Games for Science (gr. 2-6)
ExploreLearning Gizmos provides over 400 math and science online simulations that power inquiry and understanding. It has a free Gizmos account available for science and math educators with a curated collection of Gizmos that change every January/July. Aligned to NGSS and state standards, each Gizmo comes with teacher guides and customizable lesson materials to help teachers and students delve deeper into the material. Some of the major features of Gizmos include: interactive design which allows for extensive manipulation of variables and ‘what-if’ experimentation; visualizations and graphing tools help capture and compare results from experiments; in-depth activities create more moments to explore, discover and apply new concepts. Watch the video below to learn more about Gizmo. Video
The American Museum of Natural History has a ton of online games.
Legends of Learning Find free, fun math activities or games on science to change things up in the classroom (while still keeping the content educational), we’ve compiled over a thousand top-rated, standards-aligned, teacher-made assignments for you! All assignments are free to use and are aligned to Common Core, NGSS, or other standardized state curriculum. These assignments incorporate game-based learning practices, so they incorporate instructional video games and quizzes and have been created by teachers
Peep and the Big Wide World, K - 2 produced by WGBH, offers a great collection of online games, videos, and offline activities designed to help students learn and practice skills in math and science. One emphasis of the games that I tried is recognizing patterns. In all there are twenty-one online games available through Peep and the Big Wide World.
Shutterbugs Wiggle and Stomp K - 2 is an educational game produced by the Smithsonian. The purpose of the game is to help children recognize the movements of animals. In the game children move through a virtual zoo with a zoo keeper. As they go through the virtual zoo the zoo keeper will ask students to take pictures of animals who are demonstrating running, jumping, stomping, and other movements. Shutterbugs Wiggle and Stomp can be played online.
Habitats K - 3 is a fun little game from the Smithsonian Science Education Center. The online game challenges elementary school to match animals to their habitats. The game shows students images representative of four habitats; desert, coral reef, jungle, and marsh. Students drag pictures of animals from a list to their corresponding habitats. Students receive instant feedback on each move they make in the game. Once an animal has been placed in the correct habitat students can click on it to learn more about it in the Encyclopedia of Life.
Total Darkness is the latest free online game from the Science Museum in London. It’s like a “Choose Your Adventure” interactive. Here’s how they describe it: When the power goes out, it’s time for action in our brand new game. Venture into the dark, explore different locations and meet new characters – creating your own unique adventure as you play! Use your science skills to get the power back on and see if you can discover the real reason behind the sudden darkness covering the whole town. This game puts you in control, it’s your choices and decisions that will guide you through the story to discover the cause.
Try Engineering is a site that hosts lesson plans and games designed to get students interested in engineering. The lesson plans, 114 in all, are arranged according age and engineering topic. The lesson plans can be downloaded as PDFs. The games section of Try Engineering features 29 games. Some of the games were developed specifically for Try Engineering while others are hosted on other educational sites like those of NASA and PBS.
Frankenstein200, (10–14 ) a game that uses Mary Shelley’s tale of scientific hubris to get children thinking about such ideas as robotics, bioengineering, and humans’ reasons for creating. In the game, students immerse themselves in an online story about what might happen if Tori Frankenstein, a descendant of Victor, picked up where her ancestor left off. The game takes players into Frankenstein’s high-tech Laboratory for Innovation and Fantastical Exploration (LIFE) and invites them to help two young researchers as the daring—and sinister—scientist confronts a scientific mystery. Students watch videos and get emails from characters. Along the way, students can take quizzes, do puzzles, and play games. At-home activities take the game’s questions off the computer and into the real world. The game raises many questions about scientific ethics and responsibility. It includes lessons about topics such as DNA, electricity, and artificial intelligence. The game takes 30 days to play
Total Darkness is the latest free online game from the Science Museum in London. It’s like a “Choose Your Adventure” interactive. Here’s how they describe it: When the power goes out, it’s time for action in our brand new game. Venture into the dark, explore different locations and meet new characters – creating your own unique adventure as you play!
Smithsonian Science has put all their games in one place.
The National Museums Scotland has a nice collection.
Habitats ( gr 1-3) is an educational game from the Smithsonian Science Education Center.
Power My Learning games in astronomy, biology, chemistry, geology, health, physics, environment, and meteorology,
Wonderville (gr 3-6) Environment, ecology, physics and biology games
Logic Science Games in numerous areas
Online Games: some can be downloaded http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/kids/.
Shape It Up (1- 5) is one of many good educational games and activities on Kinetic City. Shape It Up is an activity that would be good for use in an elementary school
Kinetic City (3-8) This site has an amazing collection of Science Experiments, Games and Projects
PlayBrighter (gr. 1-8) A user starts out by creating a "Peeble" (avatar), then going on a variety of educational missions. These missions focus on different subject areas such as: Geography, Economics, History, and more. As a person completes a mission more and more of them become "unlocked" and they are able to purchase items/buildings.
The Great Idea Finder Information and insights on inventors and games
Nobelprize.org gr. 6-12 educational section consists of 46 productions. Of these, 29 are interactive learning games of various sorts and degrees of difficulties. Most of them also includes a "Read more" about the subject.
Science Museum.org offers sixteen free online science games for students . The games are designed for elementary age students to explore a variety of science concepts including energy, genetics, environmental science. Each game is accompanied by a set of links to support and complement the content that game addresses.
Thomas Edison’s Secret Lab shows children aged 5–9 how much fun science can be. Using this app, students set out on an adventure to an unknown world—a world where Thomas Edison had a secret lab in which he invented a virtual version of himself and a nearly completed robot to guide and inspire future generations of young scientists. Students can explore the lab, play games, learn about Thomas Edison and other inventors, meet the Secret Lab Kids, learn about inventions and discoveries, create holograms, and enjoy videos. The app is available for iOS, Android,
Succeeding With Science is a resource for games, videos, and other activities for teaching and learning science. Succeeding With Science is organized by age. Within each age range there is a selection of games and activities for students to use on his or her own. You'll find that quite a few of the activities are suitable for use on touchscreen computers and interactive whiteboards.
Forensics National Science Foundation produces educational web adventures based on the CSI television series. The web adventures are designed to teach students the process of forensic investigation and problem solving. There are three cases or levels to the CSI web adventures.
Science gr 3-5 Human body, mammals, insects, space
Wonderville is a highly interactive, animated site which features a wide array of science explorations and games.
ExploreLearning Gizmos provides over 400 math and science online simulations that power inquiry and understanding. It has a free Gizmos account available for science and math educators with a curated collection of Gizmos that change every January/July. Aligned to NGSS and state standards, each Gizmo comes with teacher guides and customizable lesson materials to help teachers and students delve deeper into the material. Some of the major features of Gizmos include: interactive design which allows for extensive manipulation of variables and ‘what-if’ experimentation; visualizations and graphing tools help capture and compare results from experiments; in-depth activities create more moments to explore, discover and apply new concepts. Watch the video below to learn more about Gizmo. Video
The American Museum of Natural History has a ton of online games.
Legends of Learning Find free, fun math activities or games on science to change things up in the classroom (while still keeping the content educational), we’ve compiled over a thousand top-rated, standards-aligned, teacher-made assignments for you! All assignments are free to use and are aligned to Common Core, NGSS, or other standardized state curriculum. These assignments incorporate game-based learning practices, so they incorporate instructional video games and quizzes and have been created by teachers
Peep and the Big Wide World, K - 2 produced by WGBH, offers a great collection of online games, videos, and offline activities designed to help students learn and practice skills in math and science. One emphasis of the games that I tried is recognizing patterns. In all there are twenty-one online games available through Peep and the Big Wide World.
Shutterbugs Wiggle and Stomp K - 2 is an educational game produced by the Smithsonian. The purpose of the game is to help children recognize the movements of animals. In the game children move through a virtual zoo with a zoo keeper. As they go through the virtual zoo the zoo keeper will ask students to take pictures of animals who are demonstrating running, jumping, stomping, and other movements. Shutterbugs Wiggle and Stomp can be played online.
Habitats K - 3 is a fun little game from the Smithsonian Science Education Center. The online game challenges elementary school to match animals to their habitats. The game shows students images representative of four habitats; desert, coral reef, jungle, and marsh. Students drag pictures of animals from a list to their corresponding habitats. Students receive instant feedback on each move they make in the game. Once an animal has been placed in the correct habitat students can click on it to learn more about it in the Encyclopedia of Life.
Total Darkness is the latest free online game from the Science Museum in London. It’s like a “Choose Your Adventure” interactive. Here’s how they describe it: When the power goes out, it’s time for action in our brand new game. Venture into the dark, explore different locations and meet new characters – creating your own unique adventure as you play! Use your science skills to get the power back on and see if you can discover the real reason behind the sudden darkness covering the whole town. This game puts you in control, it’s your choices and decisions that will guide you through the story to discover the cause.
Try Engineering is a site that hosts lesson plans and games designed to get students interested in engineering. The lesson plans, 114 in all, are arranged according age and engineering topic. The lesson plans can be downloaded as PDFs. The games section of Try Engineering features 29 games. Some of the games were developed specifically for Try Engineering while others are hosted on other educational sites like those of NASA and PBS.
Frankenstein200, (10–14 ) a game that uses Mary Shelley’s tale of scientific hubris to get children thinking about such ideas as robotics, bioengineering, and humans’ reasons for creating. In the game, students immerse themselves in an online story about what might happen if Tori Frankenstein, a descendant of Victor, picked up where her ancestor left off. The game takes players into Frankenstein’s high-tech Laboratory for Innovation and Fantastical Exploration (LIFE) and invites them to help two young researchers as the daring—and sinister—scientist confronts a scientific mystery. Students watch videos and get emails from characters. Along the way, students can take quizzes, do puzzles, and play games. At-home activities take the game’s questions off the computer and into the real world. The game raises many questions about scientific ethics and responsibility. It includes lessons about topics such as DNA, electricity, and artificial intelligence. The game takes 30 days to play
Total Darkness is the latest free online game from the Science Museum in London. It’s like a “Choose Your Adventure” interactive. Here’s how they describe it: When the power goes out, it’s time for action in our brand new game. Venture into the dark, explore different locations and meet new characters – creating your own unique adventure as you play!
Smithsonian Science has put all their games in one place.
The National Museums Scotland has a nice collection.
Habitats ( gr 1-3) is an educational game from the Smithsonian Science Education Center.
Power My Learning games in astronomy, biology, chemistry, geology, health, physics, environment, and meteorology,
Wonderville (gr 3-6) Environment, ecology, physics and biology games
Logic Science Games in numerous areas
Online Games: some can be downloaded http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/kids/.
Shape It Up (1- 5) is one of many good educational games and activities on Kinetic City. Shape It Up is an activity that would be good for use in an elementary school
Kinetic City (3-8) This site has an amazing collection of Science Experiments, Games and Projects
PlayBrighter (gr. 1-8) A user starts out by creating a "Peeble" (avatar), then going on a variety of educational missions. These missions focus on different subject areas such as: Geography, Economics, History, and more. As a person completes a mission more and more of them become "unlocked" and they are able to purchase items/buildings.
The Great Idea Finder Information and insights on inventors and games
Nobelprize.org gr. 6-12 educational section consists of 46 productions. Of these, 29 are interactive learning games of various sorts and degrees of difficulties. Most of them also includes a "Read more" about the subject.
Science Museum.org offers sixteen free online science games for students . The games are designed for elementary age students to explore a variety of science concepts including energy, genetics, environmental science. Each game is accompanied by a set of links to support and complement the content that game addresses.
