HomeschoolHacker Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 This summer seems to be all about Prodigy. My DS7 is all about that game this summer. In previous years, he's loved: Stack the States/Countries, DragonBox (algebra and geometry), Presidents vs. Aliens (a nice one for this election year), ChessKid, and ReflexMath (for multiplication and division fact fluency). Desperately trying to find a good middle/high school level science game/app. Anybody out there know of one? Or a history game/app. Dish on your family faves! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathnerd Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 these are not games, but, we like Elements by Theodore Gray: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-elements-by-theodore-gray/id364147847 Incredible Numbers by Ian Stewart: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/incredible-numbers-by-professor/id824146218 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
summerreading Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 There's LightBot and Scratch for coding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dharmacat Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 https://kerbalspaceprogram.com/en/?page_id=7 Check this out. Kerbal Space Program game. Real space science is learned by building and testing rockets and more. Fun animated characters make it appealing. It's $40 and for our science-obsessed son it's the best educational game we've come across. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debi21 Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 https://kerbalspaceprogram.com/en/?page_id=7 Check this out. Kerbal Space Program game. Real space science is learned by building and testing rockets and more. Fun animated characters make it appealing. It's $40 and for our science-obsessed son it's the best educational game we've come across. This is on sale for $24 at Steam during their Summer Sale through July 4. It's certainly interesting and has potential for learning. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mckittre Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Has he tried the simulations at pHet? https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/category/new Most are pure simulations, with a few set up as games. My son has enjoyed a ton of the chemistry ones, and a bunch of the physics ones as well. If I remember right, radiocarbon dating is set up as a game. They've got a huge array of them, mostly high-school level science but ranging elementary to university level, across all basic scientific fields plus math. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runningmom80 Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 My son is obsessed with Roblox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahW Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 For coding there is also Code Combat and Kodu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocolate-chip chooky Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 I know you specified science and history, but we are enjoying language based apps and games at the moment, so I thought I'd mention it here. Words with Friends (just like Scrabble and it's against either known friends or others online) Word Streak with Friends (just like Boggle) Scattergories We also like Brain Wars which is a combination of logic-type puzzles against others online. With all of these you can specify to play with known friends or just start with a random person online. And they are all free. I'm on there as Chocolate Chip Chooky if anyone wants to play :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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