My Mathematical Life Computer Game
This personal finance game is so addicting that we have a hard time getting our own kids off the computer!
Recommended for Ages 12-17
Price: $59.95
Don't
let the title of this game fool you. This educational computer game is
all about teaching teens how the real world works when it comes to making
choices and managing your money. Math skills are used, but your teen will
never even notice! Much like "The Sims," the realistic scenarios
in this game make it totally addicting, and you'll feel good knowing that
your teens are learning important life skills.
Teens discover the personal finance choices involved in everyday living as they take a character from high school graduation through to retirement, making important health, education, career, and financial decisions. They apply math skills, create representational models, and develop critical thinking, strategic planning, and time management skills as they work to ensure their character’s happiness and well-being in this new simulation game produced by Sunburst Technology, Inc.
Teens select a character (either like themselves or not) to guide through the ups and down of life. Working as an advisor, they help the characters manage their resources to the fullest to achieve their personal goals. During the game they need to provide a rationale for their advice, and use math to support the decision-making process, as they:
- Interpret data and trends on food, housing, utilities, and clothing costs
- Create realistic budgets
- Read actuarial charts to make insurance decisions
- Use percentages to make housing choices
- Read amortization schedules to determine mortgage payments
- Understand debt and credit cards
- Calculate interest for a long term savings plan
- Create representational models to depict life plans.
Teens help their character make decisions, live with the consequences, and take intermediate steps to ameliorate undesired outcomes. As in real life, the game presents players with unexpected events: an untimely snowstorm, a parking lot accident, unexpected fame, or having triplets when the doctor said twins! The age-appropriate social scenarios can show the lives of a variety of people. This program also helps develop long-term planning, critical-thinking, and decision-making skills with opportunities to make social and personal decisions using money-sense, math and reasoning.
Give your teens a head start on understanding the realities of living in the real world!
System Requirements
Windows: Pentium
Win 95/Win 98/Win ME/Win 2000/Win NT/Win XP
16MB
Macintosh: PowerMac
Mac 8.6/Mac 9.1/Mac OSX
8MB
