Science for Kids Games

 

NASA: For Kids Only – Earth Science Enterprise
http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/games

  • “Droplet and the Water Cycle” – learn all about the hydrological cycle
  • “What on Earth” – Quiz Game to test earth science skills
  • “Word Puzzles” – on subjects such as Air Pressure, Hurricanes, TRMM Satellite
  • “Drag and Drop Puzzles” – to test ability to interpret satellite and composite images
  • “Color Me” – Color online pictures interpreting data NASA is collecting about the earth

National Geographic Kids
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com

  • “Weird But True: Astounding Animals” – Animal oddities
  • “Tomb of the Unknown Mummy” – Search for artifacts and identify the mummy buried in a mysterious ancient Egyptian tomb
  • “Baby Animal Memory” – Matching pairs of baby animals
  • “GeoShapes” – Tangram puzzles
  • “Zippers Kennel Chaos” – Test your logic skills

EcoKids
http://www.ecokids.ca

  • Award winning website with games on wildlife, climate change, energy, water, waste, and land use

Smithsonian Education
http://www.smithsonianeducation.orgure.html

  • Science and nature games including “Polar Pairs”, “Solar Shingles”, “Tracking the Buffalo”, “Name That Bug”, “Artificial Anatomy”, and “Reflections on Earth”

Zoom
http://pbskids.org/zoom/games/index.html
 

Online experiments and games that are used in the PBS Kids “Zoom” show including:

  • “Goldberger to Go” – Designing a simple machine
  • “3 Puck Chuck” – A game of collisions and decisions
  • “Zoomer Flip” memory game
  • “Pendulum – Make it Swing” – exploring a virtual pendulum
  • “Noodle” – Brain Trivia Game

Discovery Channel
http://dsc.discovery.com/games/games.html

  • Games include Life or Death:Snow Survival, Man vs. Wild Game, Animal Arcade: Caribou Ice Jump, Mission: Planet Earth, Animal Arcade: Little Lost Whale, Project Earth, Sharkrunners, Cannon Challenge, Colony, Smash Test it, Solar System Symphony

Discovery Kids
http://kids.discovery.com/games/games.html

  • Over 40 really cool science-related games!

Questacon
http://www.questacon.edu.au/onlinestuff

  • Interactive activities, games, illusions, puzzles and starlab by Australia’s National Science and Technology Center in Canberra
  • Games include Quizasaurus, Natures Balance, Coconut High, Make Tracks, Monkey see, and Questacon Crime Scene Investigation