Boom Boom Pirates!

Key Design Considerations

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1. Gives sufficient practice
2. Prepares players to use their skills in novel situations
3. Covers at least 5 New York State standards for geometry
4. Adaptability
5. Process monitoring
6. Fun

New York State Standards used for game

4.G.6     Draw and identify intersecting, perpendicular, and parallel lines
4.G.8     Classify angles as acute, obtuse, right, and straight
5.G.4     Classify quadrilaterals by properties of their angles and sides

5.G.5     Know that the sum of the interior angles of a quadrilateral is 360 degrees
5.G.6     Classify triangles by properties of their angles and sides
5.G.7     Know that the sum of the interior angles of a triangle is 180 degrees
5.G.8     Find a missing angle when given two angles of a triangle
5.G.9     Identify pairs of congruent triangles
5.G.10   Identify corresponding parts of congruent triangles

7.G.7     Find a missing angle when given angles of a quadrilateral

8.G.1     Identify pairs of vertical angles as congruent
8.G.2     Identify pairs of supplementary and complementary angles
8.G.3     Calculate the missing angle in a supplementary or complementary pair