Title | Educational Focus | OS | Age | Description |
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? | Geography & World Trivia | Win/Mac | 10 and up | Classic detective game requiring trivia knowledge to find out who done it. |
Oregon Trail 5th Ed. | American History | Win/Mac | 11 and up | Adventure game about braving the new frontier in early American history |
Roller Coaster Typcoon | Business Economics & Engineering | Win | 10 and up | Build your own amusement park in this simulation game. |
I Spy Treasure Hunt | Early Literacy | Win/Mac | 6 to 10 | This visual treasure hunt has you find things in fanciful images. |
Learn to Play Chess with Fritz and Chesster | Chess Strategy | Win | 8 and up | Invisibly teaches strategies used by chess masters in a series of children's games. |
Widget Workshop: The Mad Scientist's Laboratory | Cause & Effect Problem Solving | Win/Mac | 8 and up | Constructionist contraption building simulator inspired by Rube Goldberg machines. |
Mia's Big Adventure: The Kidnap Caper | Spanish or French SLA | Win/Mac | 6 to 10 | Interactive adventure story for early introduction to a second language. |
Crazy Machines: Whacky Contraptions Game | Cause & Effect Problem Solving | Win/Mac | 8 and up | Constructionist contraption building simulator inspired by Rube Goldberg machines. |
Brain Age | Memory & Fast Pace Reaction Drills | Nintendo DS | | Combination of classic IQ assessments and response time tests |
Alice in Vivaldi's Four Seasons Music Game | Music Appreciation & Theory | Win | 4 and up |
Music games and puzzles inspired by Vivaldi's compositions, guided by Lewis Caroll's Alice. More here. |
Mozart's Magic Flute Music Game | Music Appreciation & Theory | Win | 4 and up |
Child's journey of puzzles and musical games, through Mozart's operatic masterpiece. More here. |
Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Music Game | Music Appreciation & Theory | Win | 4 and up |
Save the nutcracker from the evil queen in music games and puzzles. More here. |
JumpStart Language Adventures | Second Language Acquisition | Win/Mac | 3 to 6 |
Activities for exposing young (english speaking) children to words and phrases in French, Spanish, Japanese, and English |
Trauma Center: Under the Knife | Medical Practice | Nintendo DS | Young adult and up |
Step into the high pressure role of an emergency room surgeon. |