Games

=Games  =

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[|Poptropica]
Poptropica is a [|massively multiplayer online game] and [|virtual world], targeted at children ages 6 to 15, where players can travel, play games, compete in head-to-head competition, and communicate safely with each other. There is a role-playing component as players are encouraged to finish "island missions" and get medallions. Once a player enters Poptropica, he chooses an island to explore; each island has a central mission. To travel between islands, the user boards a blimp with the Poptropica logo, which shuttles between the Main Streets of the various islands.

[|Kongregate]
Free games online - many are listed here, like 'Little Wheel'

[|Little Wheel]
Click around to solve the puzzle, and get the energy back on.

Download Free Games
Free download puzzle and arcade games

[|Y8.com]
Y8.com is a directory of free flash games. Play a game now! We are adding new fun games every day so please bookmark this page and come back! Unlike other sites, we don't throw tons of ads and popups at you. Our servers are not overloaded so the games we have load fast!

[|Little Wheel]
[|Little Wheel] is a beautifully presented and animated point and click adventure. It’s relatively short, but really enjoyable. Little Wheel takes place in a robot world, which has lain dormant for 10,000 years dues to an accident that left the robots without power. Waking after a lightening strike, your little robot has to journey through the dormant city and bring it back to life. With its quirky, silent robot protagonist and simple though engaging gameplay,

[|Dyson]
Dyson is a new, ambient real-time strategy game. It’s available on [|**Mac, Windows and Linux**], and was originally developed for the [|//TIGSource Procedural Generation competition//]. The game is about conquering an asteroid belt, working through a //nodes system//; colonize a nearby asteroid, settle yourself, and start preparing for the next one. It’s like old European business, though now in space. This sounds pretty easy, and it //is// fairly simple on paper, but as you proceed in the game, the levels grow to be exceedingly difficult.

[|Urban Game]
Create a liveable neighbourhood. The goal is to select elements which promote samrt growth rather than urban sprawl.

[|GameEd 411]
GameEd 411 is a wiki for sharing information about free educational digital games. It was created as a resource for a presentation given to librarians of member libraries of the Monroe 2-Orleans BOCES School Library System in Rochester, New York. If you have not been following the recent research and development of educational games, please take a moment to read our [|**Why Games, Why Now**] page and our [|**Wait, there's more!**] page. You will be amazed.

[|Games for Educators]
Looking for a game for your classroom, library, school, or home? We've just launched a Game Finder here at Games for Educators. Just [|click the Game Finder link] to see a database of games searchable by **educational value**, **acceptable setting**, or even **educational standards**! It's a community-run resource to help us all find exactly the games we're looking for.

[|Educational Games]
You don't have to be a genius to understand the work of the Nobel Laureates. These games and simulations, based on Nobel Prize-awarded achievements, will teach and inspire you while you're having FUN! Students, teachers and non-professionals of all ages will enjoy testing and building their knowledge in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, peace and economics. Some games: Lord of the flies, Plastics, Nuclear Weapons, Trade etc

[|Red Star Fall]
[|Red Star Fall] is a neat game, where your objective is to bring the red star to ground level, by removing blocks underneath it. It’s all mouse controlled, and difficult to stop once you’ve started! This really is a casual game - if you can point and click with a mouse, you can play with no problems! Once completed, why not head over to the almost identical, but cuter [|Tumbledrop] (which requires the [|unity plugin] for your browser)? There are 20 more levels of star-saving related action there, if you need more!

[|Tinymania]
If you can’t concentrate for more than 5 seconds, [|Tinymania] have the perfect game for you. [|Tiny Trials] is an online collection of super-mini games, some lasting less than a second. Half the fun is figuring out what to do before it’s over. There’s a live online leaderboard too, so you can track your progress and take it to the top!

**[|Tipping Point Adventure Game]**
Tipping Point is a FREE online game.

[|Zanpo]
Zanpo is an online game, virtual world, and social network. There are many cities in Zanpo, each with its own unique architecture and community. Build your own virtual world!

[|Twist and Drink]
Warning - it takes a long time to load!

[|MazeFrenzy]
Its the wackiest and most exciting maze game on the internet!

[|StocksQuest]
**StocksQuest is an educational and interactive Web site offering free global stock games, especially for educators and contest organizers. Integrated into this very realistic global stock market simulation are lesson plans, stock guides, and online investing resources.**

[|26 Learning Games]
to change the world!

[|Planet Green Game]
by Starbucks Coffee Co.

[|Arcademic Skill Builders]
Our educational video games offer an innovative approach to teaching basic academic skills by incorporating features of arcade games and educational practices into fun online games that will motivate, intrigue, and teach your students. Maths and English skill games.

