Mr. Cadabra talks, the board draws, and you talk right back. Here's how everything works — and everything you can earn.
Turn your sound on — Mr. Cadabra explains every step out loud while the whiteboard draws it. When it's your turn, tap the 🎙️ mic and say your answer out loud — a real conversation, back and forth. (Rather not talk? Type your answer and press Enter ⏎ instead.) Stuck? Just tell him "I'm confused" or ask for a hint — he gives nudges, never just the answer.
And here's the secret: wrong answers are useful. Mr. Cadabra never makes you feel bad about one — he gets curious about it. That's how the learning happens.
The board never runs ahead of you — it waits for YOUR answer.
Say it, type it, or plot it — he's listening either way.
Talking is the main way — say "x equals four" or "two thirds" and he understands. Answers easier to write than say? Type them — x^2 and 3/4 work fine. And there's 📈 graph paper: tap points onto the grid and send them straight to Mr. Cadabra.
Not sure how something works? Just ask him. "How do I use the graph paper?" is a completely normal question — he knows every button.
Master a unit (score 90%+ on its check) and you earn its merit badge — nine collectible badges per course. Master all nine and the whole course trophy goes in your trophy case at the top of your dashboard. And these medals reward the work itself:
Work 3, 7, or 30 days in a row
100, 500, or 1,000 minutes of real work — idle time never counts
Practice 10, 50, or 100 problems
Take your very first quiz
Score 100% on any quiz
Master a unit after a tough first Unit Quiz — the strongest one there is
Work in two different courses
Complete a course assessment
Master all nine units, then pass the course Final Exam — the top of the mountain
Nothing here is a participation trophy — every one of these has to be earned. That's what makes them worth showing off.
Everything you earn lives at the top: your 🏆 trophy case with every medal (new ones get a NEW! tag), your merit-badge count, and the next award you're closest to. Below it, your nine-unit journey — units turn gold with a star when you master them — plus your 🔥 streak, your accuracy, and "Strengthen next" when you want the fastest win.
The whole picture — trophies, badges, journey, and honest stats. (Sample data.)
Try the practice lesson — or sign in with your code and go earn that first badge.
Try a lesson Sign inNo. Talking is the quickest way, but you can type every answer instead — Mr. Cadabra treats both exactly the same. And the youngest students don't need to type at all: they say their answers out loud, with big answer buttons right there too.
First you get a hint. Miss again and he explains it a different way, working the steps right on the board. He never makes you feel bad about a wrong answer — he gets curious about it, because wrong answers show him exactly how to help you.
No — and that's on purpose. He'll ask the next small question, drop hints, and re-explain, but you do the thinking. If you're truly stuck, he shows the way warmly and you move on together.
Yes. Open Practice and bring the exact problem from school — he works through it with you, step by step, without just doing it for you. You leave knowing how, not just what.
Your progress saves automatically — quizzes, badges, streaks, everything. Even a placement assessment picks up right where you stopped if you come back within a couple of days. Sign in with the same code on any computer, tablet, or phone and it's all there.
Score 90% or better on a Unit Quiz and that unit's merit badge is yours. Master all nine units and the course trophy goes in your trophy case. Medals reward the work itself — streaks, minutes, problems practiced — and once you've earned something, it never gets taken away. Rough quiz day? You can retake it when you're ready — your best real score is the one that counts.
A short, timed race through quick math facts — Mr. Cadabra offers you one at the start of a lesson. It's you against your own best score, and it's the fastest way to make the facts automatic.
Your real progress: units mastered, quiz scores, honest time, and which problems were tricky lately. Their view is read-only — nobody can change your work but you. And your voice is never recorded: what you say becomes text and the audio is deleted right away.