Jun 13 2009
Free flash educational games
The second blog post in the series of ideas from clusters is half written but it is taking a back seat while I just share a few fun and educational games I’ve been playing.
I followed a link on Twitter which took me to a directory of free flash games and there was an educational category. I had a go at playing quite a few of them and here are some of my favourites. Clicking on the link will take you to the site to play the game.
Numeracy
Tower blaster – probably my favourite game I played. Very strategic – have to get the blocks in correct order before computer team.
Maths Power – have to choose numbers to make given answers. I’m not very good at this one! Can’t scan the numbers fast enough and get panicky with the countdown. I’m not going to share my score 
Literacy
Could see the kids loving this one but I am hopeless at games involving mixed up letters. Still others will do better than me I expect.
A very simple game to teach young children to match uppercase and lower case letters with Pooh Bear.
Other subjects
This one looks to have been designed for med students and involves cutting open a knee for surgery but I could see older kids being fasinated as they learn how to perform the knee surgery. High level comprehension exercise with a real life context.
Brain Safari – a variety of problem solving games
Music game – learn the notes and their position on the keyboard.
Treasure Dive typing game – type the words on the sharks before they reach you.
There are more on the site and I didn’t play them all so you could go and try some more out.
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I liked the Tower Blaster best- very much like Rocket which is one of the numeracy games- good cos kids can play it at home when their classroom buddy isn’t there.
Thanks for testing some of these out for everyone. The Tower is great but I think I’ve become addicted ot the Spiderman game
I goofed up and sorted the tower into biggest to smallest … no wonder it was so shakey… however once i read the instructions I was much better at it!
Thanks to @teachernz for these other medical game links from Twitter: “There’s also brain surgery http://is.gd/11ASX and hip replacement http://is.gd/11AUb“
Cheers, I am not able to preform knee surgery.
I am intrigued that these are all on an ad driven site. Not an education resource site.
Also that you have not led and used the embed code – instead just copied the thumbnail. Which don’t even link to the game.
Should you be discussing the business model of y8.com – are we teaching that
I love the tower blaster and pooh’s match n munch. Well, for me the games are educational and it’s alright if kids play these.