Hands vs Brickmason

Hands-On Math: Pentominoes creates a virtual math playground where students explore, investigate and discover mathematical concepts. Students use the classic 7-piece set of tangram pieces on an interactive playground to discover and explore, visual problem solving, geometry, fractions, angles, shapes, and much more. Using Hands-On Math: Pentominoes students can develop the following important mathematical concepts: • Shapes and Properties • Logical Patterns and Sequences • Meaning of Fractions • Classifying Figures and Measurement • Creativity and Design Features: • Open-ended Pentominoes Playground. • Supports Discovery and Directed Teaching Strategies. • Problem Solving Activities which Can Be Solved Using Virtual Manipulatives. • Helps to Build an Intuitive Understanding of Geometry. • On/Off Options and Controls for Various Features. Pentominoes Playground There are 12 permutations for geometric figures made up of 5 squares. The pieces collectively are known as pentominoes. In this app the pieces are provided for use on the Hands-On Math Playground. The Playground offers a snap-to grid function and pieces can be placed, moved, arranged, rotated and grouped in order to represent mathematical ideas. Topics: • The Properties of Geometric Shapes • Visual Problem Solving • Fractions (Shading Parts of a Whole) • Congruence and Similarity • Symmetry • Rotations and Translation Activities Students use a slider or buttons to select an activity. Here is a sample activity where the object is to move the correct pentomino pieces into the space in order to completely cover the congruent shapes.

Brickmason is a new and interesting tiling puzzles game. The objective of the puzzle is to form a specific shape ( a wall ) using the given pieces( bricks ), which may not overlap. Each piece have 1 to 4 interlaced rectangle( brick ). In the game you are a brickmason building various beautiful walls. Enjoy it. Brickmason like pentomino or tangram except it compose by the rectangle. In the game you can like a brickmason to build the beautiful walls. The game is easy to play. Just touch to move, click to rotate and reverse. Each piece has 4 state at most. The game is not too difficult but interesting. It is good to train the brain or just to pass the time. Brickmason have total 450 levels in 10 packs. It also have simple interface and five themes.