Free games on the Web to aid learning
If games are set as homework, screen shots help to give feedback on results.
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If you are teaching the IT Specialist Diploma (Year 10/11) you will need business strategy games. Try Roller Coaster Tycoon 3. The free download provides all you need, whilst limitting the opportunity to spend all the lesson designing rollercoaster rides.
You can download Chocolatier free for one hour, enough time to source raw chocolate, find hidden ingredients and secret ports and sell on. This can be done for homework with the assessment work done in class.
Less demanding but just as much fun is Gazillionnaire based on galaxy trading, exploring new worlds and making your fortune
For primary pupils Lemonade allows them to buy the ingredients to sell lemonade as street vendors - with an eye on the weather. This game is on the CoolMaths games site, which has plenty more to choose from.
Learning and Teaching in Scotland has a great selection of games for all age groups on their Glow Games site. Great for homework activitiesClassic Sim City is useful for teaching about towns, cities and settlements - build your own
Ordenance Survey Map games are good for homework. There are action games, logic games, jigsaw puzzle games, teaching resources and help for homework
Fantasy Farmer you have a plot of land and start buying animals crops and machinery. You have to feed the animals, look after the crops and watch the weather!
Stop Disasters Simulator - Can you protect the world against floods, volcanoes, earthquakes etc?
Sim Sweat Shop - What is it really like to work in a sweat shop in less economically developed countries?
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