Thomas Edison’s Secret Lab shows children aged 5–9 how much fun science can be. Using this app, students set out on an adventure to an unknown world—a world where Thomas Edison had a secret lab in which he invented a virtual version of himself and a nearly completed robot to guide and inspire future generations of young scientists. Students can explore the lab, play games, learn about Thomas Edison and other inventors, meet the Secret Lab Kids, learn about inventions and discoveries, create holograms, and enjoy videos. The app is available for iOS, Android,
Succeeding With Science is a resource for games, videos, and other activities for teaching and learning science. Succeeding With Science is organized by age. Within each age range there is a selection of games and activities for students to use on his or her own. You'll find that quite a few of the activities are suitable for use on touchscreen computers and interactive whiteboards.
Forensics National Science Foundation produces educational web adventures based on the CSI television series. The web adventures are designed to teach students the process of forensic investigation and problem solving. There are three cases or levels to the CSI web adventures.
Science gr 3-5 Human body, mammals, insects, space
Wonderville is a highly interactive, animated site which features a wide array of science explorations and games.
Earth Science
Earth Science lesson. The activity presents students with "before" and "after" images of a piece of Earth. Students then have to select the force nature and the span of time it took to create the "after" picture. If students choose incorrectly, Shape It Up will tell the student and they can choose again.
NOAA's Games Planet Arcade offers twenty-six educational games for young students. The games are intended to help students learn about oceans, wildlife, and weather. Twenty of the games address topics related to marine life.
While the games are not terribly complex or fancy, they do offer some solid information for young students.
Xensteroid Park. Enjoy all the attractions in this theme park for aliens, and exchange tickets for amazing prizes while you learn about earth materials and systems!
Good Fishing, where your students will do some fun fishing while also engaging in a lesson on biodiversity and changes to habitats.
The Freshwater Access Game Aquation is a free iOS, Android, and web game offered by the the Smithsonian Science Education Center. The game, designed for students in upper elementary school or middle school, teaches students about the distribution of clean water and what can be done to balance global water resources.
Carbon Cycle Game Students travel along the carbon cycle from land to sea and learn about the carbon cycle and its impact on the planet.
Games @Noaa A portal to games and interactive activities focused on ocean and air themes. It highlights the science and the activities of the National ...
Earth, Sun, and Moon gr. 2-3 Watch the movie and then take the quiz.
Weather Reporter gr. 3-5 Report and predict the weather.
Walter's Travels - Weathering and Erosion on National Geographic's website. Here's a short video overview of the game. www.freetech4teachers.com
Climate Change Games gr. 4- 12
The Climate Game is designed by the Financial Times to challenge players to mitigate climate change.
Climate Kids online games which address topics including recycling, renewable energy, and climate history. Some of the hands-on activities featured on Climate Kids include re-purposing old clothing to make re-usable shopping bags, creating your own paper, and garden projects. ww.freetech4teachers.com
Mission 1.5 is a simulation game from the United Nations that lets you help deal with global warming.
Climate Kids online games address include recycling, renewable energy, and climate history. Before students jump into the games or hands-on activities featured on Climate Kids students should work through the guided big questions wheel. The guided questions wheel walks students through the basic concepts and issues related to climate change. Six questions are featured in the wheel. Students select a question to discover the answers through the exploration of a series of smaller questions. Each question is addressed with a mix of image, text, and video explanations.
Interactive Weather Maker gr. 3-5 Let the sun shine, or make the wind blow by changing the temperature and humidity.
The Smithsonian Science Education Center's Weather Lab is one of many online learning activities produced and hosted by the Smithsonian. The Weather Lab is designed to help elementary and middle school students learn about weather patterns. In the Weather Lab students select an ocean current and an air mass then try to predict the weather pattern that will result from their choices. (www.freetech4teachers.com)
Water Evaporation Activity gr. 3-5 Study the effect of humidity and temperature on the evaporation rate of water
Weatherwise App ( Android ) Experience creative animated weather scenes crafted by artists, illustrators, and photographers. A different kind of weather app that allows for infinite possibilities of weather visualization built upon a 2D game engine
Aquation is a free game offered by the the Smithsonian Science Education Center. The game, designed for students in upper elementary school or middle school, teaches students about the distribution of clean water and what can be done to balance global water resources.
NOAA's Games Planet Arcade offers twenty-five educational games for young students.The games are intended to help students learn about oceans, wildlife, and weather. Twenty of the games address topics related to marine life. While the games are not terribly complex or fancy, they do offer some solid information for young students. Sea Turtles and the Quest to Nest is one of the headline games of NOAA's Games Planet Arcade. The object of the game is to help a sea turtle avoid common obstacles on while navigating the ocean and the beach before laying her eggs and returning to the sea.
16 games and interactive videos about animals and other features of nature. Through the games students can also learn about glaciers, ocean waves, and forensics. Fortunately, many Nature episodes are now available to view online. Episodes can be found on the Nature website and on PBS Video. You could use some of the Nature games as a follow-up to watching some of the video clips you could use some of the Nature games.
Solar Energy Defenders gr. 5-8 Collect energy during the day to ward of the vampires at night. Consider sun angle, tilt, shadows and time of year to maximize your energy collection.
PlayBrighter (gr. 1-8) A user starts out by creating a "Peeble" (avatar), then going on a variety of educational missions. These missions focus on different subject areas such as: Geography, Economics, History, and more. As a person completes a mission more and more of them become "unlocked" and they are able to purchase items/buildings.
Weather Flash! gr. 3-5 Help Stan the Weatherman out with his forecasts.
Interactive Water Cycle gr. 3-5 An animated activity that lets you control the water cycle as you learn.
Rock Around the Park gr. 4-5 See how erosion effects the land.
Mountain Maker, Earth Shaker gr. 4-6 Push your mouse around to move continents and change the landscape.
Volcano Lab gr. 4-6 Get ready to rumble.Test your volcano knowledge.
Pangaea Map Game gr. 4-6 Locate modern day continents on a Map of Pangaea!
Shape it Up gr. 4-6 Choose the correct force of nature and span of time to create the target land formation.
Earthquakes for Kids The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) offers puzzles, games, learning links and activities, science fair project ideas, animations, and an explanation of the science of earthquakes.
4th Science
Mohs' Castle of DooThe walls are closing in on you. To escape you must drill through them.
Earth Science lesson. The activity presents students with "before" and "after" images of a piece of Earth. Students then have to select the force nature and the span of time it took to create the "after" picture. If students choose incorrectly, Shape It Up will tell the student and they can choose again.
NOAA's Games Planet Arcade offers twenty-six educational games for young students. The games are intended to help students learn about oceans, wildlife, and weather. Twenty of the games address topics related to marine life.
While the games are not terribly complex or fancy, they do offer some solid information for young students.
Xensteroid Park. Enjoy all the attractions in this theme park for aliens, and exchange tickets for amazing prizes while you learn about earth materials and systems!
Good Fishing, where your students will do some fun fishing while also engaging in a lesson on biodiversity and changes to habitats.
The Freshwater Access Game Aquation is a free iOS, Android, and web game offered by the the Smithsonian Science Education Center. The game, designed for students in upper elementary school or middle school, teaches students about the distribution of clean water and what can be done to balance global water resources.
Carbon Cycle Game Students travel along the carbon cycle from land to sea and learn about the carbon cycle and its impact on the planet.
Games @Noaa A portal to games and interactive activities focused on ocean and air themes. It highlights the science and the activities of the National ...
Earth, Sun, and Moon gr. 2-3 Watch the movie and then take the quiz.
Weather Reporter gr. 3-5 Report and predict the weather.
Walter's Travels - Weathering and Erosion on National Geographic's website. Here's a short video overview of the game. www.freetech4teachers.com
Climate Change Games gr. 4- 12
The Climate Game is designed by the Financial Times to challenge players to mitigate climate change.
Climate Kids online games which address topics including recycling, renewable energy, and climate history. Some of the hands-on activities featured on Climate Kids include re-purposing old clothing to make re-usable shopping bags, creating your own paper, and garden projects. ww.freetech4teachers.com
Mission 1.5 is a simulation game from the United Nations that lets you help deal with global warming.
Climate Kids online games address include recycling, renewable energy, and climate history. Before students jump into the games or hands-on activities featured on Climate Kids students should work through the guided big questions wheel. The guided questions wheel walks students through the basic concepts and issues related to climate change. Six questions are featured in the wheel. Students select a question to discover the answers through the exploration of a series of smaller questions. Each question is addressed with a mix of image, text, and video explanations.
Interactive Weather Maker gr. 3-5 Let the sun shine, or make the wind blow by changing the temperature and humidity.
The Smithsonian Science Education Center's Weather Lab is one of many online learning activities produced and hosted by the Smithsonian. The Weather Lab is designed to help elementary and middle school students learn about weather patterns. In the Weather Lab students select an ocean current and an air mass then try to predict the weather pattern that will result from their choices. (www.freetech4teachers.com)
Water Evaporation Activity gr. 3-5 Study the effect of humidity and temperature on the evaporation rate of water
Weatherwise App ( Android ) Experience creative animated weather scenes crafted by artists, illustrators, and photographers. A different kind of weather app that allows for infinite possibilities of weather visualization built upon a 2D game engine
Aquation is a free game offered by the the Smithsonian Science Education Center. The game, designed for students in upper elementary school or middle school, teaches students about the distribution of clean water and what can be done to balance global water resources.
NOAA's Games Planet Arcade offers twenty-five educational games for young students.The games are intended to help students learn about oceans, wildlife, and weather. Twenty of the games address topics related to marine life. While the games are not terribly complex or fancy, they do offer some solid information for young students. Sea Turtles and the Quest to Nest is one of the headline games of NOAA's Games Planet Arcade. The object of the game is to help a sea turtle avoid common obstacles on while navigating the ocean and the beach before laying her eggs and returning to the sea.
16 games and interactive videos about animals and other features of nature. Through the games students can also learn about glaciers, ocean waves, and forensics. Fortunately, many Nature episodes are now available to view online. Episodes can be found on the Nature website and on PBS Video. You could use some of the Nature games as a follow-up to watching some of the video clips you could use some of the Nature games.
Solar Energy Defenders gr. 5-8 Collect energy during the day to ward of the vampires at night. Consider sun angle, tilt, shadows and time of year to maximize your energy collection.
PlayBrighter (gr. 1-8) A user starts out by creating a "Peeble" (avatar), then going on a variety of educational missions. These missions focus on different subject areas such as: Geography, Economics, History, and more. As a person completes a mission more and more of them become "unlocked" and they are able to purchase items/buildings.
Weather Flash! gr. 3-5 Help Stan the Weatherman out with his forecasts.
Interactive Water Cycle gr. 3-5 An animated activity that lets you control the water cycle as you learn.
Rock Around the Park gr. 4-5 See how erosion effects the land.
Mountain Maker, Earth Shaker gr. 4-6 Push your mouse around to move continents and change the landscape.
Volcano Lab gr. 4-6 Get ready to rumble.Test your volcano knowledge.
Pangaea Map Game gr. 4-6 Locate modern day continents on a Map of Pangaea!
Shape it Up gr. 4-6 Choose the correct force of nature and span of time to create the target land formation.
Earthquakes for Kids The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) offers puzzles, games, learning links and activities, science fair project ideas, animations, and an explanation of the science of earthquakes.
4th Science
Mohs' Castle of DooThe walls are closing in on you. To escape you must drill through them.
Space
Lunar Cycle Challenge gr. 4-6 Drag moons to the their place in the lunar cycle.
NASA Kids' Club is a collection games, interactive activities, and images for students in Kindergarten through fourth grade. At the center of the NASA Kids' Club is a set of games and interactive activities arranged on five skill levels. The activities range from simple things like guessing numbers in "Airplane High Low" to more difficult tasks like identifying planets based on some clues provided in prompts in "Go to the Head of the Solar System." NASA Kids' Club offers a teachers' section in which each of the Kids' Club activities is outlined with alignment to NCTM and Common Core standards. www.freetech4teachers.com
Astroventure gr. 4-6 Go with Astro and learn about the tools that astronomers use to detect planets.
