Educational Games

If you’re looking for a website that goes beyond basic educational facts and seeks to really inspire young learners, check out Nobelprize.org’s interactive games and simulations. Fourteen to eighteen year olds will love exploring this website and playing the games, which are based on Nobel-prize winning feats of science. Each game includes links on it’s title page. Learn more about the game, read an article about the Nobel Prize winners who made the game’s scientific achievement possible, or jot down reading suggestions for youngsters who want to learn more. The games themselves are engaging and fun.

In Laser Control, older children are charged with throwing a laser party. This side-scrolling, multi-level game features easy keyboard controls, hip music, collectables, quiz point bonuses and more. Dodge slackers who steal your CDs and Snack Crackers who eat your snacks as you try to find as many party guests as possible.

Discover a game based on William Golding’s 1983 Nobel Prize winning novel, Lord of the Flies. In this game, players can click on map locations to play novel inspired mini games. If you haven’t read the book yet, don’t worry. Trial and error is sufficient to get you through the levels and teach you something about literature at the same time.

Have you ever wondered how the brain works? In the Split Brain Experiments, young science enthusiasts will perform experiments on a cartoon volunteer, run slide shows, and edit funding proposals as they learn about which hemispheres of the brain control various stimuli and motor controls.

After you’ve finished learning about lasers, literature, and the brain, there are still seven other games like Poisenville to explore. Or Work for nuclear disarmament in The Peace Doves, learn about the immune system, control cell cycles, replicate DNA, feed Pavlov’s dog, and much more.

This website offers lots of opportunities for youngsters to learn more about other Nobel Prize Winning breakthroughs in science, as well as explore the history of this prestigious prize.