[|Roller Coaster Designer]
This is a game where you can design your own roller-coaster.

[|Scrabulous]
Registration and all games at Scrabulous are FREE. So [|signup now] and have hours of fun with your friends, and people from all over the world. You don't have to download any software or install applications to play Scrabulous.

[|75 Free EduGames]
Links to 75 games plus some articles and other gaming links

[|Casual Gameplay]
Reviews, discussions, walkthroughs, hints and tips

**[|Knowing Helps]**
Another Free Poverty game. See how many cups of water you can donate by testing your knowledge about the world. Each correct answer means we will be donating 10 cups on your behalf. Good luck!

**[|Universal Leonardo]**
Play with Leonardo! Here you’ll find a range of fun on-line games and activities which explore a little of the thinking behind Leonardo’s approach. From flights of fancy to making monsters, Leonardo simply had to know how the universe worked. His various attempts to discover the truth reveal much about this remarkable man and provide the inspiration for these fun activities. In addition, you’ll also find a few make-and-do activities that you can download and try out at home or in the classroom. Enjoy…Leonardo did!

[|Funderoo]
Free games online.You need to register to play them.

[|PowerUp]
Save Planet Helios from ecological devastation! Exciting, 3D, action-strategy game. Meet new friends. Download and Play for FREE

[|Puzzle and Crossword Links]
Interactive Crosswords and Jigsaw Puzzles

[|JigsawPlanet]
**//On this web site you can://**
 * **//Create//** //your own puzzles.//
 * **//Play//** //your own and common puzzles.//
 * **//Send//** //puzzles to friends.//
 * **//Put//** //created puzzles// **//on your web pages//**//.//

**[|What2Learn]**
Welcome to What2Learn, the interactive learning solution providing effective educational resources and revision games. The fun way to revise and prepare for success in your GCSEs, SATs and KS3 subjects. NEW! Make your own games - no downloads required. Press [|here] to get going. Prepare for exam success using over one thousand FREE interactive activities. You need to register to play the games but it is FREE!

**[|Games for the Brain]**
Collection of online puzzle games. This online game site has almost 40 puzzle games and brain teasers, including [|Sudoku], [|Solitaire] and [|Mahjong]. You don’t need to be a genius to play them, these games are for everyone. If you’re looking for a productive way to kill some time it’s for you. They’re fun for a short while. Puzzles, memory games, word games, math games, and lots of other interesting stuff to challenge your thinking skills. All of them are quick and easy to learn. Here is a list of available games:Dragger, Counterfeit, Guess the Colors, Oooze, Rotate, Rotate², Chinese Checkers, Colored Lines, Masterpieces, Mastercards, Sudoku, Reversi, Mastermind, TwinCol, NumberHunt, MineHunter, Crime Scene, Mahjongg Solitaire, What Was There, The Image Quiz, TriviaNut, Guess the Flag, Marsmoney, Memocoly, Checkers, Chess, Word games, Lettermaze, Anagramania, Guess the Place, Letterama, SquareWords, What Word, Spellice, What Did I Search For, The WordHunt Game, SpeedType, and SpeedRead. There are also a couple games that can be accessed from a mobile phone. These are Anagramania, Letterama, SquareWords, What Word and Spellice. Some of the games can be embedded onto your blog.

**[|MathsNet: Chess Club]**
New to chess? Want to learn the rules? Try out some of these ideas. You can also play a full game against the computer opposite.

[|Crayon Physics]

 * What it is: ** [|Crayon Physics] is a freeware puzzle game. The object of the game is to guide a ball to a star. Students do not have direct control of the ball, but interact with it by drawing shapes with the mouse to get the ball to roll from one platform to another. Any object that students draw reacts as it would if it were subject to gravity. There are some great physics lessons to be taught with this game! [|Crayon Physics] is a Windows only download right now.
 * Tips: ** Take a look at the video above for a good look at [|Crayon Physics]in action

[|Desktop Tower Defence]
highly addictive, challenging and [|very popular] puzzle/strategy game where you have to protect your desktop from creeps (invaders) by building a labyrinth-like maze along with firing towers on the walls. Finding the right places for the firing towers is the main key here.

**[|Bloxorz]**
not as fast-paced and intense as Desktop but no less challenging, accompanied by excellent graphics and sounds. The aim here is to get the brick-like block to fall into the square hole at the end of each maze. There are 33 stage to complete.

**[|WebSudoku]**
thousands of web-based classic Sudoku puzzles for any level from //beginner// to //expert//.

**[|kdice]**
live turn-based multi-player strategy game. The goal of the game is to conquer all of the territories owned by other users. Read more on [|Kdice] on Wikipedia.

