SERIOUS+GAMES+FOR+STUDENTS

** Games for Students ** These games bring powerful first-hand experience to students with games ranging from early elementary to high school and focusing on everything from science to civic responsibility. Even though these are designed for students, many are worthwhile for players of any age.
 * 1)  [|**PowerUp**] . Learn about science and the environment with this game. A bonus here is students with learning disabilities, visual impairments, and fine motor difficulties can play this game with features made especially for them.
 * 2)  [|**Nanoquest**] . Designed to get 13-15 year-old students interested in nanotechnology and science, this game has the two main characters going on miniaturized adventures while learning about physics, chemistry, and biology.
 * 3)  [|**Cool School**] . Younger elementary students can explore social, communication, and problem-solving skills with this game. Rewards include virtual trophies as well as useful conflict resolution knowledge.
 * 4)  [|**Lure of the Labyrinth**] . This math game has middle school students finding lost pets by solving puzzles. Teachers can take advantage of the professional development section of the website to use the game in class. Students lured by the appeal of this game’s visual architecture might also be interested in [|online colleges for game design].
 * 5)  [|**WolfQuest**] . Students as young as 4th grade all the way up can enjoy this science-based game that lets players learn what it’s like to live life as a wolf in Yellowstone National Park.
 * 6)  [|**Quest Atlantis**] . Designed to help students aged 9-16 gain invaluable knowledge as well as develop empathy, this game challenges players to complete quests as they go through virtual villages.
 * 7)  [|**Supreme Decision**] . The first in a series of games being developed by Justice Sandra Day O’Connor teaching students about civics through real court cases they get to choose, investigate, and argue, Supreme Decision lets players learn about student rights, possibly even leading to interest in a higher education at [|online colleges for law.]
 * 8)  [|**Betwixt Folly and Fate**] . This 3D role-playing game provides students an opportunity to experience life as an enslaved house servant, a freed slave, a white woman, and a white man in 1774 Williamsburg. Culture and history combine in this game aimed at middle-school students.
 * 9)  [|**ElectroCity**] . Created in New Zealand for middle-school aged students, ElectroCity teaches about energy, environment, and more as the students build and manage their own towns.
 * 10)  [|**eLECTIONS**] . Students can role-play as a presidential candidate in this game. Go up against other students, a teacher, parent, or the computer, then print out a report card to see how well you performed.
 * 11)  [|**Global Conflicts: Latin America**] . For students aged 13-19, this role-playing game teaches students about the social and political climate of Latin America as they work through five different missions.
 * 12)  [|**Global Warming Interactive**] . High school students can learn about the impact political, economic, and scientific decisions have on the global climate with this interactive game.

** Sites with Multiple Games **

These sites offer plenty of serious and educational games that touch on a variety of topics from literature to social awareness.


 * 1) <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: middle;"> [|**Nobel Prize Educational Games**] . From treating a diabetic dog to blood typing to Lord of the Flies, these games run the gamut from literature to science and everywhere in between.
 * 2) <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: middle;"> [|**Thinking Worlds**] . Try the demo games here for a sample of the educational games available through Thinking World.
 * 3) <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: middle;"> [|**Super Smart Games**] . The games here range from academic to health and fitness to social awareness and are available on multiple platforms and for all different age groups.
 * 4) <span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: middle;"> [|**Filament Games**] . The games here are dedicated to teaching concepts and subjects in a hands-on manner. Topics range from science to civics and challenge players to think through problems and have fun at the same time.