Fun for the Environment November 21, 2009
Posted by Wendy Wolfe in Games & Simulations.Tags: Environment, Games and Simulations
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Have you played “Dumptown?” An online game from the EPA that puts the player in 
the position of City Manager who is tasked with starting new programs that encourage recycling and waste reduction. The programs track how much waste is saved from landfills and how much money is spent on the programs too. Dumptown would be a fun addition to units focusing on city government, environment and recycling.
Geography, Games and Fighting Poverty November 10, 2009
Posted by Wendy Wolfe in Games & Simulations.Tags: Games, geography, Poverty
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Test your geographic knowledge and play a game. Depending on how accurate your answers are, donate between 2 and 10 cups of clean drinking water to those in poverty around the world. Great for interactive white boards as a starting or closing activity, a little extra time in the computer lab, or just for fun, FreePoverty is a neat little site!
The ReDistricting Game November 2, 2009
Posted by Wendy Wolfe in Games & Simulations, US Government.Tags: US Government, Games and Simulations, Gerrymandering
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Created through the USC Game Innovation Lab – part of the USC School of Cinematic Arts’, Interactive Media Division, the ReDistricting Game gives the player new insight into the apportionment and redistricting process. With five different missions, see the power of cartography and politics collide as you work to make state legislatures, the courts, and political parties happy.
Our senior US Government students love the game. It would be great for any 9-12 students studying government or civics, possibly for middle school too as each mission does have a basic and advanced level.
Good luck!
Typeracer…a fun little competition October 13, 2009
Posted by Wendy Wolfe in Games & Simulations, Webbased tools.add a comment
Who doesn’t like a friendly competition? And to see how typing skills are doing? An extra bonus. Typeracer allows you to set up an account, or log in as an anonymous guest and type a series of sentences. While you type, your speed and accuracy go head-to-head with other typists somewhere out there on the web. At the conclusion of the “race,” you receive a speed and accuracy rating.
A fun little game break and a skill polisher to boot!
