |
Digestion
1 |
Digestion2 |
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Fats and
Oils |
Proteins |
Vitamins |
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COMMUNICATION – Basic (Commonly misused words) |
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Word Maze
1 |
Word Maze
2 |
Word Maze
3 |
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – Basic (Terms and commonly used
software) |
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Basic
terms |
Using MS
Software |
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BASIC HEALTH AND SAFETY – Basic |
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Safety 1 |
Safety 2 |
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And there are more topic areas still to be converted from
the original BBC Basic format… Construction and Maintenance, Intermediate
Level Hygiene (and Biology), Intermediate Level Nutrition / Food Science and
Science at Key Stage 3 |
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Download
sample WORDMAZE game in .exe format
Download
sample ICT MAZE 1 game in .exe format