Station Spacewalk Game is designed for middle school students to learn about the purposes and functions of the International Space Station. In the game students go on Extravehicular Activities modeled after real EVAs performed by astronauts. Station Spacewalk can be played online or downloaded for free as a Windows game or as a Mac game.
Passport To Mars is from Scholastic, and puts you in the position of being an astronaut traveling to Mars.
Gravity Launch gr. 4-6 Launch a rocket into space to see how the force of gravity can pull an object toward the earth and moon.
Go to the Head of the Solar System gr. 4-6 Answer questions about celestial objects as they travel through the solar system.
Planetary Rescue Squad gr. 4-6 Your goal is provide parts to space colonists.
Science Human body, mammals, insects, space
Planet In Action is a website that features games based on Google Earth. In the Moon Lander game you take control of the Apollo 11 moon lander and guide the Eagle to touch-down.
Lunar Cycle Challenge gr. 4-6 Drag moons to the their place in the lunar cycle.
NASA Kids' Club is a collection games, interactive activities, and images for students in Kindergarten through fourth grade. At the center of the NASA Kids' Club is a set of games and interactive activities arranged on five skill levels. The activities range from simple things like guessing numbers in "Airplane High Low" to more difficult tasks like identifying planets based on some clues provided in prompts in "Go to the Head of the Solar System." NASA Kids' Club offers a teachers' section in which each of the Kids' Club activities is outlined with alignment to NCTM and Common Core standards. www.freetech4teachers.com
Astroventure gr. 4-6 Go with Astro and learn about the tools that astronomers use to detect planets.
Station Spacewalk Game is designed for middle school students to learn about the purposes and functions of the International Space Station. In the game students go on Extravehicular Activities modeled after real EVAs performed by astronauts. Station Spacewalk can be played online or downloaded for free as a Windows game or as a Mac game.
Passport To Mars is from Scholastic, and puts you in the position of being an astronaut traveling to Mars.
Gravity Launch gr. 4-6 Launch a rocket into space to see how the force of gravity can pull an object toward the earth and moon.
Go to the Head of the Solar System gr. 4-6 Answer questions about celestial objects as they travel through the solar system.
Planetary Rescue Squad gr. 4-6 Your goal is provide parts to space colonists.
Science Human body, mammals, insects, space
Planet In Action is a website that features games based on Google Earth. In the Moon Lander game you take control of the Apollo 11 moon lander and guide the Eagle to touch-down.
Physics
PhyFun is a great site for physics based games educational games for kids. These games focus on levers, objects, and more. Also, there are lots of walkthroughs and hints on the games as well.
ExploreLearning Gizmos provides over 400 math and science online simulations that power inquiry and understanding. It has a free Gizmos account available for science and math educators with a curated collection of Gizmos that change every January/July. Aligned to NGSS and state standards, each Gizmo comes with teacher guides and customizable lesson materials to help teachers and students delve deeper into the material. Some of the major features of Gizmos include: interactive design which allows for extensive manipulation of variables and ‘what-if’ experimentation; visualizations and graphing tools help capture and compare results from experiments; in-depth activities create more moments to explore, discover and apply new concepts. Watch the video below to learn more about Gizmo. Video
Tinker Ball https://invention.si.edu/tinker-ball
Physics Games - online physics-based games
Electric Guardian Magnets are pretty crazy. The good news is that they are fun to play with, especially when you’re using them to repel enemies in video games. (Did someone say cheat code?) Take a lesson for electric and magnetic forces head-on with Electric Guardian…heroism awaits!
Simple Machines is a game that is designed to help students learn about the basic physics principals involved in the use of levels, pulleys, planes, axles, and wheels. The object of the game is to help a robot character named Twitch gather the pieces needed to make a simple machine.
Contraption Maker brings Rube Golberg machines to life as players take on the role of wacky engineers. If you don't recognize the name Rube Goldberg, you do know the machines: collections of random parts cobbled together to perform simple tasks in the least efficient manner possible.
In Contraption Maker, pre-built machines with a few parts missing challenge players to repair a chain of actions to reach a goal,
The Compound Machine from EdHeads teaches how forces and simple machines can work together.
Thomas Edison’s Secret Lab shows children aged 5–9 how much fun science can be. Using this app, students set out on an adventure to an unknown world—a world where Thomas Edison had a secret lab in which he invented a virtual version of himself and a nearly completed robot to guide and inspire future generations of young scientists. Students can explore the lab, play games, learn about Thomas Edison and other inventors, meet the Secret Lab Kids, learn about inventions and discoveries, create holograms, and enjoy videos. The app is available for iOS, Android,
Heat Transfer Many students think that ice cools a drink because it transfers its “coldness” to the warmer liquid. That notion is challenged by Galactic Gloop Zoo, a game in which success depends on understanding that heat is transferred from warmer to colder objects through conduction, convection, and radiation.
Mini Golf Motion Grades K-5 | Physical Science "Solve mini golf puzzles by building walls and bouncing mini golf balls into different directions to get a hole in one. Mini Golf Motion is an educational game where players must design solutions through their understanding of physics and collisions."GO TO GAME
Assess Physics Learning Through Gameplay Physics Playground teaches and assess two-dimensional physics simulations dealing with Newton’s Laws of Motion—concepts such as gravity, mass, momentum and energy. Embedded in the game are assessments for creativity, conscientiousness and physics understanding. The game has a simple objective: get the green ball to hit the red balloon. The ball and balloon are placed in various locations on the screen, sometimes with obstacles in between, and students have to draw “agents of motion,” such as levers, springboards, pendulums or ramps, to get the ball to hit the red balloon. To increase the level of difficulty and receive more points, students can solve the problems using fewer agents to accomplish a task. Other times, difficulty is added if a level looks completely different from the previous levels. The problems have no one “right” answer.
Beanstalk! This game focuses on explicitly teaching balance to the player, as they must plant flowers to counter balance the different bugs falling onto the plank.
RumbleBlocks: K-4 Building Blocks Game This game is designed to teach children ages 4-11 how to build and identify stable structures.Energy Kids provides a wealth of easily accessible information about energy which students can use to play games, solve riddles, and take quizzes about energy. Some of the games students will find include Energy Sudoku, crossword puzzles, and riddles. Energy Kids also provides students of all ages with ideas and outlines for science fair projects around the energy theme. The science fair projects are available as free PDF downloads.
Wonderville (gr 3-6) Simple machines, solar energy, friction, and more
Physics Games.net, gr. 3-8 a website of games based on simple physics concepts. Physic Games offers dozens of games based on a physics concept or two. Each game can be played directly on the Physics Games website or embedded into your blog or website.
Impulse Designed to model Newton’s laws of motion, Impulse! challenges players to conserve energy while navigating through a sea of moving particles to reach the goal.
Launchball is from the British Science Musuem. Students can create a sort of video game (and learn scientific concepts in the process), title it, and post the url.
Physics - gr. 6 - 12 click on games below
Accelerators- Energy from Matter - Imaging Life - Integrated Circuit
Invar & Steel Alloys - Laser Challenge - Liquid Crystals - Microscopes
Observing the World of Particles- Relativity- Semiconductors- Star Stories
Structure of Matter - The Quantised World- Transistors- Vacuum Tubes- X-rays
The Blobz Guide to Electric Circuits (gr. 4-8) interactive animations designed to help learn how electric circuits work. There are five sections to the series. Each section in the series has a few short lessons and is followed by an animated interactive activity to which students can apply what they have just learned.
The Compound Machine gr. 3-4 Learn how forces and simple machines can work together.
PlayBrighter (gr. 1-8) A user starts out by creating a "Peeble" (avatar), then going on a variety of educational missions. These missions focus on different subject areas such as: Geography, Economics, History, and more. As a person completes a mission more and more of them become "unlocked" and they are able to purchase items/buildings.
Slinkyball (gr 6-9) Solve simple physics problems by adding and moving pieces to get the ball into the bin.
Tinker Ball gr. 3-4 Use your engineering skills and simple machines to get a ball into a cup.
Simple Machine Activities gr. 3-4 Visit rooms in the house and identify the simple machines.
Levers and Pulleys gr. 3-4 Get the clown to perform by adjusting the machines in this contraption.
Nobelprize.org gr. 6-12 educational section consists of 46 productions. Of these, 29 are interactive learning games of various sorts and degrees of difficulties. Most of them also includes a "Read more" about the subject.
Design Your Own Roller Coaster gr. 3-5 Use the laws of motion and gravity to create an online roller coaster.
Coaster Crafter gr 7-12 Students get frequent feedback, and after they master the basics they can try to build their own roller coasters. It has ample teacher support.
Autodesk Digital STEAM Applied Mechanics iPad app contains five simple games. The games are designed to let students experiment with five connected physics concepts. The concepts in the games are energy and work, force, power, loading, and mechanisms. In each game students control one variable to see how changing that variable affects other aspects of the equation.
Energy Games
Mechanical Madness gr. 3-5 A kinetic sculpture needs your help to make these machine works.
Medieval Levers students watch a short animated video about the physics of levers before trying to build their own catapults to use to attack the castle.
Nanobots gr. 5-8 Safely guide the nanorobot, paying attention to the positive and negative
Fantastic Contraption gr. 3-5 Build whimsical machines to solve each level.
Hurry Hard Master the laws of friction and rotation
DESIGNit, BUILDit, FIDGiT gr. 3-5 Your goal is to bounce, flip and roll Fidgets safely to their box.
Amusement Physics Are you really in danger when you are taking those hairpin turns and death-defying loops on a roller coaster? Discover how amusement park rides use the laws of physics to simulate danger, while keeping the rides safe. -
Power Play gr. 3-5 Build a machine that will harness power and complete the task.
Magnets in my Kitchen gr. 4-6 Investigate the magnets found in a typical kitchen.
Electromagnet Activity gr. 4-6 How many iron filings can you pick up?
Changing Electric Circuits 4-6 Make and change electrical circuits.
Electricity Students often visualize electricity as a substance that flows like water. The platformer game in this module, Monster Music, challenges that misconception with puzzles that serve as analogies for electricity as a state of molecular alignment.
Electrocity is an online game that students can play to learn about electricity production and consumption. In the game students take on the role of mayor of a fictitious town. As the mayor the student has to manage the consumption and production of electricity for the town. At each turn the student is informed of whether or not you have successfully balanced consumption and production.
Squishy Circuits is a project developed at the University of St. Thomas for the purpose of creating tools that students can use to create circuits and explore electronics. Squishy Circuits uses Playdough-like to enable hands-on learning about conducting and insulating currents as well as creating circuits. The Squishy Circuits website provides directions for creating the dough and offers ideas for lessons using the dough. Watch this TED Talk for an explanation and demonstration of Squishy Circuits.
Circuits.io is a free website on which you can design and test electrical circuits. You can design your circuits using the virtual version of components that you could purchase and place on a circuit board. As you design your circuits, Circuits.io will tell you if your circuits will work or not.
Engineering Interact is a site for elementary school students designed by the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge. Engineering Interact offers five games designed to teach students physics concepts. The games address concepts related to light, sound, motion, electricity, and space travel. Each of the five games presents students with a scenario in which they have to "help" someone solve a problem. The games require students to learn and analyze the information presented to them.
PhyFun is a great site for physics based games educational games for kids. These games focus on levers, objects, and more. Also, there are lots of walkthroughs and hints on the games as well.
ExploreLearning Gizmos provides over 400 math and science online simulations that power inquiry and understanding. It has a free Gizmos account available for science and math educators with a curated collection of Gizmos that change every January/July. Aligned to NGSS and state standards, each Gizmo comes with teacher guides and customizable lesson materials to help teachers and students delve deeper into the material. Some of the major features of Gizmos include: interactive design which allows for extensive manipulation of variables and ‘what-if’ experimentation; visualizations and graphing tools help capture and compare results from experiments; in-depth activities create more moments to explore, discover and apply new concepts. Watch the video below to learn more about Gizmo. Video
Tinker Ball https://invention.si.edu/tinker-ball
- Interactive game from the Smithsonian Lemelson Center.