**[|CDX]**
realistic flash-based mystery game. The main character Adam (you) is suffering from amnesia. You have to solve various tasks to get to the next task. Tasks range from deciphering codes, withstanding interrogation, to solving mazes in Rome. 4 level game.

**[|Good Experience Games]**
//“… good game design with an overall attention to quality. Unless otherwise noted, they’re all free, online, and available right now.”//

**[|Sail Safe]**
is a combination game and tutorial on how to sail a ship. The National Maritime Museum in Great Britain created it.

**[|Joust Challenge]**
is an online game from the Metropolitan Museum in New York. Players have to answer simple multiple choice questions about knights in the Middle Ages. Depending on whether the answer is correct, their “knight” will either win or lose an animated joust.

[|Free Download Games]
You can find hot new cool games every day. freeGames - the best place on the web to play games for free!

[|Action & Arcade] [|Card & Board] [|Mahjong Games] [|Word Games] [|Puzzle Games] [|New Games] [|Pop Games]


 * [|PBS Kids Go]** There is an assortment of games and activities available here.

**[|Immune Attack]**
The [|Federation of American Scientists] ([|FAS]) presents Immune Attack™, an educational video game that introduces basic concepts of human immunology to high school and entry-level college students. Designed as a supplemental learning tool, Immune Attack aims to excite students about the subject, while also illuminating general principles and detailed concepts of immunology.



**[|Travian]**
Travian is a browser game with a world full of thousands of users who all begin as the leaders of small villages. From [|Wesley Fryer,] " There are two basic ways to expand your personal “empire” in Travian and build/obtain more villages. The first way is to build up your palace or residence (one of the buildings in each of your villages) to level 10, 15, or 20, and earn enough “culture points” to found a new village. You can found a new village either by training “settlers” who can be sent with basic resources to an unoccupied area on the virtual Travian map grid, or you can train a “chief” (in my case he is called a Senator, because I am in the Roman tribe) who can be sent repeatedly to another existing village. It is necessary to destroy the residence in the village you want to take over with your chief first, before sending the chief, and afterwards each time your chief arrives in the village he lowers the “loyalty” of that village by a percentage. When the village’s loyalty is lowered to zero, the entire village becomes yours. This entire process (which is admittedly and delightfully complex) is explained well in [|this official Travian tutorial, “Preventing Conquerings.”] ...... This entire sequence of conversations, decisions, and actions by Alexander was a great opportunity to see him practice problem solving and mathematical calculations in a relevant, meaningful context. Too often in school, we are teaching skills “just in case” instead of “just in time.” Alexander is using his math skills and learning new ones in Travian, as well as further developing his problem solving skills, to accomplish tangible objectives he really cares about. It is exciting to be learning and playing together in Travian, and to witness how online games like Travian can help young students develop a rich repertoire of skills– including mathematical abilities!"

**[|TypeRacer]**
is another game to play in order to practice typing skills. No registration is required, and you can compete against yourself or others by a race car that moves fast or slow depending on the speed of your typing. It shows your errors, and you can continue until you fix it. It uses quotes from movies so you may have to keep an eye out for the appropriateness of them. They all seemed okay when I had a go but please let me know if you think they are inappropriate and I will remove this link.

[|Spywatch]
is a neat game – again from the BBC. In it, the player has to discover who is the spy working in Great Britain during World War II. There’s a fair amount of reading involved, though it’s simple language and laid-out well. Early Intermediate English Language Learners would find it a challenge, but should be able to play it. Uploaded with [|plasq]’s [|Skitch]!



**[|Karma Tycoon]**
You need to register and play online. The purpose of the game is to teach young people about social entrepreneurship and financial responsibility.

**[|The Arcade Wire™: Airport Security]**
They say the front line of the War on Terror is the airport security line. See if you’ve got what it takes to keep airline travel safe in this hysterical game of airport security. Better not let that tube of toothpaste get through your checkpoint — it could be a terrorist’s weapon against freedom (or maybe it just fights gingivitis)!

**[|Contagion]**
Dr. Jennifer Jenson and Dr. Suzanne de Castell had developed an online game called “Contagion” which teacher 9-13 year olds how to avoid contagious diseases such as West Nile, HIV/AIDS and SARS. You can view the **[|game here]**. The trailer looks awesome, but it was the only bit of 3D animation that I could see in the game from what I had played.
 * You need to give your email address to play this but the game is from a university site. It could be worth looking at.**


 * Sodarace is the online Olympics pitting human creativity against machine learning in a competition to design robots that race over 2D terrains using the Sodaconstructor virtual construction kit.**

**[|MeChem-] **
Building Better Bots through Chemistry.

How good a bot builder are you? Can you select the right materials for your armor, weapons, power plant, capacitor and coolant to create a male or a female MeCH that can turn other MeCHs to scrap metal? What a way to learn chemistry!

