Video+Games+in+Education

=Educational uses for video games= Please add to this list! Feel free to add more **uses** to any game too. If it's something we can all play (web-based or free to download), **make it bold.**

On Twitter, tag things: #lbscgames so we can make sure everything makes it to this list.

Thanks! -Ashley

**CT Arcade--web based** || Logic, Problem Solving Teach computational thinking by training your Artificial Intelligence to play tic-tac-toe ||
 * **Video Game** || **Uses** ||
 * Creatures - PC || Biology, Chemistry, Behavioral science, Genetics, Ecology ||
 * Spore - PC || Biology, Evolution, Ecology, Creature design ||
 * **Nation States - web-based** || Government, Understanding of political systems, Understanding of political power, Economy, Civil Rights, Political Freedoms, Issues, United Nations ||
 * Little Big Planet - PS3, PSP || Physics, Collaboration, World design, Design/Creativity, Story-tellings ||
 * Endless Ocean - Wii || Oceanography, Marine Biology, Animals ||
 * Afrika - PS3 || Zoology, African Animals, Photography, Photo-safari ||
 * Portal - PS3, XBox360, PC || Physics! SCIENCE! Problem-solving. Puzzles. ||
 * World of Goo || Puzzles, Physics, Critical thinking ||
 * Age of Empires - PC || History, Military tactics, Civil engineering ||
 * Age of Mythology - PC || Mythology ||
 * Sid Meier's Civilization || Empire building, History ||
 * Romance of the Three Kingdoms || Chinese history, City-building ||
 * Trauma Center - Wii, DS || Medicine (though it gets a bit bizarre) ||
 * Harvest Moon || Farming, Ranching ||
 * Scribblenauts || Problem-solving, Creative thinking ||
 * Phoenix Wright || Law, Trials, Detective work, Critical-thinking ||
 * City of Heroes - PC (MMO) || Character building, Creative-writing skills ||
 * Tetris || Geometry ||
 * Professor Layton - DS || Puzzles and Problem-solving- includes, critical thinking, math, logic, and more ||
 * Mario Paint - SNES || Art Studio. Teaches tessellation, simple animation, and music composition. Fosters basic computer skills with its mouse peripheral and desktop layout ||
 * Oregon Trail - PC || Resource management ||
 * Pokémon - GB, GBA, DS || Managing money. Advanced players look at Pokémon stats and game stats to breed better or special Pokémon. See Smogon for examples. ||
 * Banjo Kazooie Nuts & Bolts - XBox360 || Build vehicles from parts to complete tasks. ||
 * Katamari Damacy - PS3, PSP, PS2, XBox360 || Levels require you to reach different sizes, some require you to stop when you reach specific sizes- students can learn how different metric measurements compare. ||
 * [| **Whyville**] || Web-based and free STEM virtual world: math, biology, logic, engineering and more. World-wide chat community. ||
 * [|Grid Detective - Kindle] || Deductive reasoning, logic game ||
 * [|Pixel Perfect Puzzles] - Kindle || Problem Solve, Logic game ||
 * [| Every Word] - Kindle || Vocabulary builder, problem solve ||
 * [| Pirate Stash] - Kindle