- Try to get a ball to reach the goal by placing an assortment of objects to direct the ball's path.
- Great for exploring how there are many different solutions for a problem.
Physics Games - online physics-based games
Electric Guardian Magnets are pretty crazy. The good news is that they are fun to play with, especially when you’re using them to repel enemies in video games. (Did someone say cheat code?) Take a lesson for electric and magnetic forces head-on with Electric Guardian…heroism awaits!
Simple Machines is a game that is designed to help students learn about the basic physics principals involved in the use of levels, pulleys, planes, axles, and wheels. The object of the game is to help a robot character named Twitch gather the pieces needed to make a simple machine.
Contraption Maker brings Rube Golberg machines to life as players take on the role of wacky engineers. If you don't recognize the name Rube Goldberg, you do know the machines: collections of random parts cobbled together to perform simple tasks in the least efficient manner possible.
In Contraption Maker, pre-built machines with a few parts missing challenge players to repair a chain of actions to reach a goal,
The Compound Machine from EdHeads teaches how forces and simple machines can work together.
Thomas Edison’s Secret Lab shows children aged 5–9 how much fun science can be. Using this app, students set out on an adventure to an unknown world—a world where Thomas Edison had a secret lab in which he invented a virtual version of himself and a nearly completed robot to guide and inspire future generations of young scientists. Students can explore the lab, play games, learn about Thomas Edison and other inventors, meet the Secret Lab Kids, learn about inventions and discoveries, create holograms, and enjoy videos. The app is available for iOS, Android,
Heat Transfer Many students think that ice cools a drink because it transfers its “coldness” to the warmer liquid. That notion is challenged by Galactic Gloop Zoo, a game in which success depends on understanding that heat is transferred from warmer to colder objects through conduction, convection, and radiation.
Mini Golf Motion Grades K-5 | Physical Science "Solve mini golf puzzles by building walls and bouncing mini golf balls into different directions to get a hole in one. Mini Golf Motion is an educational game where players must design solutions through their understanding of physics and collisions."GO TO GAME
Assess Physics Learning Through Gameplay Physics Playground teaches and assess two-dimensional physics simulations dealing with Newton’s Laws of Motion—concepts such as gravity, mass, momentum and energy. Embedded in the game are assessments for creativity, conscientiousness and physics understanding. The game has a simple objective: get the green ball to hit the red balloon. The ball and balloon are placed in various locations on the screen, sometimes with obstacles in between, and students have to draw “agents of motion,” such as levers, springboards, pendulums or ramps, to get the ball to hit the red balloon. To increase the level of difficulty and receive more points, students can solve the problems using fewer agents to accomplish a task. Other times, difficulty is added if a level looks completely different from the previous levels. The problems have no one “right” answer.
Beanstalk! This game focuses on explicitly teaching balance to the player, as they must plant flowers to counter balance the different bugs falling onto the plank.
RumbleBlocks: K-4 Building Blocks Game This game is designed to teach children ages 4-11 how to build and identify stable structures.Energy Kids provides a wealth of easily accessible information about energy which students can use to play games, solve riddles, and take quizzes about energy. Some of the games students will find include Energy Sudoku, crossword puzzles, and riddles. Energy Kids also provides students of all ages with ideas and outlines for science fair projects around the energy theme. The science fair projects are available as free PDF downloads.
Wonderville (gr 3-6) Simple machines, solar energy, friction, and more
Physics Games.net, gr. 3-8 a website of games based on simple physics concepts. Physic Games offers dozens of games based on a physics concept or two. Each game can be played directly on the Physics Games website or embedded into your blog or website.
Impulse Designed to model Newton’s laws of motion, Impulse! challenges players to conserve energy while navigating through a sea of moving particles to reach the goal.
Launchball is from the British Science Musuem. Students can create a sort of video game (and learn scientific concepts in the process), title it, and post the url.
Physics - gr. 6 - 12 click on games below
Accelerators- Energy from Matter - Imaging Life - Integrated Circuit
Invar & Steel Alloys - Laser Challenge - Liquid Crystals - Microscopes
Observing the World of Particles- Relativity- Semiconductors- Star Stories
Structure of Matter - The Quantised World- Transistors- Vacuum Tubes- X-rays
The Blobz Guide to Electric Circuits (gr. 4-8) interactive animations designed to help learn how electric circuits work. There are five sections to the series. Each section in the series has a few short lessons and is followed by an animated interactive activity to which students can apply what they have just learned.
The Compound Machine gr. 3-4 Learn how forces and simple machines can work together.
PlayBrighter (gr. 1-8) A user starts out by creating a "Peeble" (avatar), then going on a variety of educational missions. These missions focus on different subject areas such as: Geography, Economics, History, and more. As a person completes a mission more and more of them become "unlocked" and they are able to purchase items/buildings.
Slinkyball (gr 6-9) Solve simple physics problems by adding and moving pieces to get the ball into the bin.
Tinker Ball gr. 3-4 Use your engineering skills and simple machines to get a ball into a cup.
Simple Machine Activities gr. 3-4 Visit rooms in the house and identify the simple machines.
Levers and Pulleys gr. 3-4 Get the clown to perform by adjusting the machines in this contraption.
Nobelprize.org gr. 6-12 educational section consists of 46 productions. Of these, 29 are interactive learning games of various sorts and degrees of difficulties. Most of them also includes a "Read more" about the subject.
Design Your Own Roller Coaster gr. 3-5 Use the laws of motion and gravity to create an online roller coaster.
Coaster Crafter gr 7-12 Students get frequent feedback, and after they master the basics they can try to build their own roller coasters. It has ample teacher support.
Autodesk Digital STEAM Applied Mechanics iPad app contains five simple games. The games are designed to let students experiment with five connected physics concepts. The concepts in the games are energy and work, force, power, loading, and mechanisms. In each game students control one variable to see how changing that variable affects other aspects of the equation.
Energy Games
Mechanical Madness gr. 3-5 A kinetic sculpture needs your help to make these machine works.
Medieval Levers students watch a short animated video about the physics of levers before trying to build their own catapults to use to attack the castle.
Nanobots gr. 5-8 Safely guide the nanorobot, paying attention to the positive and negative
Fantastic Contraption gr. 3-5 Build whimsical machines to solve each level.
Hurry Hard Master the laws of friction and rotation
DESIGNit, BUILDit, FIDGiT gr. 3-5 Your goal is to bounce, flip and roll Fidgets safely to their box.
Amusement Physics Are you really in danger when you are taking those hairpin turns and death-defying loops on a roller coaster? Discover how amusement park rides use the laws of physics to simulate danger, while keeping the rides safe. -
Power Play gr. 3-5 Build a machine that will harness power and complete the task.
Magnets in my Kitchen gr. 4-6 Investigate the magnets found in a typical kitchen.
Electromagnet Activity gr. 4-6 How many iron filings can you pick up?
Changing Electric Circuits 4-6 Make and change electrical circuits.
Electricity Students often visualize electricity as a substance that flows like water. The platformer game in this module, Monster Music, challenges that misconception with puzzles that serve as analogies for electricity as a state of molecular alignment.
Electrocity is an online game that students can play to learn about electricity production and consumption. In the game students take on the role of mayor of a fictitious town. As the mayor the student has to manage the consumption and production of electricity for the town. At each turn the student is informed of whether or not you have successfully balanced consumption and production.
Squishy Circuits is a project developed at the University of St. Thomas for the purpose of creating tools that students can use to create circuits and explore electronics. Squishy Circuits uses Playdough-like to enable hands-on learning about conducting and insulating currents as well as creating circuits. The Squishy Circuits website provides directions for creating the dough and offers ideas for lessons using the dough. Watch this TED Talk for an explanation and demonstration of Squishy Circuits.
Circuits.io is a free website on which you can design and test electrical circuits. You can design your circuits using the virtual version of components that you could purchase and place on a circuit board. As you design your circuits, Circuits.io will tell you if your circuits will work or not.
Engineering Interact is a site for elementary school students designed by the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge. Engineering Interact offers five games designed to teach students physics concepts. The games address concepts related to light, sound, motion, electricity, and space travel. Each of the five games presents students with a scenario in which they have to "help" someone solve a problem. The games require students to learn and analyze the information presented to them.
Ecology-Environment
EcoKids This award-winning EcoKids web site is an interactive environmental web site for children, their families, and educators in Canada and around the world. It offers topical information about the environment through interactive, fun, educational games and activities
Recycle Hero for iPad App Store is an adventure game that teaches kids about recycling and taking care of the environment, a real life skill. With different game dynamics and the help of the ECOfriends, we want to motivate kids to take action in real life adopting green-friendly habits. Recycle Hero integrates 6 different game dynamics, including puzzles, sorting, logic and strategy games.
The Freshwater Access Game Aquation is a free iOS, Android, and web game offered by the the Smithsonian Science Education Center. The game, designed for students in upper elementary school or middle school, teaches students about the distribution of clean water and what can be done to balance global water resources.
Jungle Jeopardy: An Ecosystem Game | PLUM LANDING™
Feed the Dingo: An Ecosystem Game | PLUM LANDING™
Mountain Scramble: An Ecosystem Game | PLUM LANDING™
Make a Mangrove: An Ecosystem Game | PLUM LANDING™
Good Fishing, Do you or your students wish you were on a lake in the summer, relaxing and fishing rather than withstanding this winter cold? Check out Good Fishing, where your students will do some fun fishing while also engaging in a lesson on biodiversity and changes to habitats.
ExploreLearning Gizmos provides over 400 math and science online simulations that power inquiry and understanding. It has a free Gizmos account available for science and math educators with a curated collection of Gizmos that change every January/July. Aligned to NGSS and state standards, each Gizmo comes with teacher guides and customizable lesson materials to help teachers and students delve deeper into the material. Some of the major features of Gizmos include: interactive design which allows for extensive manipulation of variables and ‘what-if’ experimentation; visualizations and graphing tools help capture and compare results from experiments; in-depth activities create more moments to explore, discover and apply new concepts. Watch the video below to learn more about Gizmo. Video
Ecoocean – Future Ocean's Online Game About Sustainable Fisheries
EcoOcean is a unique online fishing simulator that aims to bring awareness to the global overfishing crisis while engaging users in a challenging sustainable fishing experiment. Easy to play and slightly addictive. Be sure to save your high score!
Bioman Biology is a nice resource that I learned about from David Andrade. On Bioman Biology you will find dozens of educational games and virtual labs designed to help students learn about topics related to biology. The games and virtual labs are organized into eight topics; physiology, cells, ecology, genetics, classification, life chemistry, respiration, and scientific methods. Most the games are Flash-based but a handful of them are available as free iPad apps. (www.freetech4teachers.com )
World Rescue is a narrative, research-based video game inspired by the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. Through fast-paced gameplay set in Kenya, Norway, Brazil, India, and China, students meet five young heroes and help them solve global problems—such as displacement, disease, deforestation, drought, and pollution—at the community level.
The Pack ( gr. 5 - 12) created by the New York Hall of Science, is an open virtual-world game based around two timely STEM subjects--environmental awareness and computational thinking. The game is set in a future world where healthy ecosystems have faltered and resources are scarce. To restore the environment, students embark on an open-ended quest to find food and water by using their “Pack”—creatures that have unique functions, such as digging, moving, holding, grabbing, and repeating. When their Pack has more than one type of creature, players can combine the creatures into an algorithm to perform tasks and overcome challenges. The Pack is procedurally generated, and each game students start will be in a completely unique world. As they advance, students create more complex algorithms that allow them to do new things. The game is freely downloadable on Mac and Windows computers and is available as a free app for iOS mobile devices.
