Remember: You are free to locate your own games. These games may not fit the grade level or your particular group of students; expand and look around. Some games may either have temporary access or require a fee, as indicated and beyond. Finally, these games may be blocked from the school access. What steps are there in place for you to take in order to unblock these sites? Describe what you have done and how successful your unblocking attempts have been.

Resources for Games Related to Social Causes/Issues:

Elementary School
Environment Related Games
Earthpeace - http://www.earthpeace.com/Games.htm (Contains a variety of games related to environmental issues.)
NOAA Games - WaterLife Game - http://games.noaa.gov/oscar/
Health Related Games
Health Games for Kids and Adults | Making Health Games Fun at Playnormous - http://www.playnormous.com/http://www.playnormous.com/
The Incredible Adventures of the Amazing Food Detective - http://members.kaiserpermanente.org/redirects/landingpages/afd/
Government Related Games
Our Courts - http://www.ourcourts.org/ (Has links to other gaming sites related to understanding the structure of the government.)
Multiple Games
Bettergamescontest.org - http://www.bettergamecontest.org/ (Numerous games at this site.)
Games for Change - http://gamesforchange.org/ (Contains links to multiple games, broken down by social causes.)
Persuasive Games - http://www.persuasivegames.com/games/ (Contains multiple games, not all are related to social issues, but some are. Games are for different grade levels.)
Variety of games relayed to science - http://www.kineticcity.com/controlcar/#Omega (Not all are related to social issues)

Middle School
Environment Related Games
Earthpeace - http://www.earthpeace.com/Games.htm (Contains a variety of games relted to environmental issues.)
Social Economic Games
Ayiti: The Cost of Life - http://costoflife.ning.com/
Government Related Games
Our Courts - http://www.orcourts.org/ (Has links to other gaming sites related to understanding the structure of the government.)
Multiple Games
Bettergamescotest.org - http://www.bettergamecontest.org/ (Numerous games at this site.)
Games for Change - http://gamesforchange.org/ (Contains links to multiple games, broken down by social causes.)
Persuasive Games - http://www.persuasivegames.com/games/ (Contains multiple games, not all are related to social issues, but some are. Games are for different grade levels.)

High School
Environment Related Games
Earthpeace - http://www.earthpeace.com/Games.htm (Contains a variety of games related to environmental issues.)
Social Economic Games
Ayiti: The Cost of Life - http://costoflife.ning.com/
Layoff - dark humor, 3 in a row type http://www.tiltfactor.org/layoff/
Government Related Games
A Force More Powerful – the Game of Nonviolent Strategy - http://www.aforcemorepowerful.org/game/index.php (unlike many of the other games, this one has a fee associated with it - $9.98 per CD)
Our Courts - http://www.ourcourts.org/ (Has links to other gaming sites related to understanding the structure of the government.)
The Redistricting Game - http://www.redistrictinggame.com/
Diversity Issue Games
Real Lives - http://www.educationalsimulations.com/ (Demo version is free, full version costs $25.00. Note: some surprise features appear in the demo version that may be bugs in the program, asked to engage in extramarital affair, homosexual relationship. These happen infrequently and may or may not happen with the full version.)
Parenting Issues Games
CyberInfants - http://www.cyberinfants.com/index.php (adopt and take care of a virtual baby)
Multiple Games
Bettergamescontest.org - http://www.bettergamecontest.org/ (Numerous games at this site.)
Games for Change - http://gamesforchange.org/ (Contains links to multiple games, broken down by social causes.)
Persuasive Games - http://www.persuasivegames.com/games/ (Contains multiple games, not all are related to social issues, but some are. Games are for different grade levels.)

Math/Science simulations http://phet.colorado.edu/simulations/index.php?cat=Featured_Sims

Mathematica- requires a free download, and has stuff for many many many topics http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/?buildid=1153482
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