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This seems to be a more engaging graphical way to show the different cells and how they divide and get rid of dead cells. Mostly information presentation not very interactive.

This game has a lot of care aspects of taking care of someone with diabetes and you can personalize it by buying stuff for your dog.

Logic game...flip your pieces and predict how to get them from point A to point B. Very addicting

Simple simulation game. You purchase your supplies, make your coffee and sell. You can adjust your prices and purchase more goods on the fly.

Practice your typing and have fun.

Content specific words combined with basic keyboarding

very nice. it even has video songs (palenteologist and others).

Plant and Manage your own forest.

Played it a little (not all the way thru). The way it develops slowly seems to suggest the immense patience required to manage a forest over decades.

Hosted by Chevron, the game asks users to power a city and to strike a balance between energy, environment and safety.

Simple dissection of a salmon. Students can be exposed the the inner working of a salmon. At very least, the learner will be able to clean the inside of a fish for dinner.

This would be very good practice for a student before doing the hands-on dissection of a real specimen.

Tornado Simulator allows user to adjust width of tornado and pressure difference then run the simulation and determine the category of the twister.

This is a fantastic web-based game for ages 11+ to understand urban planning, neighborhood dynamics, and diversity. Players are one of 12 characters in Boston's Chinatown, navigating the city and trying to find a place to live, a livelihood, recreation, and cultural expression. The game helps learners develop a broader view of all the factors that form community and how different communities interact with each other and larger social forces. From the website: "Participatory Chinatown is a 3-D immersive game designed to be part of the master planning process for Boston's Chinatown. You assume the role of one of 15 virtual residents and you work to complete their assigned quest - finding a job, housing, or place to socialize. But look out! Sometimes language skills, income level, or other circumstances can make your task more challenging. Whatever your experience, you'll then be tasked with considering the future of the neighborhood by walking through and commenting on proposed development sites. Every one of your comments and decisions will be shared with real life decision-makers. "

I got lost in Boston's Chinatown one time.

Useful ages 11+ this free, online simulation game allows learners to play the role of an "Oiligarch" an oil baron, building profits but also causing environmental and economic problems. It is useful for natural sciences, social sciences, environmental science, and economics courses.

This is a free simulation game for 12+ where learners are able to virtually "live" the lives of someone across the globe. They make choices and face circumstances faced by people in those parts of the world, choice available jobs, battle diseases, navigate unstable political terrain. The program is based on all current data from the United Nations, World Health Organization, and other international aid organizations and links with Google maps as well. This game would be useful for middle school or high school world cultures or politics courses, and also in different enrichment or afterschool activities. From the website:"Experience life as a: * Peasant farmer in Bangladesh * Factory worker in Brazil * Policeman in Nigeria * Lawyer in the United States * Computer operator in Poland or any of thousands more ... Through statistically accurate events, Real Lives brings to life different cultures, political systems, economic opportunities, personal decisions, health issues, family issues, schooling, jobs, religions, geography, war, peace, and more. As your students make decisions for their characters and experience the consequences of those decisions they will learn about the world and gain an increased appreciation of their own culture and the cultures of other peoples."

A video game for young people with cancer. They choose tools and battle unhealthy cells. Downloadable, in English, Spanish, and French.

This fairly simply but interesting game centers on practicing knowledge about the mummification processes of ancient Egyptian embalmers. The player plays the role of the embalmer who has to practice all the right steps and use the correct tools in the correct order so that the deceased pharoah is granted access to the afterlife.

Excellent for doing research on concepts related to history of mathematics. diff=3, gl=M,Ev=3,f3

This game has the player taking on different roles to learn about what kind of planet humans need to survive. There's a cute little ferret that talks you through the different training modules and missions. It's a great place to learn about our planet and what makes it habitable. Introduces the different careers that are involved in NASA. d_4, gl_M, ev_5, y_f1