Cleaner Upper The player assumes the role of the Cat in the Hat. They must collect different items in different locations and determine if they should recycle or compost it.
Carbon Cycle Game Students travel along the carbon cycle from land to sea and learn about the carbon cycle and its impact on the planet.
Ozone is a lower elementary science game to show how pollution can affect the Earth's population.
Feed the Dingo is a fun game that teaches students about the importance of maintaining balanced ecosystems. In the game students have to build and maintain a desert ecosystem. The game begins with a blank slate to which students have to add plants and animals. The game plays out over twelve virtual days. Each day students have to add more elements in order to maintain balance in the ecosystem. At the end of each day students are given feedback as to which plants and animals are healthy, which are in danger, and which have died.
Environment Games gr. 5- 12 from Game Changer
Story-based Game on the Aftermath of a Hurricane Community in Crisis is a story-based literacy game in which students take on the role of director of a community center dealing with the aftermath of a hurricane. In that role, students will need to work with their staff to prioritize relief efforts to best serve individuals and the community as a whole. They must talk with staff and citizens, keep an eye on their to-do list for problems to solve, and decide which actions to initiate. An in-game cellphone features the to-do list, messages from characters, a glossary, and a notepad. The game includes 12 episodes, which take 20 to 30 minutes each. Students visit various locations, click on hot spots, and engage in dialogue with characters or complete tasks.
Wonderville (gr 3-6) Environment, ecology pollution, water conservation, energy consumptions and more
Weebit World gr. 4-6 Experiment with an ecosystem to find a balance between weebits, their food, and the right climate.
Nobelprize.org gr. 6-12 educational section consists of 46 productions. Of these, 29 are interactive learning games of various sorts and degrees of difficulties. Most of them also includes a "Read more" about the subject.
Night Zoo Keeper Users design an animal, either based on a real animal or something completely new. Then they write a profile bio for the animal and upload pictures. Thenusers are encouraged to write a story about their creature. There are also games andactivities to play once you have signed in.
EPA Environmental Games (gr. 1-2)
Climate Kids online games address include recycling, renewable energy, and climate history. Before students jump into the games or hands-on activities featured on Climate Kids students should work through the guided big questions wheel. The guided questions wheel walks students through the basic concepts and issues related to climate change. Six questions are featured in the wheel. Students select a question to discover the answers through the exploration of a series of smaller questions. Each question is addressed with a mix of image, text, and video explanations.
Interactive Weather
Chairs Mastering organic chemistry is tough. Memorizing terms and formulas might get you through general chemistry, but may lead to failure in organic chemistry. Success requires learning to think visually. Chair conformations, called ring flips, offer great exercises in spatial reasoning, which is key for mastering organic chemistry.
Ecokids a website developed by Earth Day Canada for environmental science topics. It has two sections one for teachers and another one for kids. The kids section contains science games and activities designed to help students learn about environmental science issues.
Stop Disasters gr 6-12 Prevent disasters from happening in this game produced by the United Nations.
Global Electricity Outlook is an interactive display of electricity consumption across the globe. You can view the global picture or click on the map to view regional consumption. The display shows the means of electricity production globally and regionally. To see how shifting production sources would impact the world or a region use the sliders below the map.
EcoKids This award-winning EcoKids web site is an interactive environmental web site for children, their families, and educators in Canada and around the world. It offers topical information about the environment through interactive, fun, educational games and activities
Recycle Hero for iPad App Store is an adventure game that teaches kids about recycling and taking care of the environment, a real life skill. With different game dynamics and the help of the ECOfriends, we want to motivate kids to take action in real life adopting green-friendly habits. Recycle Hero integrates 6 different game dynamics, including puzzles, sorting, logic and strategy games.
The Freshwater Access Game Aquation is a free iOS, Android, and web game offered by the the Smithsonian Science Education Center. The game, designed for students in upper elementary school or middle school, teaches students about the distribution of clean water and what can be done to balance global water resources.
Jungle Jeopardy: An Ecosystem Game | PLUM LANDING™
Feed the Dingo: An Ecosystem Game | PLUM LANDING™
Mountain Scramble: An Ecosystem Game | PLUM LANDING™
Make a Mangrove: An Ecosystem Game | PLUM LANDING™
Good Fishing, Do you or your students wish you were on a lake in the summer, relaxing and fishing rather than withstanding this winter cold? Check out Good Fishing, where your students will do some fun fishing while also engaging in a lesson on biodiversity and changes to habitats.
ExploreLearning Gizmos provides over 400 math and science online simulations that power inquiry and understanding. It has a free Gizmos account available for science and math educators with a curated collection of Gizmos that change every January/July. Aligned to NGSS and state standards, each Gizmo comes with teacher guides and customizable lesson materials to help teachers and students delve deeper into the material. Some of the major features of Gizmos include: interactive design which allows for extensive manipulation of variables and ‘what-if’ experimentation; visualizations and graphing tools help capture and compare results from experiments; in-depth activities create more moments to explore, discover and apply new concepts. Watch the video below to learn more about Gizmo. Video
Ecoocean – Future Ocean's Online Game About Sustainable Fisheries
EcoOcean is a unique online fishing simulator that aims to bring awareness to the global overfishing crisis while engaging users in a challenging sustainable fishing experiment. Easy to play and slightly addictive. Be sure to save your high score!
Bioman Biology is a nice resource that I learned about from David Andrade. On Bioman Biology you will find dozens of educational games and virtual labs designed to help students learn about topics related to biology. The games and virtual labs are organized into eight topics; physiology, cells, ecology, genetics, classification, life chemistry, respiration, and scientific methods. Most the games are Flash-based but a handful of them are available as free iPad apps. (www.freetech4teachers.com )
World Rescue is a narrative, research-based video game inspired by the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. Through fast-paced gameplay set in Kenya, Norway, Brazil, India, and China, students meet five young heroes and help them solve global problems—such as displacement, disease, deforestation, drought, and pollution—at the community level.
The Pack ( gr. 5 - 12) created by the New York Hall of Science, is an open virtual-world game based around two timely STEM subjects--environmental awareness and computational thinking. The game is set in a future world where healthy ecosystems have faltered and resources are scarce. To restore the environment, students embark on an open-ended quest to find food and water by using their “Pack”—creatures that have unique functions, such as digging, moving, holding, grabbing, and repeating. When their Pack has more than one type of creature, players can combine the creatures into an algorithm to perform tasks and overcome challenges. The Pack is procedurally generated, and each game students start will be in a completely unique world. As they advance, students create more complex algorithms that allow them to do new things. The game is freely downloadable on Mac and Windows computers and is available as a free app for iOS mobile devices.
Cleaner Upper The player assumes the role of the Cat in the Hat. They must collect different items in different locations and determine if they should recycle or compost it.
Carbon Cycle Game Students travel along the carbon cycle from land to sea and learn about the carbon cycle and its impact on the planet.
Ozone is a lower elementary science game to show how pollution can affect the Earth's population.
Feed the Dingo is a fun game that teaches students about the importance of maintaining balanced ecosystems. In the game students have to build and maintain a desert ecosystem. The game begins with a blank slate to which students have to add plants and animals. The game plays out over twelve virtual days. Each day students have to add more elements in order to maintain balance in the ecosystem. At the end of each day students are given feedback as to which plants and animals are healthy, which are in danger, and which have died.
Environment Games gr. 5- 12 from Game Changer
Story-based Game on the Aftermath of a Hurricane Community in Crisis is a story-based literacy game in which students take on the role of director of a community center dealing with the aftermath of a hurricane. In that role, students will need to work with their staff to prioritize relief efforts to best serve individuals and the community as a whole. They must talk with staff and citizens, keep an eye on their to-do list for problems to solve, and decide which actions to initiate. An in-game cellphone features the to-do list, messages from characters, a glossary, and a notepad. The game includes 12 episodes, which take 20 to 30 minutes each. Students visit various locations, click on hot spots, and engage in dialogue with characters or complete tasks.
Wonderville (gr 3-6) Environment, ecology pollution, water conservation, energy consumptions and more
Weebit World gr. 4-6 Experiment with an ecosystem to find a balance between weebits, their food, and the right climate.
Nobelprize.org gr. 6-12 educational section consists of 46 productions. Of these, 29 are interactive learning games of various sorts and degrees of difficulties. Most of them also includes a "Read more" about the subject.
Night Zoo Keeper Users design an animal, either based on a real animal or something completely new. Then they write a profile bio for the animal and upload pictures. Thenusers are encouraged to write a story about their creature. There are also games andactivities to play once you have signed in.
EPA Environmental Games (gr. 1-2)
Climate Kids online games address include recycling, renewable energy, and climate history. Before students jump into the games or hands-on activities featured on Climate Kids students should work through the guided big questions wheel. The guided questions wheel walks students through the basic concepts and issues related to climate change. Six questions are featured in the wheel. Students select a question to discover the answers through the exploration of a series of smaller questions. Each question is addressed with a mix of image, text, and video explanations.
Interactive Weather
Chairs Mastering organic chemistry is tough. Memorizing terms and formulas might get you through general chemistry, but may lead to failure in organic chemistry. Success requires learning to think visually. Chair conformations, called ring flips, offer great exercises in spatial reasoning, which is key for mastering organic chemistry.
Ecokids a website developed by Earth Day Canada for environmental science topics. It has two sections one for teachers and another one for kids. The kids section contains science games and activities designed to help students learn about environmental science issues.
Stop Disasters gr 6-12 Prevent disasters from happening in this game produced by the United Nations.
Global Electricity Outlook is an interactive display of electricity consumption across the globe. You can view the global picture or click on the map to view regional consumption. The display shows the means of electricity production globally and regionally. To see how shifting production sources would impact the world or a region use the sliders below the map.
Chemistry
Chemistry and You : chemistry educational resources
See for yourself how chemistry is present in nearly everything we see and everything we do. Take a tour and play the game.t http://www.chemistryandyou.org/index2.htm.
Digital Games to Increase Understanding of Chemistry Through PlayDeveloped by PlayMada Games, Collisions helps high school students visualize and interact with chemistry concepts through engaging and challenging digital games that integrate with the chemistry curriculum. Grounded in the rules of chemistry, the games can be used to introduce, teach, and review key concepts in the chemistry classroom. In the Atoms game, which teachers can try for free, students build atoms of increasing atomic size by adding protons to the nucleus and electrons to the atomic orbitals while discovering fill order. Other games include Acids & Bases, Covalent Bonding, Equilibrium, Intermolecular Forces, Ions, Ionic Bonding, and Phase Change. The Collisions games come with free supporting resources: Teacher Quick Start Guides, Teacher Game Guides, Student Quests, Student Checks for Understanding, Sandbox Activities, and Lesson Plans. Teachers can view and download these resources by game or check out the description of each resource to see which ones best address their needs. Collisions is currently available on the web, iPad, and Android tablets with a free account; in-app purchases, ranging from $2.99 to $29.99, are offered.
Collisions Games - Online games to help students visualize and interact with chemistry concepts including atoms, acids and bases, ions, and much more.
Collisions helps high school students visualize and interact with chemistry concepts through engaging and challenging digital games that integrate with the chemistry curriculum. Grounded in the rules of chemistry, the games can be used to introduce, teach, and review key concepts in the chemistry classroom.
Acids & Bases Game In the Acids & Bases game, players remove protons from acids and add protons to bases to create target ions and molecules.
Phase Change Game players match the sequence of phases in each target by adding or removing energy to affect particle motion and IMFs.
Equilibrium Game In the equilibrium game, players disturb reactions to shift equilibrium and cause changes in the system to match game targets.
