Non-museum educational games that may be of interest
Channel 4
1066: about the Battle of Hastings
http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/0-9/1066/game/
Routesgames: about genetics and genetic testing. Minigames, UGC and ARG
http://www.routesgame.com/home/
Trafalgar origins: showing how Britain has been assisted in times of conflict by non British nationals
http://preloaded.com/work/trafalgar-origins/
SuperMe: a content system helping teens take control of their own happiness, based on psychology of resilience
http://www.playsuperme.com/
Nightmare High: helping 10-12 year olds deal with the transition from Little School to Big School, based on psychology of resilience
http://nightmarehigh.com
Nom Nation: players use food and nutrition to give their character superpowers
http://www.playnomnation.com
United Nations
Stop Disasters: allows players to plan an mitigate against different disaster scenarios
http://www.stopdisastersgame.org
Red Redemption
Fate of the world: social change game about climate
http://fateoftheworld.net/
UK Parliament's Education Service
MP For A Week: simulates the work of MPs and aims to demystify the role of Parliament
www.parliament.uk/mpforaweek
MyUK: about law-making and the political 'big-picture'
www.createmyuk.org
Molle Industria
Oiligarchy: characteristically off beat look at the oil business
http://www.molleindustria.org/en/oiligarchy
Institute for the Future
Foresight engine: crowdsourcing future forecasting
http://foresight.breakthroughstocures.org/
Association of Teachers of Mathematics
L: a mathemagical adventure: educational text adventure about maths (from 1984)
http://www.atm.org.uk/shop/products/sof073.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L_%E2%80%93_A_Mathemagical_Adventure
Transworld Publishers / Somethin' Else / Richard Dawkins
The Magic of Reality for iPad: illustrated digital book with scientific experiments and mini-games
http://magicofrealityapp.com/
Human Body/Anatomy Games
http://www.scitunes.com/
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Martha said
at 4:51 pm on Apr 13, 2011
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