T21M5 Management

Finding Appropriate Games

A  Google search is likely to find you more learning games than you could ever use in your classroom yet many of them would not be suitable for your class. As we found with educational videos and other learning resources, we need some help finding appropriate games.

Curated lists of games are much more helpful than just lists generated for advertising purposes. The following list is intended to be illustrative rather than exhaustive.

Unfortunately, many of the games fit our level 1 category, so some examples of Level 2 and 3 games are listed below.

Note that some games require Flash Player and thus can't be used with iPads.

Sites with Sets or Lists of Games

ABC Education http://education.abc.net.au/home#!/games

Adventure Bible https://www.adventurebible.com/games/home

Bible Activities Zone http://www.bibleactivitieszone.com/index.php

Center for Games and Learning (MidAmerica Nazarene University)
https://www.mnu.edu/learning-commons/center-for-games-and-learning/games-list

Common Sense Media Free Educational Apps, Games and Websites https://www.commonsensemedia.org/lists/free-educational-apps-games-and-websites

Common Sense Media Games that Teach History https://www.commonsensemedia.org/lists/games-that-teach-history


Funbrain Games https://www.funbrain.com/games

Disney Junior http://disney.go.com/disneyjunior

Happy Neuron Brain Games http://www.happy-neuron.com/brain-games

Learning Games for Kids https://www.learninggamesforkids.com

Knowledge Adventure http://www.knowledgeadventure.com

Math Playground https://www.mathplayground.com/games.html

National Geographic Kids http://www.natgeokids.com
In the What are you looking for? box, type Games.
There are lots of other fun resources for students other than games.

Play Science Games http://playsciencegames.com

The Kidz Page http://thekidzpage.com.

Whyville http://www.whyville.net/smmk/nice
 

Examples of Higher Order Games

Geoguessr, Let's Explore the World. https://geoguessr.com
Uses Google Street View. Players explore looking for clues and when ready, they click on a part of the map to indicate their guess. Clues include landscape types, sign posts and signs on stores and vehicles (especially the language), which side of the road they drive on.

LightBot http://lightbot.com/flash.html
A game to introduce students (age 9 and up) to algorithms and coding from the Hour of Code organization. There is also a junior version for children aged 4 - 8. Online version uses Flash and there are app versions for iOS and Adroid.

Plan it Green. http://media.planitgreenlive.com/
In this game from National Geographic, players plan a city to be environmentally friendly.

Selene http://selene.cet.edu/default.aspx?page=Selene
A lunar science games originally funded by NASA.