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Some favorite games.  What are yours

Free Rice


Free Poverty


Word Brain Game


The Eyeballing Game


A Game A Day


These are the very best games I have found on the Internet.  They are meant for fun, and to challenge your mind, as well as your dexterity.  Most, if not all, are online games, however some may require a download or joining the site.  Please follow all the safety and security measures required for the Internet.  Give a limited or not information about yourself, if possible.  

Have fun and enjoy.  Please let me know if you have any problems, and I will fix it as soon as possible.  

Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader


Hoagies Gifted Education Page


SScrabble


Basketball


Wizard


Case of the Crabs

Tangram Puzzles


Thinking Machine Chess

Etymologic  (Toughest word game on the web)

Top 100 Learning Games Resources


50 Serious Games for Social Change  


A Game A Day   

No Hassels Online Gameplay


Thinking Games   

Interactive Play Stones   

Launch Ball    

Kongregate     

Shark Runners    

World Without Oil     

Elecytro City     

Try Drugs    

Learning Adventures form Adventures    

Mr. Picasso Head

Math  (calculators needed)   

A Game A Day    

Fun Brain   

Word Games   

GeoGames    

Superstruct   

Eyeballing Game   

Stock Market Chart Game  

Word Puzzles  

Time Killer - Paper in the basket

Planarity   

Lemonade Stand        

150 of the Best Flash Games Online  

Fold It Science

Neave Planetarium  

Ken Ken     

Physics Games.net


150 things to do when you are bored


Balance

Animated Jigsaw Puzzle

Coins

Chess

Thinking Mans Chess - Machine 4

Tangram

Planarity

Poom

Plastic Balls

Falling Sand

New Falling Sand

A Case of the Crabs

Color Connect

SSCrabble

Triangle

Sliding Blocks

3-Colors Tower of Hanoi

Flickr Sudoku

Jigsaw Search (choose a picture - like a rose)

Jigsaw Land

Animated Jigsaw  

Balance Levers  

USA Today Crossword  

News Mania   

IQ Game   

Free Rice   

Flash Chess III   

AGS Adventure Game Studio - Create your own AGS game free.  Play AGS games, FREE!  

AutoREALM is generally used by Role-playing Game practicants who enjoy doing their own maps. But it could fits the needs of other people

Build your Own Jeopardy       "helps you make custom game boards that you can use in the classroom or play with friends. Features for BYOJeopary include the ability to bold, italicize, and underline text. You can insert symbols° and small images. You can use different fonts or specify the font size. You can use subscript and superscript. You can add media like Quicktime (*.mov) and Windows media player (*.wmf) files to your board" (OS: Windows with the designer's note: "There are TWO versions available: one requires the .NET framework & will NOT run on Win95, the other does not & will run on ALL versions of Windows. Make sure you choose the correct download")

Construct     The just-released 0.97.5 version of Construct is "a FREE development studio geared for creating DirectX games and software in a WYSIWYG environment" (OS: Win 2000/XP/Vista)

DimensioneX is an "open source software kit for developing and running multiplayer adventure games" (OS: Any/All)

Golden Realm [not freeware, but for $2.50 it might as well be] is " as user-friendly and anti-programming as possible. A simple understanding of basic GML is suggested but not required. You can do a ton with this engine without any understanding of programming. This is a very easy-to-use Game Maker engine" (OS: not specified) 

Scratch is "a new programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art -- and share your creations on the web. Scratch is designed to help young people (ages 8 and up) develop 21st century learning skills. As they create Scratch projects, young people learn important mathematical and computational ideas, while also gaining a deeper understanding of the process of design" (OS: Win 9x/ME/NT/2K/XP/2K3, Mac OSX 10.3 or later)

World Creator allows you to "create your Artwork for Games quickly and easily, specialises in Game Tiles, 2D, Platform, Overhead, Isometric, Pseudo3D, and Animations. The World Creator has a unique Tiling & Masking system with an open ended structure, so you can design and create / use your own Textures and Masks which in turn provides an ever expanding library which can be exchanged between users" (OS: Windows)

Fyrebug  If you'd like to practice making games online, test drive the free online game maker at Fyrebug.com (also, according to the site, if you register you can create your own images and mp3s for use in games.)

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The following are 4 examples of what is on Blue Web'n.

Monetary Policy Game Think you have what it takes to steer our country's central bank? See how it works by taking charge of a simulated economy. Or learn more about how the Fed influences the US economy by exploring the monetary policy media center. Includes a dictionary, an overview by decade, and a game which helps demonstrate the relationship between inflation, unemployment, the fed rate. A good way to introduce a complex topic.

The EconoClass offers great interactive activities for teaching high school economics. Includes games and simulations, case studies, debate topics, and brain teasers

Geography Action! is an annual conservation and awareness program designed to educate and excite people about natural, cultural, and historic treasures. Each year, they will present a different topic related to conservation and the environment. The Geography Action! program features: a) Kids Take Action!, an activity-based conservation awareness program ; b) Geography Awareness Week, a series of events to celebrate conservation; c) Lesson Plans; d) Games; and e)Photo Galleries. Topics so far include: Biodiversity, Conservation, Habitats, Population, Rivers, U.S. Public Lands

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Chore Wars  Recruit a party of adventurers from your household or office, and whenever one of you completes a chore, you can log it and claim XP.

Balance


Animated Jigsaw Puzzle

Coins

Chess

Thinking Mans Chess - Machine 4


Tangram

Planarity

Poom

Plastic Balls

A Case of the Crabs


Color Connect

SSCrabble

Triangle

Sliding Blocks

3-Colors Tower of Hanoi

Flickr Sudoku

Jigsaw Search (choose a picture - like a rose)

Jigsaw Land

Animated Jigsaw  

Balance Levers  

USA Today Crossword  

News Mania   

IQ Game   

Free Rice   

Flash Chess III   

AGS Adventure Game Studio - Create your own AGS game free.  Play AGS games, FREE!  

