For those of you majoring in Mathematics Education, here is a website which contains games for students all the way from kindergarden to eight grade. Math Playground Games For middle school and high school students, try this site for games. HotMath Games
An interesting article I found while researching was called Odds on: the maths behind game shows published by ABC Science. This article discusses how mathematics could be used on everyday game shows to put the odds of winning closer to your favor. Although it is an opinion piece, which quotes Simon Singh, about how math strategies are better than your chance instincts it shows different ways to better win prizes on game shows by switching to his methods. Game shows such as Deal or No Deal and Let's Make a Deal which were popular and are popular shows on television today are discussed.
Also, sticking with the same game show theme, John A. Rock wrote an article called Mathematics Behind Game Shows: The Best Way to Play in May 2008. There are many problems for practice involving all types of mathematics, focusing on probability mostly. The author makes the problems fun by using well known subjects in the problems; for example, The Price is Right, Jeopardy, Dodgeball, Find the Fake, Coin Flip, etc. These problems can be done by anyone for fun on your own or in group activities in a classroom.
More information and games to come soon. If there are any requests for certain types of games or anything else, please let me know! Thanks, Carolyn Hanes