**[|Nobelprize.org]**

 * has a gallery of games and simulations based on the Nobel prize-awarded achievements. Students play through games and simulations that test and build their knowledge in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, peace and economics.**


 * Games and puzzles comprise a large portion of the online java-script experience. Check out this gem. The [|**Thomas Jefferson Lab National Accelerator Facility**] has a great [|**K12 Education**] department with tons of games and puzzles.**

**[|The Education Arcade]**

 * has developed an online simulation built around the [|**American Revolution**.] The supporting materials and projects look engaging and open to creativity. In addition, other simulations are in the development stage.**

**[|Scratch]**
 **free tile-based visual programming software from MIT. You will need to download this but then you can create your own games and share them online.** media type="youtube" key="jxDw-t3XWd0&hl=en" height="355" width="425"media type="youtube" key="knFykmLljos&hl=en" height="355" width="425"media type="youtube" key="CVt8yo65ZEI&hl=en" height="355" width="425"
 * Here’s some examples of what you can do!**

[|Stop Disaster game]
which allows pupils to experience the issues at stake to limit the impact of natural disasters: earthquakes, wildfire, floods, tsunami, hurricanes. The game comes out of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction and the United Nations, and encourages kids to think ahead and plan ways in to limit the damage that might be caused. If they get it wrong, they see the consequences. If they put so many defences in that tourism gets damaged, though, then this will not exactly be a win-win, either. So students are forced to think not in ‘ideal world’ terms but in quite realistic terms of economic reality versus potential for disaster. Along the way the player wins extra information about how to best prepare, covering many themes that fit into the social subjects and environmental science. Above all, it’s quite good fun and a race against the clock to save the world. All in a day’s work for a 21st Century kid!

101 New Uses for Everyday Things

 * Here is a site which tell you how to use thing to make your life style run just a little bit more smoothly.**
 * http://www.realsimple.com/realsimple/gallery/print/0,22304,1030084,00.html**

Juggler Game
Fun little game (WARNING: VERY ADDICTIVE) try it out. http://www.coldtomatoes.com/games/juggler/pongleur5.swf

Fun with Mona
This site shows you a picture of the Mona Lisa. But the twist is that you can change the expression on her face. Have a try for yourself. http://www.cite-sciences.fr/english/ala_cite/expo/explora/image/mona/en.php

Mystery Pics
These are some cool pictures with hidden images in them. Try it to see if you can find them (some of them are really hard). http://www.coolbubble.com/gallery.asp?gallery_name=hidden

Guess the Google
http://grant.robinson.name/projects/guess-the-google/ This is the site to guess the google.

[|14 Retro Arcade Games to Power up Your Brain]
We’re consistently being told of ways in which we can [|improve our mind] and our overall intelligence. One of the most common ways in which we’re told we can do this, is to regularly [|exercise your brain]. By maintaining positive mental stimulation, it’s quite possible to prevent cognitive decline and to enhance one’s own “brain power”. Just as regular physical exercise can maintain your overall fitness in body, so can regular mental exercise maintain your overall fitness in mind.

[|Atmosphir]
Atmosphir is a free video game / creation tool for Mac & PC. Design mode lets you create enormous 3D platforming levels filled with fun gameplay elements like power-ups and fireballs, while **Play** mode lets you explore through the thousands of diverse user-created challenges being uploaded every day.

[|Bitesize Games - Give Your Brain A Boost]
English, Maths, Science scenarios.

[|Brainormous]
Space (Solar System) online game

[|Casual Games 24]
Download games

Mini-Putt http://www.usmra.com/miniputt.swf

Science Games and Puzzles http://education.jlab.org/indexpages/elementgames.php

Educational Games http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/ You don't have to be a genius to understand the work of the Nobel Laureates. These games and simulations, based on Nobel Prize-awarded achievements, will teach and inspire you while you're having FUN! Students, teachers and non-professionals of all ages will enjoy testing and building their knowledge in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, peace and economics. So, go ahead, Explore and Learn!

26 Learning Games to Change the World http://blog.missiontolearn.com/2008/04/learning-games-for-change/

Future Pinball http://www.futurepinball.com/

Puzzle Pirates http://www.puzzlepirates.com/

The Problem Site http://www.theproblemsite.com/default.asp =Play Educational Games, Solve Problems & Puzzles!= At //The Problem Site//, you can play [|educational games] and [|daily puzzles], find interesting [|reference pages], and engage in fun [|problem solving] activities. There are [|word games], [|math games], [|math problems], [|mystery quests], and many other free educational resources.