AutoREALM is generally used by Role-playing Game practicants who enjoy doing their own maps. But it could fits the needs of other people

Build your Own Jeopardy       "helps you make custom game boards that you can use in the classroom or play with friends. Features for BYOJeopary include the ability to bold, italicize, and underline text. You can insert symbols° and small images. You can use different fonts or specify the font size. You can use subscript and superscript. You can add media like Quicktime (*.mov) and Windows media player (*.wmf) files to your board" (OS: Windows with the designer's note: "There are TWO versions available: one requires the .NET framework & will NOT run on Win95, the other does not & will run on ALL versions of Windows. Make sure you choose the correct download")

Construct     The just-released 0.97.5 version of Construct is "a FREE development studio geared for creating DirectX games and software in a WYSIWYG environment" (OS: Win 2000/XP/Vista)

DimensioneX is an "open source software kit for developing and running multiplayer adventure games" (OS: Any/All)

Golden Realm [not freeware, but for $2.50 it might as well be] is " as user-friendly and anti-programming as possible. A simple understanding of basic GML is suggested but not required. You can do a ton with this engine without any understanding of programming. This is a very easy-to-use Game Maker engine" (OS: not specified) 

Scratch is "a new programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art -- and share your creations on the web. Scratch is designed to help young people (ages 8 and up) develop 21st century learning skills. As they create Scratch projects, young people learn important mathematical and computational ideas, while also gaining a deeper understanding of the process of design" (OS: Win 9x/ME/NT/2K/XP/2K3, Mac OSX 10.3 or later)

World Creator allows you to "create your Artwork for Games quickly and easily, specialises in Game Tiles, 2D, Platform, Overhead, Isometric, Pseudo3D, and Animations. The World Creator has a unique Tiling & Masking system with an open ended structure, so you can design and create / use your own Textures and Masks which in turn provides an ever expanding library which can be exchanged between users" (OS: Windows)

Fyrebug  If you'd like to practice making games online, test drive the free online game maker at Fyrebug.com (also, according to the site, if you register you can create your own images and mp3s for use in games.)

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The following are 4 examples of what is on Blue Web'n.

Monetary Policy Game Think you have what it takes to steer our country's central bank? See how it works by taking charge of a simulated economy. Or learn more about how the Fed influences the US economy by exploring the monetary policy media center. Includes a dictionary, an overview by decade, and a game which helps demonstrate the relationship between inflation, unemployment, the fed rate. A good way to introduce a complex topic.

The EconoClass offers great interactive activities for teaching high school economics. Includes games and simulations, case studies, debate topics, and brain teasers

Geography Action! is an annual conservation and awareness program designed to educate and excite people about natural, cultural, and historic treasures. Each year, they will present a different topic related to conservation and the environment. The Geography Action! program features: a) Kids Take Action!, an activity-based conservation awareness program ; b) Geography Awareness Week, a series of events to celebrate conservation; c) Lesson Plans; d) Games; and e)Photo Galleries. Topics so far include: Biodiversity, Conservation, Habitats, Population, Rivers, U.S. Public Lands

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Chore Wars  Recruit a party of adventurers from your household or office, and whenever one of you completes a chore, you can log it and claim XP.

Word Buff   "Word-Buff.com is especially devoted to covering the fanatical sub-cultures that have exploded in recent years around Crosswords, Scrabble, and Spelling Bees. But you'll also find loads of information about other popular games and puzzles, like Hangman, Boggle, and Balderdash. So sit back and start browsing the pages of Word-Buff.com, where you can make full use of hundreds of free tips, lists, and other cool resources put together by people just like you ... who play word games to win."


Games and Free Programs

Moving Jigsaw Puzzles


Who Wants to be A Millionaire


Planarity


Triangle Solitaire


Word Duck (hangman)

Mission to Learn  26+


Puzzles n Games

Hidden Images


Hidden Objects


3D Stereograms


Find Hidden Images


Hidden Object Puzzles


Hidden Object Games Online


Play Hidden Object Games


Hidden Object Games


Online Hidden Object Games


FreeWebArcade


Spot the Difference


Mac Hidden Objects


Fenomen Games


PC and Mac


HideNSeek


Ozzoom


Shabugames


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Create Your Own Object Puzzle


Pictures in Pictures  (Make your own)

Free Programs

Wax        2D & 3D Video Creation


Calibre     eBook Reader


FontSpace     Free Fontsr


Timeline   TimeToast

Clipart  Open Clip Art

Jeopardy    Jeopardy Labs

Aviary Myna   Audio Editor

FileZilla   FTP Transfer

Accounting   Free Softtware

MindMapping   Free Online -Bubblus

PhotoShop   Free Online Photoshop

File Transfer  iSender

Wall Posters     Block Posters

Easy Test Maker     Create Tests

Print What YouLike    Online, Free

Aviary Suite        Online, Free

ESET       Online, Free:Virus Scanner

Gimp    Photo Editor

Audacity    Sound Editor

Free Apps   

Rock, Paper, Siccors


Hidden Objects

Hidden Images


Hidden Objects


3D Stereograms


Find Hidden Images


Hidden Object Puzzles


Hidden Object Games Online


Play Hidden Object Games


Hidden Object Games


Online Hidden Object Games


FreeWebArcade


Spot the Difference


Mac Hidden Objects


Fenomen Games


PC and Mac


HideNSeek


Ozzoom


Shabugames


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Create Your Own Object Puzzle


Pictures in Pictures  (Make your own)