Mahjong Chemistry
Nobelprize.org gr. 6-12 educational section consists of 46 productions. Of these, 29 are interactive learning games of various sorts and degrees of difficulties. Most of them also includes a "Read more" about the subject.
Would You Eat That? presents a food and a list of ten ingredients that you might not expect to find in that food. To play the game you have to correctly identify which four of those ten ingredients is in your food.
Classic Chembalancer Learn to balance chemical equations
Review Chembalancer Review balancing chemical equations
Brain Boggle Chembalancer Up for some hard chemical equations?
Fun and Run Online Chemistry Game
Practice essential skills needed for introductory chemistry in a fun, fast paced way.
Classic Chembalancer gr 7-11 balance chemical equations in 30 mins. with this game
Conductive Valley Game Learn about electrically conductive polymers.
Chirality - Conductive Polymers - Plastics - The PCR Method
EleMental Stack up elements and combine them into compounds.
It's Elemental Learn the number of protons, neutrons, electrons and nucleons in different elements.
Forensics National Science Foundation produces educational web adventures based on the CSI television series. The web adventures are designed to teach students the process of forensic investigation and problem solving. There are three cases or levels to the CSI web adventures.
Human Body - Life Sciences
Human Body Interactives
Interactive games to explore the human body from senses to body system
Bioman biology
Created and maintained by a biology teacher, Bioman Biology offers an outstanding selection of free biology interactives, games, quizzes, and virtual labs. All are standards-based and easy to use for students (no registration required). Teachers can track student progress by simply registering for their own account. Biology topics covered range from physiology to evolution to scientific methods.
Germ Science Investigation is a free online game that is designed to help students understand how to stop the transmission of COVID-19. The game has four "missions" for students to complete. Students complete the missions by answering a series of scenario-based questions. Students are given instant feedback after answering each question. If they answer a question incorrectly, the correct answer and a fact about COVID-19 is displayed. Registration is not required in order to play Germ Science Investigation. In fact, I didn't even seen an option for creating an account. Therefore, students have to play the game in one sitting or lose all of their progress. Completing the game shouldn't take more than about fifteen to twenty minutes. The game is available in seventeen language www.freetech4teachrs.com
The American Museum of Natural History has a ton of online games.
Cell Homestasis Virtual Lab
What happens to a living cell when it’s placed in solutions of varying sugar concentrations? Use the virtual beakers, graduated cylinder, scale, dialysis tubes, and lab-grade sugar to find out. A simple experiment illustrating a key physiological principle.
East Tennessee State University
Great collection of higher-level free online biology labs covering ecology, evolution, and cell biology. Each experiment is available in both java and HTML5 - choose the HTML5 as java is no longer supported by most browsers. Users will enjoy changing parameters and observing the effects on honeybee foraging, male guppies’ tail spots, or plant biodiversity. Perhaps most important in today’s world: modeling and understanding the “tragedy of the commons” phenomenon.
Code Fred developed by the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago. The game helps players learn about the human body's responses to trauma. The object of the game is to help "Fred" escape from the woods while he is chased by a wolf. To keep Fred running players have to pump blood, increase the flow of oxygen, and send adrenaline through Fred's body. If a player doesn't respond to the needs of Fred's body fast enough, he will get caught by the wolf that is chasing him.
Phyto Heroes ( gr. 3-5) is a game about phytoplankton, tiny creatures invisible to the human eye that make half of the world’s oxygen while also feeding the ocean’s creatures. Through simple touch activities, children in grades 3–5 learn how their everyday actions, such as turning off the lights, can affect carbon levels, pH balance, and temperature, which must remain in a delicate balance for phytoplankton—and the ocean as a whole—to survive. The game is supplemented with 10 free lesson plans
ExploreLearning Gizmos provides over 400 math and science online simulations that power inquiry and understanding. It has a free Gizmos account available for science and math educators with a curated collection of Gizmos that change every January/July. Aligned to NGSS and state standards, each Gizmo comes with teacher guides and customizable lesson materials to help teachers and students delve deeper into the material. Some of the major features of Gizmos include: interactive design which allows for extensive manipulation of variables and ‘what-if’ experimentation; visualizations and graphing tools help capture and compare results from experiments; in-depth activities create more moments to explore, discover and apply new concepts. Watch the video below to learn more about Gizmo. Video
Geniventure research-based game for learning biology in high school and middle school. This online game includes real-time personalized tutoring, a teacher dashboard, support materials, and an online course for teachers. Topics addressed are genetics, molecular biology, and inheritance.
Science gr. 2-3 Human body, mammals, insects, space
Bioman Biology is a nice resource that I learned about from David Andrade. On Bioman Biology you will find dozens of educational games and virtual labs designed to help students learn about topics related to biology. The games and virtual labs are organized into eight topics; physiology, cells, ecology, genetics, classification, life chemistry, respiration, and scientific methods. Most the games are Flash-based but a handful of them are available as free iPad apps. (www.freetech4teachers.com )
PlayBrighter (gr. 1-8) A user starts out by creating a "Peeble" (avatar), then going on a variety of educational missions. These missions focus on different subject areas such as: Geography, Economics, History, and more. As a person completes a mission more and more of them become "unlocked" and they are able to purchase items/buildings.
Would You Eat That? presents a food and a list of ten ingredients that you might not expect to find in that food. To play the game you have to correctly identify which four of those ten ingredients is in your food.
Guts and Bolts helps students understand the complex relationships among the circulatory, respiratory, and digestives systems in the human body.
CellCraft (gr 3-6) Build a cell, fight off viruses, survive harsh worlds, and save the Platypus species!
Control of the Cell Cycle (gr 2-5) A game about controlling the cell cycle.
Code Fred developed by the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago. The game helps players learn about the human body's responses to trauma. The object of the game is to help "Fred" escape from the woods while he is chased by a wolf. To keep Fred running players have to pump blood, increase the flow of oxygen, and send adrenaline through Fred's body. If a player doesn't respond to the needs of Fred's body fast enough, he will get caught by the wolf that is chasing him.
Would You Eat That? presents a food and a list of ten ingredients that you might not expect to find in that food. To play the game you have to correctly identify which four of those ten ingredients is in your food.
Infection Detection Search for where germs hide from the American Museum of National History Read the story "How Lou Got the Flu" or play the game "Bacteria in the Cafeteria"
Pandemic2 (gr 8-12) Play the role of an evil scientist trying to create a biological weapon.
Germ Games (Do Bugs Need Drugs) -This site has many germ related games. Stay on the "Kids" page.
Immune System Defender Fight invading bacteria.
Nobelprize.org gr. 6-12 educational section consists of 46 productions. Of these, 29 are interactive learning games of various sorts and degrees of difficulties. Most of them also includes a "Read more" about the subject
Biology: Incredible MegaCell Learn about ultracentrifuges and orgnelles.
Human Body Interactives
Interactive games to explore the human body from senses to body system
Bioman biology
Created and maintained by a biology teacher, Bioman Biology offers an outstanding selection of free biology interactives, games, quizzes, and virtual labs. All are standards-based and easy to use for students (no registration required). Teachers can track student progress by simply registering for their own account. Biology topics covered range from physiology to evolution to scientific methods.
Germ Science Investigation is a free online game that is designed to help students understand how to stop the transmission of COVID-19. The game has four "missions" for students to complete. Students complete the missions by answering a series of scenario-based questions. Students are given instant feedback after answering each question. If they answer a question incorrectly, the correct answer and a fact about COVID-19 is displayed. Registration is not required in order to play Germ Science Investigation. In fact, I didn't even seen an option for creating an account. Therefore, students have to play the game in one sitting or lose all of their progress. Completing the game shouldn't take more than about fifteen to twenty minutes. The game is available in seventeen language www.freetech4teachrs.com
The American Museum of Natural History has a ton of online games.
Cell Homestasis Virtual Lab
What happens to a living cell when it’s placed in solutions of varying sugar concentrations? Use the virtual beakers, graduated cylinder, scale, dialysis tubes, and lab-grade sugar to find out. A simple experiment illustrating a key physiological principle.
East Tennessee State University
Great collection of higher-level free online biology labs covering ecology, evolution, and cell biology. Each experiment is available in both java and HTML5 - choose the HTML5 as java is no longer supported by most browsers. Users will enjoy changing parameters and observing the effects on honeybee foraging, male guppies’ tail spots, or plant biodiversity. Perhaps most important in today’s world: modeling and understanding the “tragedy of the commons” phenomenon.
Code Fred developed by the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago. The game helps players learn about the human body's responses to trauma. The object of the game is to help "Fred" escape from the woods while he is chased by a wolf. To keep Fred running players have to pump blood, increase the flow of oxygen, and send adrenaline through Fred's body. If a player doesn't respond to the needs of Fred's body fast enough, he will get caught by the wolf that is chasing him.
Phyto Heroes ( gr. 3-5) is a game about phytoplankton, tiny creatures invisible to the human eye that make half of the world’s oxygen while also feeding the ocean’s creatures. Through simple touch activities, children in grades 3–5 learn how their everyday actions, such as turning off the lights, can affect carbon levels, pH balance, and temperature, which must remain in a delicate balance for phytoplankton—and the ocean as a whole—to survive. The game is supplemented with 10 free lesson plans
ExploreLearning Gizmos provides over 400 math and science online simulations that power inquiry and understanding. It has a free Gizmos account available for science and math educators with a curated collection of Gizmos that change every January/July. Aligned to NGSS and state standards, each Gizmo comes with teacher guides and customizable lesson materials to help teachers and students delve deeper into the material. Some of the major features of Gizmos include: interactive design which allows for extensive manipulation of variables and ‘what-if’ experimentation; visualizations and graphing tools help capture and compare results from experiments; in-depth activities create more moments to explore, discover and apply new concepts. Watch the video below to learn more about Gizmo. Video
Geniventure research-based game for learning biology in high school and middle school. This online game includes real-time personalized tutoring, a teacher dashboard, support materials, and an online course for teachers. Topics addressed are genetics, molecular biology, and inheritance.
Science gr. 2-3 Human body, mammals, insects, space
Bioman Biology is a nice resource that I learned about from David Andrade. On Bioman Biology you will find dozens of educational games and virtual labs designed to help students learn about topics related to biology. The games and virtual labs are organized into eight topics; physiology, cells, ecology, genetics, classification, life chemistry, respiration, and scientific methods. Most the games are Flash-based but a handful of them are available as free iPad apps. (www.freetech4teachers.com )
PlayBrighter (gr. 1-8) A user starts out by creating a "Peeble" (avatar), then going on a variety of educational missions. These missions focus on different subject areas such as: Geography, Economics, History, and more. As a person completes a mission more and more of them become "unlocked" and they are able to purchase items/buildings.
Would You Eat That? presents a food and a list of ten ingredients that you might not expect to find in that food. To play the game you have to correctly identify which four of those ten ingredients is in your food.
Guts and Bolts helps students understand the complex relationships among the circulatory, respiratory, and digestives systems in the human body.
CellCraft (gr 3-6) Build a cell, fight off viruses, survive harsh worlds, and save the Platypus species!
Control of the Cell Cycle (gr 2-5) A game about controlling the cell cycle.
Code Fred developed by the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago. The game helps players learn about the human body's responses to trauma. The object of the game is to help "Fred" escape from the woods while he is chased by a wolf. To keep Fred running players have to pump blood, increase the flow of oxygen, and send adrenaline through Fred's body. If a player doesn't respond to the needs of Fred's body fast enough, he will get caught by the wolf that is chasing him.
Would You Eat That? presents a food and a list of ten ingredients that you might not expect to find in that food. To play the game you have to correctly identify which four of those ten ingredients is in your food.
Infection Detection Search for where germs hide from the American Museum of National History Read the story "How Lou Got the Flu" or play the game "Bacteria in the Cafeteria"
Pandemic2 (gr 8-12) Play the role of an evil scientist trying to create a biological weapon.