Free Jigsaw Puzzles and Jigsaw Creator http://www.jigsawbreak.com/

T2B Escape Games http://www.escapegames24.com/2008/05/t2b-escape.html?showComment=1212258840000#c120085815553542904

Plant Tycoon http://www.shockwave.com/gamelanding/planttycoon.jsp

Flash Chess 11 http://www.flashchess3.com/

=[|25 Amazing JavaScript Games (Some Fun And Inspiration)]= Risk http://www.shockwave.com/gamelanding/risk.jsp You can also download the game

[|More “Life Or Death” Games]
Freakin Rooms http://www.freakinrooms.com/games/pollekesblueroom/

[|The Best Sites For Making Crossword Puzzles & Hangman Games]
MoneyTopia - The big Dream http://moneytopia.knowledgedirectweb.com/game/index.html

Games at Sporcle http://www.sporcle.com/games/

Line rider http://linerider.com/play-line-rider-online

Games for the Brain http://www.gamesforthebrain.com/

Unite the Deeqs http://www.deeqs.com/

Novel games for the Family http://www.novelgames.com/flashgames/

100 Great Learning Games http://lakeview.lethsd.ab.ca/Classrooms/grade3t/games/top100.htm

Rubik's Cube Solver http://www.wrongway.org/cube/solve.html

Reaction Effect http://www.games1.org/games/reactioneffect.swf

Reach the World http://www.reachtheworld.org/geogames/index.html Build Planet Earth. Map countries and cities.

Jigsaw Planet http://jigsawplanet.com/ [|Jigsaw Planet] is a site that makes it simple to create custom jigsaw puzzles. Just upload a jpeg image to the site, choose how many pieces you want, what shape you want the pieces to be and [|Jigsaw Planet] does the rest. You instantly have a custom interactive puzzle for your students to play! [|Jigsaw Planet] puzzles are AMAZING to use with an interactive whiteboard! Each puzzle is timed as you put it together, split students into teams to see which team can complete the puzzle the fastest. Instead of the typical PowerPoint type presentation to teach students facts, create a puzzle for them to put together and have them read the fact once the puzzle has been completed. Turn your classroom rules into a series of jigsaw puzzles for students to put together. Honor your star student of the week by creating a puzzle of that student, just take a picture of the student and upload to [|Jigsaw Planet.] Put the puzzle of the student on your classroom website to honor them. Students can use [|Jigsaw Planet] to create their own puzzles. This is a great place for them to study, they can upload spelling words, math facts, maps, etc. Students will love creating their own jigsaw puzzles, if they have their own blog or website they can embed the puzzles right into their online space. If you have a projector or an interactive whiteboard, have students create a puzzle all about them. They can create a collage of things they like in a presentation program, take a screen shot of it, and upload the puzzle to Jigsaw Planet. Students can put together each other’s puzzles and guess who the student is based on the pictures. This would be a great getting to know you activity!

Zaidlearn - 101 Free Educational Games http://zaidlearn.blogspot.com/2008/08/101-free-edugames.html

=[|Favorite Freeware Games- Download Them All]=

Fantasy Rollercoaster http://www.foogamers.com/games/rollercoaster/

=[|MATRIX Learning Games]= The MATRIX Project ([|http://matrixlearning.org]) provides resources to improve middle school reading and mathematics achievement through the development of interactive educational games that use PDAs, iPods and video cameras, along with web-based resources including Quantum Simulations' online Artificial Intelligence Assessors and Tutors. Our games can be played on a handheld or computer using the Flash Player™ application. [|Download]the newest Flash Player for free, if you don't already have it.

[|Free Internet Flash Games]
The "best" arcade games that have been featured on the front page of Digg.com are below.

[|Tower Bloxx Game]
( Arcade Game )  Who knew that building an entire city could be so easy? Stack up blocks to make the highest skyscrapers possible and give the umbrella peeps a home.

[|Word Connect]
WordConnect is a puzzle word game similar to the classic game tetris. Some have called it a hybrid between tetris and scrabble. You have to place the falling letters to form a word horizontally or vertically. Whenever you complete a word, the meaning of the word is fetched from [|dict.org] through [|Aonaware]. You finish a level when you manage to find all the words found in the list of each level.

[|Lost Memory]
You wake up in an unfamiliar room... the door is locked and the lights are out. Where are you, and how can you escape?

