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Classroom Science and Social Studies Games

Games for science, history, civics, geography and coding.

14 games

20 Questions

Yes-or-no questions that practice narrowing down by category.

Think of a person, place, animal or term from the unit. The class has twenty yes-or-no questions to work out what it is. Writing the questions on the board helps students build on each other's answers instead of guessing at random.

2–12 · Free · No materials

Also in: No-prep games, Elementary, Middle school, High school

Code.org

Free computer science courses for K–12 with game-like coding puzzles.

K–12 · Free · Student devices

Also in: Elementary, Middle school, High school

Freerice

A trivia game owned by the UN World Food Programme, built around its work to end hunger. Vocabulary is the best-known category.

Student devices

Also in: Reading and language games, Elementary, Middle school, High school

iCivics

Civics games that can be played individually or as a whole class with the game projected.

Free · One screen or student devices

Also in: Middle school, High school

Legends of Learning

Standards-aligned science, history and math games reviewed by educators.

K–8 · Student devices

Also in: Math games, Elementary, Middle school

Minecraft Education

The classroom edition of Minecraft, with a library of lessons across the curriculum.

Licensed; free trial · Student devices

Also in: Elementary, Middle school

Mission US

Role-playing missions that put students inside moments in US history. Developed for middle school.

5–8 · Free · Student devices

Also in: Middle school

Mr. Nussbaum

Thousands of activities and over 400 games made by an elementary teacher, strong on US history and geography.

K–8 · Some free; subscription for the rest · Student devices

Also in: Online games, Math games, Reading and language games, Elementary, Middle school

NASA Space Place

NASA's games about space and Earth science for children.

Student devices

Also in: Elementary

National Geographic Kids

Quizzes, puzzles and fill-in games on animals and the natural world.

Student devices

Also in: Elementary

Scratch

A free block-based programming language. Here students make their own games instead of playing someone else's.

Free · Student devices

Also in: Elementary, Middle school

Seterra

Map quizzes for every continent, with printable versions. Now part of GeoGuessr.

Free to play · Student devices

Also in: Elementary, Middle school, High school

Sheppard Software

Hundreds of free games, with unusually deep geography and animal sections alongside math and science.

Free · Student devices

Also in: Online games, Math games, Kindergarten, Elementary

Turtle Diary

More than 1,000 games across math, language arts, science and geography, with a multiplayer section.

K–5 · Free with ads; ad-free upgrade · Student devices

Also in: Online games, Math games, Reading and language games, Kindergarten, Elementary

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