Germ Games (Do Bugs Need Drugs) -This site has many germ related games. Stay on the "Kids" page.
Immune System Defender Fight invading bacteria.
Nobelprize.org gr. 6-12 educational section consists of 46 productions. Of these, 29 are interactive learning games of various sorts and degrees of difficulties. Most of them also includes a "Read more" about the subject
Biology: Incredible MegaCell Learn about ultracentrifuges and orgnelles.
Medicine
Diabetes and Insulin Game (gr 3- 8) Learn about Diabetes and Insulin by helping a diabetic dog.
Blood Typing - Control of the Cell Cycle - Diabetes and Insulin - DNA - RNA - Protein
Life Science: Blood Typing Game (gr. 2-5) Learn about blood types and Rh factors.
Geniventure research-based game for learning biology in high school and middle school. This online game includes real-time personalized tutoring, a teacher dashboard, support materials, and an online course for teachers. Topics addressed are genetics, molecular biology, and inheritance.
DNA - the Double Helix - Ear Pages - ECG/Electrocardiogram - Immune Responses
DNA - The Double Helix (gr 2-5) Make copies of DNA by matching base pairs and identify the source.
Heredity Misconceptions about heredity are partly the result of the difference between the scientific and everyday meanings of words such as “random” and “dominant.” Playing RoboRiot supports the development of a more accurate understanding of these terms and concepts.
Eye of the Donkey DNA Game (gr 2-5)Learn how to copy large amounts of fragments of DNA.
Immune System - Malaria - MRI - Nerve Signaling - Pavlov's Dog
Split Brain Experiments - The Cell and its Organelles - The Genetic Code
Tuberculosis - Vitamin B1
Thingdom is a challenging game through which students can learn about genetics. The game, produced by the London Science Museum, asks players to select a "thing" then try to find a make for that "thing" based on various traits. Players move through a progression of challenges in which they try to create "thing" offspring that have certain traits.
All Systems are Go: Body Systems Help Arnold identify these important organ systems and put them back into his body where they belong.
You Make Me Sick You Make Me Sick! is a rich, interactive introduction to the exciting world of pathogens. The Double Helix Make copies of DNA by matching base pairs and identify the source.
Genetic Code (gr 2-6) Crack and learn the genetic code.
Routes A series of minigames about genetics.
Gut Instinct Battle intruders in the digestive tract.
Stages of Life gr. 4-6 How much do you know about the stages of life for different organisms?
Life Cycles, players choose an animal, and complete the life-cycle to see the animal reproduce and multiple by dragging the stages of development into the circle in the right order.
Creepy Critters gr. 4-6 Can you identify the creepy critters that may be living on or in your body?
Disease Detective gr. 4-6 Trace the outbreak of a mysterious illness, 'dizzy fever,' to its source.
How Your Brain Understands What Your Ears Hear.
Ear Pages (gr 2-5) Learn about the inner ear.
Blood Typing - Control of the Cell Cycle - Diabetes and Insulin - DNA - RNA - Protein
DNA - the Double Helix - Ear Pages - ECG/Electrocardiogram - Immune Responses
Immune System - Malaria - MRI - Nerve Signaling - Pavlov's Dog
Split Brain Experiments - The Cell and its Organelles - The Genetic Code
Tuberculosis - Vitamin B1
Microorganisms gr. 4-6 Locate the microorganisms and then take the quiz.
Foldit - Solve genetic puzzles and help Science research.
Diabetes and Insulin Game (gr 3- 8) Learn about Diabetes and Insulin by helping a diabetic dog.
Blood Typing - Control of the Cell Cycle - Diabetes and Insulin - DNA - RNA - Protein
Life Science: Blood Typing Game (gr. 2-5) Learn about blood types and Rh factors.
Geniventure research-based game for learning biology in high school and middle school. This online game includes real-time personalized tutoring, a teacher dashboard, support materials, and an online course for teachers. Topics addressed are genetics, molecular biology, and inheritance.
DNA - the Double Helix - Ear Pages - ECG/Electrocardiogram - Immune Responses
DNA - The Double Helix (gr 2-5) Make copies of DNA by matching base pairs and identify the source.
Heredity Misconceptions about heredity are partly the result of the difference between the scientific and everyday meanings of words such as “random” and “dominant.” Playing RoboRiot supports the development of a more accurate understanding of these terms and concepts.
Eye of the Donkey DNA Game (gr 2-5)Learn how to copy large amounts of fragments of DNA.
Immune System - Malaria - MRI - Nerve Signaling - Pavlov's Dog
Split Brain Experiments - The Cell and its Organelles - The Genetic Code
Tuberculosis - Vitamin B1
Thingdom is a challenging game through which students can learn about genetics. The game, produced by the London Science Museum, asks players to select a "thing" then try to find a make for that "thing" based on various traits. Players move through a progression of challenges in which they try to create "thing" offspring that have certain traits.
All Systems are Go: Body Systems Help Arnold identify these important organ systems and put them back into his body where they belong.
You Make Me Sick You Make Me Sick! is a rich, interactive introduction to the exciting world of pathogens. The Double Helix Make copies of DNA by matching base pairs and identify the source.
Genetic Code (gr 2-6) Crack and learn the genetic code.
Routes A series of minigames about genetics.
Gut Instinct Battle intruders in the digestive tract.
Stages of Life gr. 4-6 How much do you know about the stages of life for different organisms?
Life Cycles, players choose an animal, and complete the life-cycle to see the animal reproduce and multiple by dragging the stages of development into the circle in the right order.
Creepy Critters gr. 4-6 Can you identify the creepy critters that may be living on or in your body?
Disease Detective gr. 4-6 Trace the outbreak of a mysterious illness, 'dizzy fever,' to its source.
How Your Brain Understands What Your Ears Hear.
Ear Pages (gr 2-5) Learn about the inner ear.
Blood Typing - Control of the Cell Cycle - Diabetes and Insulin - DNA - RNA - Protein
DNA - the Double Helix - Ear Pages - ECG/Electrocardiogram - Immune Responses
Immune System - Malaria - MRI - Nerve Signaling - Pavlov's Dog
Split Brain Experiments - The Cell and its Organelles - The Genetic Code
Tuberculosis - Vitamin B1
Microorganisms gr. 4-6 Locate the microorganisms and then take the quiz.
Foldit - Solve genetic puzzles and help Science research.
Animals
Swim For Home Help the salmon swim home.
My Life as an Elk gr. 3-5 Transform into an elk and learn about life in the wild.
Tracking at the White Sands gr. 4-5 Each animal leaves a distinct track. Choose the animal that matches the tracks.
Bioman Biology is a nice resource that I learned about from David Andrade. On Bioman Biology you will find dozens of educational games and virtual labs designed to help students learn about topics related to biology. The games and virtual labs are organized into eight topics; physiology, cells, ecology, genetics, classification, life chemistry, respiration, and scientific methods. Most the games are Flash-based but a handful of them are available as free iPad apps. (www.freetech4teachers.com
Peep and the Big Wide World, produced by WGBH, offers a great collection of online games, videos, and offline activities designed to help students learn and practice skills in math and science. One emphasis of the games that I tried is recognizing patterns. In all there are twenty-one online games available through Peep and the Big Wide World.
Shutterbugs Wiggle and Stomp is an educational game produced by the Smithsonian. The purpose of the game is to help children recognize the movements of animals. In the game children move through a virtual zoo with a zoo keeper. As they go through the virtual zoo the zoo keeper will ask students to take pictures of animals who are demonstrating running, jumping, stomping, and other movements. Shutterbugs Wiggle and Stomp can be played online.
Habitats is a fun little game from the Smithsonian Science Education Center. The online game challenges elementary school to match animals to their habitats. The game shows students images representative of four habitats; desert, coral reef, jungle, and marsh. Students drag pictures of animals from a list to their corresponding habitats. Students receive instant feedback on each move they make in the game. Once an animal has been placed in the correct habitat students can click on it to learn more about it in the Encyclopedia of Life.
ExploreLearning Gizmos provides over 400 math and science online simulations that power inquiry and understanding. It has a free Gizmos account available for science and math educators with a curated collection of Gizmos that change every January/July. Aligned to NGSS and state standards, each Gizmo comes with teacher guides and customizable lesson materials to help teachers and students delve deeper into the material. Some of the major features of Gizmos include: interactive design which allows for extensive manipulation of variables and ‘what-if’ experimentation; visualizations and graphing tools help capture and compare results from experiments; in-depth activities create more moments to explore, discover and apply new concepts. Watch the video below to learn more about Gizmo. Video
Shutterbugs Wiggle and Stomp is an educational game produced by the Smithsonian. The purpose of the game is to help children recognize the movements of animals.
Animal Characteristic Game Fill the bins with the characteristic that best fits the animal type.
Ecosystem Explorer produced by PBS Learning Media, is a nice collection videos, images, and games designed to help students learn about the roles of predators and scavengers in ecosystems. Three animals are featured in Ecosystem Explorer: wolves, sharks, and vultures.
Who am I? gr. 4-5 Use the clues to match the animal to its description.
Habitats is a game from the Smithsonian Science Education Center. The online game challenges elementary school to match animals to their habitats. The game shows students images representative of four habitats; desert, coral reef, jungle, and marsh. Students drag pictures of animals from a list to their corresponding habitats. Students receive instant feedback on each move they make in the game. Once an animal has been placed in the correct habitat students can click on it to learn more about it in the Encyclopedia of Life.
Shutterbugs: Wiggle and Stomp. the app is a teaching game that shows children how to describe movement and motion while visiting exotic animals at the National Zoo. The app equips players with a virtual camera to take pictures of the animals as they perform motions. The game responds to individual players, adjusting the difficulty depending on the child’s progress. Aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards and Common Core State Standards,
16 games and interactive videos about animals and other features of nature. Through the games and videos students can learn about penguins, sea turtles, and eleven other animals. Fortunately, many Nature episodes are now available to view online. Episodes can be found on the Nature website and on PBS Video. You could use some of the Nature games as a follow-up to watching some of the video clips you could use some of the Nature games.
Life's Devices Find the connections between the living and nonliving objects at each level to send the sock monkey hero, Darwin, on a voyage of discovery! Themed around adaptation in nature, Life’s Devices challenges players to use their knowledge of the world around them to figure out the connections between living and nonliving objects within a scene.
Crazy Plant Shop gr 5-8 Learn how cells grow and function is contained in genes in the chromosomes of each cell nucleus and that during the process of reproduction the genes are passed from the parent cells to offspring; learn how biological evolution accounts for the diversity of species on Earth today; determine the probabilities for genotype and phenotype combinations using Punnett Squares and pedigrees; learn why offspring that result from sexual reproduction are likely to have more diverse characteristics than offspring that result from asexual reproduction.
Who Pooped? is an interactive game in which students learn about various animals by guessing which animal created which pile of poop. Believe it or not, there is actually some good information about the animals that follows each round of guessing who created which poop.
Online games and animations about mammals, birds, and dinosaurs from the Canadian Museum of Nature. A few of the games and animations are Canada-specific, but those and all of the others have a broad appeal.
Food Chain The order that animals feed on other plants and animals is called a food chain.Do you think you can put a food chain together? Play Chain Reaction to learn why every animal within a food chain is so important.
The Antarctic Food Web Game is an online game produced by WGBH to support middle school lessons on food chains and Antarctica. The simple game presents students with charts and tables about animals and plants found around Antarctica. Students have to take the information presented to them to create a correct food web. The key to creating a correct food web is understanding where various animals fit in the food chain.
Great Nocturnal Hat Hunt gr. K-2 Play games to understand how nocturnal animals navigate at night.
Now You See Me, Now You Don't gr. K-2 Camouflage game
Food Chain Game Create a food chain in different habitats
Invasive Species Start as an Asian carp, and then drive a simulation to prevent this invasive species from entering Lake Michigan.
