Tanker Rescue Squad

File	tanker-rescue-squad.hqx
Size	146.6 KB
Category	Game
Developer	"Gary Smith"

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Tanker Rescue Squad by Gary Smith is a Macintosh math education program aimed at students in grades 4 through 8. Working alongside a printed map, centimeter ruler, and protractor, students plot the course of an on-screen rescue ship and steer it around small geometric islands to reach a foundering oil tanker before time runs out.Educational GoalsThe activity introduces three intertwined topics: scale (using the printed map alongside on-screen distances), heading and angles (measured with a protractor), and metric measurement (using a centimeter ruler).How a Session WorksStudents measure each leg of the rescue route on paper, then enter headings and distances to move their ship. Successful navigation around the islands brings the rescue vessel to the stricken tanker; misjudged angles or distances cost time.AudienceDesigned for upper-elementary and middle-school classrooms, the program pairs hands-on tools with software in a way typical of mid-1990s Mac courseware.