By Sara Zeglin This week’s game is perfect for teaching about basic plant biology–specifically seed dispersal. It’s perfect for younger kids! Welcome to Seed Racer, a game from the PBS Kids Plum Landing site. In this game, you’ll use bubbles to capture different types of seeds. Watch out for changes in the patterns! Why It’s Cool After the first couple of levels, this game is hard. … Continue reading Game of the Week: Seed Racer
You can tell that I’m a little preoccupied with the harvest coming out of my garden, because I’m on a plant game kick! This week’s game is about calming the mind, rather than actively engaging it. In Viridi, you tend succulent plants in a pot. A snail circles the rim of the pot. Water your plants when they get thirsty, but don’t overwater them! You … Continue reading Game of the Week: Viridi
By Sara Zeglin This week’s game is Reach for the Sun, from Filament Games. Big thanks to Elaine, one of our favorite instructional designers, for giving us the heads-up on this game! You can’t actually play this one without an account with Filament, although you can sign up for a preview account to try. Why It’s Cool You would never think that a game about growing … Continue reading Game of the Week: Reach For the Sun
By Sara Zeglin Let’s ease into the school year with some brain candy! RigBMX is a game based in the world of Regular Show from Cartoon Network. Why It’s Cool Colorful graphics, a surreal environment, intense music, and a loosey-goosey physics engine are the biggest hooks here. What am I Learning? Hand-eye coordination. (And letting go of the idea of linear progression.—Ed.) Get to … Continue reading Game of the Week: RigBMX
By Sara Zeglin This game comes to you from National Geographic Education! You’ll play as a new engineering employee—getting the basics of the engineering process, practicing robot construction, and leaning about the exciting ways in which robots are used outside the lab. Why It’s Cool Challenge: Robots! empowers players to make decisions in constructing robots. These decisions will directly determine whether or not your company’s robots … Continue reading Game of the Week—Challenge: Robots!
