Gaming_in_education

simple game,site is advert supported

Middle School Students. The player has to shoot words as they are falling so that they do not land on the creature. They will be told to choose a verb, adjective, adverb, noun, preposition.

This game is for high school and beyond. It provides an interactive place for people looking into careers and for changing jobs. It's time consuming but it can be very helpful for people who don't know what they want to do. d_3, gl_C, EV_4, yf_2

High School. This is more a simulated tutorial with some interaction. The site is very informative.

High School Students. This was a very interesting site that allowed the player to perform surgery with a tutorial.

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

good simulations including alien juice jar

Elementary to Middle School Kids. In this game the player has to take care of their dog, by walking and feeding him along with watching the pets insulin levels and administering insulin.

This game is geared towards grades K-5th. The player is engaged in many tasks, that include Math, Social Studies,Science

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

wow. this is a complete website from Prekinder thru college!!! Must see!!

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

You must administer tests on a patient to determine the correct blood type. It seems very engaging.

Drive a car and wreck into the cars with numbers that equal to the multiples at the beginning of the race.

I came across these "old-fashioned" learning riddles/games that are still very valuable in developing various higher-order thinking skills. To bring them into the 21st century, the teacher could use Twitter to tweet a different problem each day, and students could provide their answers via Twitter and also compare other their responses with those of their classmates. The same idea could be applied to Facebook, foursquare, or the other social networking sites that students use.

This is an online game where users decode letters to find the scrambled word. This game seems useful for vocabulary building and literacy training, (especially with adult learners) where learners can work at their own pace in a game environment to learn more words and become more comfortable with text. In this game, they are free to make mistakes that

This link isn't to a game in particular, but a to a lively and active Twitter feed on game-based learning (links, activities, conferences).

An interactive site with 5 simulations regarding the heart: Anatomy - construct a model of the heart structure and a model of the heart circulatory pathways. Disease - learn about diagnostic tools and heart diseases/disorders. Includes a section where learners can "try out" the diagnostic tools. Exploring the Hospital - Learn about heart catheterization and heart surgeries. Read about medical profession careers Surgery - Learn about heart bypass surgery and perform a virtual heart bypass surgery Prevention - learn about prevention of heart disease and follow one patient's life timeline and how his choices affectied his heart health

A simulation/game where the player makes selections of crop and animals to "grow". "Cards" are drawn that give the player the chance to make choices for type of product, machinery, fertilizer, etc. Players start the game with $2,000,000 and current average costs are deducted for each choice made to set up the farm. The game cycles through a year and occasional "Baaaaad news" cards pop up, usually costing more money. Players are also given choices for contract prices for their products and determine how much yield to put out to contract. At the end of the year, the estimated sales are applied and the income is calculated. Players can look at a summary of their efforts.

A general website with information on many things involving current and cutting edge instruction.

ELL students and gaming