Spring Break is upon us and, if you are like me, you have scoured the local paper, local events listings and sites for things to do with your kids. I was looking for some science experiments we could do in our kitchen, as well as online and came across the free educational science games offered by the official web site of the Nobel Prize.
What parent does not get drawn in by the prospect of their children learning about the ground-breaking science that have earned its Laureates the most coveted science prize in the world: the Nobel Prize.
Apart from games, the site is also littered with great documentaries and instructional videos. For today, I’ll just be focusing on the science games.
There’s a slew of games in different disciplines to choose from, but here are some of the ones we tried with great success:
Blood Typing Game
This game won the 2012 Swedish Learning Award’s top spot in its Best Game Category and I can tell why. It’s simply presented, yet captivating.
As you can tell, this educational game is about human blood types, blood typing and blood transfusions. Players need to save patients in urgent need of blood transfusions. Your job is to decide what blood type these patients need and administer safe blood transfusions. At the end you will be evaluated: if you make no mistakes at all you will get all five out of five blood drops.
The Transistor
In the transistor game you have to remove items from a conveyor belt in a recycling plant that do not contain transistors. The conveyor belt moves a bit fast, so perhaps this game is aimed at older kids.
The Immune System Game
In the immunity game, you join forces with General Macrophage to fight bad bacteria. You basically have to move your immune cells to an affected area and ensure they eat up all the bacteria.
