When you have 5-10 minutes left in a class (and you want students to use their brains and not just their fine motor skills) sponge up the time with these games/problems/puzzles:
1. Grow http://www.eyezmaze.com/
(6 Grow Games) These games (Grow) have the students look for relationships and problem solve as they try to grow either a creature or planet. THese puzzles function within a narrative so there is a sense of purpose and outcome.
2. Magic Pen http://magic.pen.fizzlebot.com/magic-pen.swf
This is a crayon physics problem solving game. Move the circle or box to the flag.
3. Invention Play House http://inventionatplay.org/index.html
Cloud Dreamer
Puzzle Blocks
TinkerBall
Word Play
4. Electrocity http://www.electrocity.co.nz/
ElectroCity is a new online computer game that lets players manage their own virtual towns and cities. It’s great fun to play and also teaches players all about energy, sustainability and environmental management in New Zealand.
5. BallDroppings http://balldroppings.com/js/
BallDroppings is an addicting and noisy play-toy. It can also be seen as an emergence game. Alternatively this software can be taken seriously as an audio-visual performance instrument.
6. Gameaquarium http://www.gamequarium.com/
7. Multipop: http://www.eastoftheweb.com/cgi-bin/top_scores.pl?game=multipopword
Find and ‘pop’ as many words as you can in the letter grid before your time runs out. This is a multi-player game so your entire class can play against each other.
8. Haluz 1 & 2: http://www.haluz.eu/ & www.haluz2.net/
Click around and help the bird find the dish. There is also a Haluz 2
9. Samorost 1 & 2: www.amanita-design.net/samorost-1/ & www.amanita-design.net/samorost-2/
Walk through an alien space ship and work out how to make it change its course.
10. Fantastic Contraption: http://fantasticcontraption.com/
A fun online physics puzzle game!
11. Inference Riddles: http://www.philtulga.com/Riddles.html
Successful readers make guesses based on what they read and what they already know. The object of this game is to infer what is being described by the clues you read.
12. Blueprint: http://www.teagames.com/games/blueprint/play.php
Guide the ball to the target by making a path for it to follow.
13. Whizball: http://kids.discovery.com/games/whizzball/whizzball.html
A WhizzBall! puzzle is made up of a grid, a drop funnel (where the ball begins its journey to the target), a target (where the ball should end up) and building bricks, which you’ll find in the scrollable bar below the grid. The building bricks roll, bounce, direct, punch and throw the ball towards the target. (diagram)
November 05, 2009, 12:34pm Comments
