Educational Science Games for Kids

Energy and Water Games

• Energy Kids offers information about energy in the form of games, riddles and quizzes. The information is accessible to students of all ages. The International Aid Organization Water Aid has games that teach children about water and sanitation. In the game Pani the Hand Pump, children choose which country they would like to visit out of Ethiopia, Ghana or Nepal. The aim is to help solve water problems in villages and if the solution is right, the child moves to the next screen. If it is the wrong solution, a bucket of water is lost. The aim is to complete the game with at least one bucket.

Human Body and Animals

• Crickweb is a UK-based website with games and activities for primary school children. There are games for grouping different animals together and for examining human and animal skeletons. National Geographic Kid has a broad selection of topics for games, including recycling, space and animal games. The game Frog Flicker teaches children about what frogs eat. The goal is to flick the frog's tongue to catch bugs. There is a big snake hiding in the sea grass, so children have to catch the bug without being caught by the snake.

Space

• NASA Space Place has a large collection of games and animations about the earth, space and technology. The facts and animations should be used before playing the games to help the children with background information. In the game Load the Shuttle, children have to consider and plan what equipment to pack into a shuttle. The problem is that only essential equipment for the mission can be brought. If the load is too heavy, different solutions have to be used to solve the problem.

Older Students

• The site Nobel Prize Organization has games and simulations, based on Nobel Prize-awarded achievements. The site provides good background information for the games. Chemistry, physics to medicine are among the topics available. In the game Diabetic Dog, a child becomes caretaker of a diabetic dog and learns how to treat diabetes. The game Immune Responses teaches a child about immunology. Ways that the body's immune system helps and protects are examined in 10 different stops with plenty of information.