PBS
Pbs: The Video Game Revolution
A comprehensive website delving into the history and impact of video games. Learn about how games are made, read personal gaming stories, take game quizzes, and much more.
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Gamestar Mechanic: Create and Publish Your Own Games
A great gaming tool for those who have always wanted to create their own games. Learn how to make your own video games and upload them for others to play.
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Microsoft Research: Fuse Labs: Kodu Game Lab
Using an artistic visual language, Kodu helps students create a world and an actual video game within that world. Learn basic coding and programming principles. Download the game lab or teacher lesson plans for free.
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Free Downloads Center: Educational Games
A comprehensive collection of educational video games.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Do Males and Females Play the Same Types of Games?
There are many different types, or genres, of computer and video games. This includes racing, fighting, sports, adventure, and puzzle games. Survey your classmates in this science fair project to find out if certain genres of games...
Childnet
Childnet: Online Safety: Gaming
Gaming involves playing 'video games' on a games console (such as a PlayStation 4, XBOX One, or Nintendo Switch) a PC or mobile games on a smartphone or tablet. This site includes a list of questions, answers to the questions, and tips...
Read Works
Read Works: News Debate Firefight
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text debating whether teens should or should not be allowed to play violent video games. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Game Salad: Feed Your Inner Game Designer
A great tool for those who want to create video games, but don't know how to do it. Free templates and publishing tools.
Read Works
Read Works: Playing With Your Health
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text debating whether or not video games have a negative impact on a child's health. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Sarah Northway, Game Maker and Nomad
Sarah Northway discusses her life as an independent programmer for video games.
Other
Carnegie Mellon University: Alice V2.0
Learn how to program with Alice v2.0! Utilizing easy-to-learn drag-and-drop methods, Alice provides a wonderful introduction to programming methods. Create 3D graphics, a video game, a movie, or other interactive environment!
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Video Game
This site contains a Wikipedia description of Video (Computer) Gaming.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Sesame Street Games
Welcome to the online world of Sesame Street! Full of fun yet educational games, activities, and videos starring all your favorite characters from the PBS series.
NBC
Universal Kids: Games
Make learning fun by playing these online games from favorite children's shows such as Kody Kapow, Nina's World, and Floogal Your World. Also, find coloring pages, games, activities, videos, and more.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Word Girl: Games: What's Your Favorite Word?
This is a group of favorite word activities: find words from lists and create a message to send, watch favorite word videos, read the favorite word of the day, and send in your own favorite word.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Molly of Denali: Sled Dog Dash Game
Use this Molly of Denali digital game to extend and expand children's use of informational text, as well as their knowledge of Alaska Native culture. Molly and her friend Tooey use a fictional app to access information that will help...
DOGO Media
Dogo News: Why No Fans Were Allowed at Mlb Game in Baltimore
Read about the events in Baltimore that led to the decision not to allow any fans into the stadium to attend a Major League Baseball game in May 2015. Includes video.
Math TV
Weekly Math Tv Problem Solving Videos
This resource offers two different topic problems per week for students to solve. A video showing the method to solve each problem is given. After viewing a solution method for solving the problem try one on your own where you can only...
PBS
Pbs Kids: Oh Noah! Games in Videos: Out on a Limb
Learn the Spanish words for some fruits and vegetables in this games in video.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Oh Noah! Games in Videos: The Red Balloon
Watch the video and play the games to learn Spanish words for colors and vehicles as you play.
Other
Nbc Olympics: Video, Schedules, and Results
Powered by up-to-date news from NBC sports, this website not only tracks events, profiles athletes, and shares behind-the-scenes commentary during the Olympic Games, but also offers a look pre- and post-Games happenings: trials,...
PBS
Pbs Kids: Oh Noah!: Games in Videos: Hammer Time!
Watch the video to see what happens when Noah thinks the Spanish word for hammer means dog and learn the Spanish words for a variety of tools.
British Library
British Library: Playtimes: A Century of Children's Games and Rhymes
Enjoy the creativity and thrill of children's play throughout the 20th century. Singing games, rhymes, jokes, and fantasy play; watch footage and read documentation of the influence of politics, the environment and culture on imaginative...
DOGO Media
Dogo News: Researchers Believe Gamers Are Able to Learn Faster
Article reports on studies examining the differences between games and non-gamers to perform certain visual tasks. Includes video.
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