Science Human body, mammals, insects, space
Mysteries of the Unseen World iPad app based on the National Geographic film of the same name. Students see common, everyday objects under an electron microscope. The app contains three types of games based on the images. The “solve” games show students an image and a clue as to which object they are seeing. There is a multiple choice “solve” and a cypher “solve.” The multiple choice game is good for beginners. The cypher game is for advanced players. In the cypher game students have to spell the name of what they think they are seeing. In the puzzle game students are given the name of an object and then have to assemble the electron microscope picture.
Swim For Home Help the salmon swim home.
My Life as an Elk gr. 3-5 Transform into an elk and learn about life in the wild.
Tracking at the White Sands gr. 4-5 Each animal leaves a distinct track. Choose the animal that matches the tracks.
Bioman Biology is a nice resource that I learned about from David Andrade. On Bioman Biology you will find dozens of educational games and virtual labs designed to help students learn about topics related to biology. The games and virtual labs are organized into eight topics; physiology, cells, ecology, genetics, classification, life chemistry, respiration, and scientific methods. Most the games are Flash-based but a handful of them are available as free iPad apps. (www.freetech4teachers.com
Peep and the Big Wide World, produced by WGBH, offers a great collection of online games, videos, and offline activities designed to help students learn and practice skills in math and science. One emphasis of the games that I tried is recognizing patterns. In all there are twenty-one online games available through Peep and the Big Wide World.
Shutterbugs Wiggle and Stomp is an educational game produced by the Smithsonian. The purpose of the game is to help children recognize the movements of animals. In the game children move through a virtual zoo with a zoo keeper. As they go through the virtual zoo the zoo keeper will ask students to take pictures of animals who are demonstrating running, jumping, stomping, and other movements. Shutterbugs Wiggle and Stomp can be played online.
Habitats is a fun little game from the Smithsonian Science Education Center. The online game challenges elementary school to match animals to their habitats. The game shows students images representative of four habitats; desert, coral reef, jungle, and marsh. Students drag pictures of animals from a list to their corresponding habitats. Students receive instant feedback on each move they make in the game. Once an animal has been placed in the correct habitat students can click on it to learn more about it in the Encyclopedia of Life.
ExploreLearning Gizmos provides over 400 math and science online simulations that power inquiry and understanding. It has a free Gizmos account available for science and math educators with a curated collection of Gizmos that change every January/July. Aligned to NGSS and state standards, each Gizmo comes with teacher guides and customizable lesson materials to help teachers and students delve deeper into the material. Some of the major features of Gizmos include: interactive design which allows for extensive manipulation of variables and ‘what-if’ experimentation; visualizations and graphing tools help capture and compare results from experiments; in-depth activities create more moments to explore, discover and apply new concepts. Watch the video below to learn more about Gizmo. Video
Shutterbugs Wiggle and Stomp is an educational game produced by the Smithsonian. The purpose of the game is to help children recognize the movements of animals.
Animal Characteristic Game Fill the bins with the characteristic that best fits the animal type.
Ecosystem Explorer produced by PBS Learning Media, is a nice collection videos, images, and games designed to help students learn about the roles of predators and scavengers in ecosystems. Three animals are featured in Ecosystem Explorer: wolves, sharks, and vultures.
Who am I? gr. 4-5 Use the clues to match the animal to its description.
Habitats is a game from the Smithsonian Science Education Center. The online game challenges elementary school to match animals to their habitats. The game shows students images representative of four habitats; desert, coral reef, jungle, and marsh. Students drag pictures of animals from a list to their corresponding habitats. Students receive instant feedback on each move they make in the game. Once an animal has been placed in the correct habitat students can click on it to learn more about it in the Encyclopedia of Life.
Shutterbugs: Wiggle and Stomp. the app is a teaching game that shows children how to describe movement and motion while visiting exotic animals at the National Zoo. The app equips players with a virtual camera to take pictures of the animals as they perform motions. The game responds to individual players, adjusting the difficulty depending on the child’s progress. Aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards and Common Core State Standards,
16 games and interactive videos about animals and other features of nature. Through the games and videos students can learn about penguins, sea turtles, and eleven other animals. Fortunately, many Nature episodes are now available to view online. Episodes can be found on the Nature website and on PBS Video. You could use some of the Nature games as a follow-up to watching some of the video clips you could use some of the Nature games.
Life's Devices Find the connections between the living and nonliving objects at each level to send the sock monkey hero, Darwin, on a voyage of discovery! Themed around adaptation in nature, Life’s Devices challenges players to use their knowledge of the world around them to figure out the connections between living and nonliving objects within a scene.
Crazy Plant Shop gr 5-8 Learn how cells grow and function is contained in genes in the chromosomes of each cell nucleus and that during the process of reproduction the genes are passed from the parent cells to offspring; learn how biological evolution accounts for the diversity of species on Earth today; determine the probabilities for genotype and phenotype combinations using Punnett Squares and pedigrees; learn why offspring that result from sexual reproduction are likely to have more diverse characteristics than offspring that result from asexual reproduction.
Who Pooped? is an interactive game in which students learn about various animals by guessing which animal created which pile of poop. Believe it or not, there is actually some good information about the animals that follows each round of guessing who created which poop.
Online games and animations about mammals, birds, and dinosaurs from the Canadian Museum of Nature. A few of the games and animations are Canada-specific, but those and all of the others have a broad appeal.
Food Chain The order that animals feed on other plants and animals is called a food chain.Do you think you can put a food chain together? Play Chain Reaction to learn why every animal within a food chain is so important.
The Antarctic Food Web Game is an online game produced by WGBH to support middle school lessons on food chains and Antarctica. The simple game presents students with charts and tables about animals and plants found around Antarctica. Students have to take the information presented to them to create a correct food web. The key to creating a correct food web is understanding where various animals fit in the food chain.
Great Nocturnal Hat Hunt gr. K-2 Play games to understand how nocturnal animals navigate at night.
Now You See Me, Now You Don't gr. K-2 Camouflage game
Food Chain Game Create a food chain in different habitats
Invasive Species Start as an Asian carp, and then drive a simulation to prevent this invasive species from entering Lake Michigan.
Science Human body, mammals, insects, space
Mysteries of the Unseen World iPad app based on the National Geographic film of the same name. Students see common, everyday objects under an electron microscope. The app contains three types of games based on the images. The “solve” games show students an image and a clue as to which object they are seeing. There is a multiple choice “solve” and a cypher “solve.” The multiple choice game is good for beginners. The cypher game is for advanced players. In the cypher game students have to spell the name of what they think they are seeing. In the puzzle game students are given the name of an object and then have to assemble the electron microscope picture.
Plants
Forest Layers Walk What lives in the tallest tree or under a rotting log?
Bioman Biology is a nice resource that I learned about from David Andrade. On Bioman Biology you will find dozens of educational games and virtual labs designed to help students learn about topics related to biology. The games and virtual labs are organized into eight topics; physiology, cells, ecology, genetics, classification, life chemistry, respiration, and scientific methods. Most the games are Flash-based but a handful of them are available as free iPad apps. (www.freetech4teachers.com )
Photosynthesis designed to help dispel the common misconceptions
Reach for the Sun manage a plant to help it produce as many seeds as possible before winter comes.
What Tree is That? gr 3-5 You can identify most trees by studying their leaves, seeds, and fruit.
ExploreLearning Gizmos provides over 400 math and science online simulations that power inquiry and understanding. It has a free Gizmos account available for science and math educators with a curated collection of Gizmos that change every January/July. Aligned to NGSS and state standards, each Gizmo comes with teacher guides and customizable lesson materials to help teachers and students delve deeper into the material. Some of the major features of Gizmos include: interactive design which allows for extensive manipulation of variables and ‘what-if’ experimentation; visualizations and graphing tools help capture and compare results from experiments; in-depth activities create more moments to explore, discover and apply new concepts. Watch the video below to learn more about Gizmo. Video
Life's Devices Find the connections between the living and nonliving objects at each level to send the sock monkey hero, Darwin, on a voyage of discovery! Themed around adaptation in nature, Life’s Devices challenges players to use their knowledge of the world around them to figure out the connections between living and nonliving objects within a scene.
A Touch of Class gr. 3-5 Select the correct plants and animals for each category
Flower Saver gr. K-2 Demonstrates how animals depend on flowers
Forest Layers Walk What lives in the tallest tree or under a rotting log?
Bioman Biology is a nice resource that I learned about from David Andrade. On Bioman Biology you will find dozens of educational games and virtual labs designed to help students learn about topics related to biology. The games and virtual labs are organized into eight topics; physiology, cells, ecology, genetics, classification, life chemistry, respiration, and scientific methods. Most the games are Flash-based but a handful of them are available as free iPad apps. (www.freetech4teachers.com )
Photosynthesis designed to help dispel the common misconceptions
Reach for the Sun manage a plant to help it produce as many seeds as possible before winter comes.
What Tree is That? gr 3-5 You can identify most trees by studying their leaves, seeds, and fruit.
ExploreLearning Gizmos provides over 400 math and science online simulations that power inquiry and understanding. It has a free Gizmos account available for science and math educators with a curated collection of Gizmos that change every January/July. Aligned to NGSS and state standards, each Gizmo comes with teacher guides and customizable lesson materials to help teachers and students delve deeper into the material. Some of the major features of Gizmos include: interactive design which allows for extensive manipulation of variables and ‘what-if’ experimentation; visualizations and graphing tools help capture and compare results from experiments; in-depth activities create more moments to explore, discover and apply new concepts. Watch the video below to learn more about Gizmo. Video
Life's Devices Find the connections between the living and nonliving objects at each level to send the sock monkey hero, Darwin, on a voyage of discovery! Themed around adaptation in nature, Life’s Devices challenges players to use their knowledge of the world around them to figure out the connections between living and nonliving objects within a scene.
A Touch of Class gr. 3-5 Select the correct plants and animals for each category
Flower Saver gr. K-2 Demonstrates how animals depend on flowers
Space
Lunar Cycle Challenge gr. 4-6 Drag moons to the their place in the lunar cycle.
Astroventure gr. 4-6 Go with Astro and learn about the tools that astronomers use to detect planets.
Station Spacewalk Game is designed for middle school students to learn about the purposes and functions of the International Space Station. In the game students go on Extravehicular Activities modeled after real EVAs performed by astronauts. Station Spacewalk can be played online or downloaded for free as a Windows game or as a Mac game.
Gravity Launch gr. 4-6 Launch a rocket into space to see how the force of gravity can pull an object toward the earth and moon.
Go to the Head of the Solar System gr. 4-6 Answer questions about celestial objects as they travel through the solar system.
Planetary Rescue Squad gr. 4-6 Your goal is provide parts to space colonists.
Science Human body, mammals, insects, space
Planet In Action is a website that features games based on Google Earth. In the Moon Lander game you take control of the Apollo 11 moon lander and guide the Eagle to touch-down.
Astroventure gr. 4-6 Go with Astro and learn about the tools that astronomers use to detect planets.
Station Spacewalk Game is designed for middle school students to learn about the purposes and functions of the International Space Station. In the game students go on Extravehicular Activities modeled after real EVAs performed by astronauts. Station Spacewalk can be played online or downloaded for free as a Windows game or as a Mac game.
Gravity Launch gr. 4-6 Launch a rocket into space to see how the force of gravity can pull an object toward the earth and moon.
Go to the Head of the Solar System gr. 4-6 Answer questions about celestial objects as they travel through the solar system.
Planetary Rescue Squad gr. 4-6 Your goal is provide parts to space colonists.
Science Human body, mammals, insects, space
Planet In Action is a website that features games based on Google Earth. In the Moon Lander game you take control of the Apollo 11 moon lander and guide the Eagle to touch-down.