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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.

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

This site has the California standards but the activities could be used with the TEKS. This will tell students how much calcium they need and gives them information on how to get it. This would be a good site for students to check the nutrition they get from the meals they eat outside of school.

Great Math Puzzles....Elementary

looks like skills type games - but plenty to look at.

The Pacific Science Center runs this site. There are several games that students can play that has them identifying the nutrition they need and in what they eat. This site also helps students learn if what they're eating is healthy for them.

This site has games and a nutrition tracker students can download to keep track of what they're eating. This is a good site for students to get charts to start their research and a shopping list that encourages students to pay attention to the food pyramid.

This site is for elementary students and has interactive games that allow students to explore food safety, nutrition, and what they need to have a healthy body.

check this out for many game possibilities

It's got a pretty interesting story line to go with the game. I want to play - but grading FACTS designs are calling me.

Elementary Students. Students are given a number, and they have to match it with the right fact family.

Ran across this as I was reading about the Serious Games meeting in Houston. Looks interesting.

good simulations including alien juice jar

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.

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

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.