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There are many more physics games linked at the top of the page.

Everyone likes instructions, right? Just think up a city name and declare yourself Mayor. Check out what other great leaders have built and rate them. If you're a school teacher, you can to register so your students' cities can be registered to and searched for by your school name. What is ElectroCity? ElectroCity is an online computer game that lets players manage their own virtual towns and cities. It's great fun to play and also teaches players all about energy, sustainability and environmental management in New Zealand. NB: New Zealand is nuclear-free, so nuclear power plants cannot be built in our country. However, this game is intended to provide players with a base knowledge of energy generation, so nuclear power is included. Find out more.

Amazing Alex: Physics App from the Creators of Angry Birds 09/20/2012 by SAM in EDUCATIONAL APPS with 0 COMMENTS If you've been using Angry Birds to teach physics and carefully showing kids how important the trajectory launch path is, then this educational app is for you! Rovio Entertainment have released a new Physics app 'Amazing Alex ', to get you more addicted than ever. The educational app is a new physics-based puzzle game. The game centers around whiz kid Alex and his incredible creations, inviting fans to step into Alex's world of creative chain reactions: solving puzzles, designing their own levels, and sharing their creativity with the world.

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!

- online games for biology students - Science & Plants for Schools

A useful science game where users classify living things by clicking on them.

garrys mod beting used for science lessons. I want to have a closer look at this game that was introduced to me by a student. It looks very promising.

Martin Burrett 27 Feb 12 03:58:10 This is a superb game which teaches about food webs in a competitive battle game. Who will succumb to selection pressures and who will survive? http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Science

Might be useful for the younger ones...not sure if you cover this in ks3.

"Games to help you balance equations"

Monica Lawrence 19 Nov 11 11:26:20a simple game that explains the process of making plastics

manipulate the skeleton and learn how the joints work.

Very basic, but good for an introduction.

A clicking 'Guess Who' game where you have to select the correct creatures for the characteristic. ictmagic.wikispaces.com/science

Make a volcano online with discovery kids

"How do you know if a chemical equation is balanced? What can you change to balance an equation? Play a game to test your ideas!"

A 'who wants to be a millionaire' science quiz site. Get randomised questions and feedback about each question. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Science

Vicki Davis 18 Sep 11 12:21:46The physics game "portal" is free until sept 20. Download now.

"Plants vs Zombies™ (Web Version)"

use the arsenal of plants to defend against zombies. Look at the various defense adaptations of the plants to form a strategy.

Physics Education Technology - University of Colorado, Boulder"

simulations for science alphabetically organised

Molecular Workbench simulations view and create your own.

Global warming simulation