What is Khan Academy? How does it work? Why would it be good for you?

3. Good
Bad
There are many levels
and lessons
You need a Gmail or
Facebook account to
sign up.
Your teacher can set
you homework and
lessons you should
learn, and also set a
due date.
There is no ‘notepad’
on the screen when
doing activities, so you
might need a separate
piece of pen and paper.

5. A new addition to the site is the
‘Mastery Challenge’ which lets you
practice what you have learned and
helps you go up a level.
The
activities
set by your
teacher are
here.
The activities
which the site
thinks you
should
complete are
here.

7. You should improve on
question topics you get
wrong.
Your questions
score.

8. The more
points you get,
the quicker you
go up a level.
The harder the
activity, the more
points you get.
The ‘Math
Pretest’ is
something you
do to test what
level of maths
you are at.

9. These are
the levels
on the
chart, they
get darker
the better
you get.
This is your mission
progress chart. It
shows all the topics
and what level you
are on.

10. If you get more
You can also get hints which show than 5
you how to work out the question. questions right
in a row, you
get extra
points.

11. This shows how you did
when you answered
questions.