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Essential learning | For teaching | Curriculum

Volcanic Panic is based on the New Zealand Curriculum for Levels 1 to 5 and designed to develop fluency in basic maths skills across the Number Strand, strengthening both computational skills and conceptual understanding.

Learning numeracy basics will put your child on the pathway to success with a solid maths foundation.

Volcanic Panic questions challenge the mathematical processes that students need to apply their content knowledge – this enhances reasoning skills and develops flexible problem solving strategies.

Essential topics and fun learning

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For Teaching

Variety of learning styles: Volcanic Panic caters for a variety of learning styles. Different question formats ensure topics are covered from various angles.

Maths activities have been created to help teachers assess whether students have met specific curriculum and teaching outcomes for the Numbers Strand.

User-management & record keeping: The game-save option enables multiple game sessions, networkable administration and record-keeping covering up to 2,048 users and up to 512 groups!

Custom Content: Specific maths categories or levels may be selected to drill individual players (eg Subtraction & Division). Practice one level or category of maths questions, or choose as many as you want. All categories and levels can be separately activated or deactivated.

Each player works from their own specific set of maths questions. This means that Jenny (Grade 2) can challenge Alvin (Grade 6) in the same game and have the same chance of winning.

Questions may also be presented outside gameplay in the 'Questions Only' section.

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Curriculum References

National Curriculum Teaching Objectives = Outcomes-based content
The Mathematics Syllabus documents for New Zealand were analysed with the outcomes determining the maths content within the Volcanic Panic.

For teacher and parent reference, Syllabus outcomes are provided with the program and the Curriculum document can be downloaded by clicking on the relevent link below. This is listed together with the Game Level at which the relevant Content can be found.

NZ Curriculum Documents

General Curriculum Documents

Curriculum Scope & Sequence
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