University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Drone Science Mission Board Game
Fly a drone to monitor a volcano in this board game that teaches engineering practices.
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Kids Click: Online Games Board
Match your skill in checkers against the computer. There are links to other educational board games that can be used in the classroom.
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Law Related Education: Constitution Board Game
Answer questions about the Constitution as you progress along a game board.
Smithsonian Institution
Lemelson Center: Spark!lab: Invent a Board Game [Pdf]
Are you interested in games? Have you innovative ideas? Use your imagination to create a story-based board game with inspiration from two early computer game designers.
Andre Dollinger
Reshafim: Play: Children's Games and Toys
A comprehensive look at children's and adults' games and recreation with explanations of the games and pictures of children at play found at Saqqara. Lots of other pictures too. Many links to other websites.
Doina Popovici
Math Play: Multiplication Board Game
Show off your multiplication skills as you move across this board game. For each correct answer, students can virtually roll the dice to move their game piece throughout the board to the finish line.
The British Museum
British Museum: Senet: A Board Game From Ancient Egypt
Provides a description of the ancient Egyptian game of Senet along with the "rules" of the game and a picture of the board used. Requires Adobe Shockwave.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Technical Reading and Writing Using Board Games
Contains plans for a game that helps teach technical reading and writing while reviewing a novel that young scholars have read. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons...
A&E Television
History.com: How the Great Depression Became the Golden Age for Monopoly
When times got tough during the Great Depression, people played board games -- especially the game that's all about making money. The success of Monopoly befuddled many. Why, in a time of great financial despair, would families and...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: A Wrinkle in Time: The Board Game
In this lesson plan, students will consider A Wrinkle in Time: The Board Game. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab.
University College London
University College London:digital Egypt for Universities: Games in Ancient Egypt
Artifacts of games and game pieces from Predynastic Egypt and later. Click on the game to see many pieces from that game. Some commentary describing the finds.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Alquerque an Egyptian Math Game
This is a board game played in Egypt in 1400 BCE. It requires strategy and to think several moves ahead.
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English & Fun: Photocopiables Games
30 printable games, activities, and worksheets you can use to practice English. Includes themed activities -- the World Cup, Halloween, New School Year, Dinosaurs -- and activities related to specific skills like learning the alphabet,...
Other
Esl Kid Stuff: Classroom Games & Activities
Great variety of classroom games and activities for PK-2 ELL/ESL students, submitted by teachers. Organized alphabetically by game name, the current collection includes activities designed to help the student practice a wide range of...
Crayola
Crayola: Insect Addition Game
Learning how to add two or more numbers? This appealing, child-made board game integrates, math, science, and the visual arts using an Earth-friendly recycled box.
Love To Know Media
Your Dictionary: Vocabulary Games to Play in Groups
This article focuses on board games played in groups that can improve vocabulary including Scrabble, Boggle, Scattergories, Taboo, and Random Words.
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Nevada Gaming Commission and State Gaming Control Board
The official site of the Nevada Gaming Commission and State Gaming Control Board provides information on the regulation and enforcement of the gambling industry in one of its major centers, which includes Las Vegas and Reno.
Other
Christian Aid: Games and Children's Stories
Explore the links to find our Global Gang games. Help villagers in Nicaragua survive floods, get on board the Citizen Ship, or just try to beat the high scores. There are also stories from around the world that show how children are...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Mn Step: Animal Game Impact of Human Activity or Natural Disasters
A description of a lesson where students first listen to a story where they begin to think about and discuss the impact humans and natural disasters have on the environment. They then play a board game. This requires preparation...
Other
The Royal Game of Ur
An article which describes a board game found in a tomb located in Mesopotamia and dating back to around 2600 B.C. Directions for the game and gameboard are provided.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: Vikings: Game of Hnefatafl
This history project features an old Norse game that is found in many Viking and Norse sites. It consists of a board and game pieces like chess and checkers. Students can make their own board and playing pieces and challenge each other...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Energy Choices Game
Use this board game to introduce the concepts of energy use in our lives and the very real impact that personal choices can have on our energy consumption, energy bills and fuel supply. The game begins as students select cards that...
Free Reading
Free Reading: Sound Toss Game; Letter Sound Accuracy
A letter sounds game that students will love! They toss a bean bag onto a poster board with pictures on it, and tell what the first letter and sound is of the picture that the bean bag lands on. This site includes a link to printable...
Free Reading
Free Reading: Slate Races: A Phoneme Blending Game
A classroom or small group game to build accuracy of students' abilities to blend phonemes. Students write the sounds that the teacher gives them on their own slate/dry erase board and then blend the sounds together to form words.
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