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Eight Online Science Games for Homeschool

April 1, 2011 By Jimmie Quick 8 Comments

online science games for kids

These are eight of our favorite sites for playing online science games. They cover all types of science which I’ve indicated above each screenshot.

Edheads
anatomy, physics, and earth science
(virtual surgeries, simple machines, and weather)

Fantastic Contraption
physics

(Caution — there will be an ad to watch before you can play.)

ARKive Education
biology
animals

Jefferson Labs
chemistry

Mars Exploration Program
outer space

Secrets at Sea
ecology

Eco Kids
ecology

(Click on the different themes and then look for the gaming symbol.)

Sheppard Software
biology and chemistry

Moleculariam
chemistry

As always, preview these sites before setting kids free to play. And feel free to share your favorite science game links in a comment.

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Comments

  1. Dianna says

    April 1, 2011 at 8:24 am

    Thanks, these look great. I love finding new educational games for my girls to play.

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  2. lee says

    April 1, 2011 at 8:40 am

    Love ed heads. We’re heading to physics and chemistry next so I’ll be checking these out. thanks lee

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  3. Julie Moses says

    April 1, 2011 at 9:47 am

    Hi there! It’s been so long! But I thought you might like to check this game out as well. My boys have been enjoying it lately as we have been doing a unit on pirates while reading Treasure Island. It is called Science Pirates-The Curse of Brownbeard. It’s main focus is about food safety and the importance of handwashing, how they get there though is by investigation, setting up experiments and testing hypotheses and variables. It has kept a 7th grader and 4th grader interested while teaching them the difference between a dependent and independent variable.
    It’s a free download you can get here…http://www.sciencepirates.org/about.html
    This link will take you directly to the game objectives and description so you can get a really good idea of what it iks before you download it.
    Happy Pirate-ing!

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  4. Myra says

    April 2, 2011 at 7:41 am

    Thanks, Jimmie, for doing the homework in finding these tremendous websites. I have perused them and will, now, set my 12 year old grandson the task of finding which sites, and parts of sites, will be appropriate for his learning, and for the learning of his 3, 5, and 6 year old sisters. An excellent wealth of information and a positive use of computer time for him today, plus, the benefit which will spill over to his sisters.

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  5. Marann says

    April 2, 2011 at 2:46 pm

    Thanks for sharing! My DD loves to play games online and we’ve not seen these before.
    Happy Day,
    Marann

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  6. Sara says

    April 3, 2011 at 11:41 am

    Hi there – hopped over from HipHomeschoolMoms at Blog Frog. I LOVE YOUR LIST of science sites! Gotta get busy bookmarking. Thanks for doing the legwork!

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  7. drue says

    April 4, 2011 at 8:13 am

    Thanks, Jimmie and other contributors. These sites will be fun this fall or if we’re lucky this summer.

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  8. Amy says

    June 22, 2011 at 12:13 am

    I begin to homeschool my 3 kids this years, and it’s such a joy reading your posts. Thanks for sharing all the useful suggestions. God Bless You and Family!

    Reply

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