Archive for the ‘logic’ Category
Electric Box – logic game
The little grey cells certainly have to work to figure out the logic needed to solve the problems that this rather interesting little game, Electric Box, throws up at you. It demonstrates to children the need with some problems to resolve one solution before working on the next element of the string of problems to develop the entire solution. Fun graphics make the appearance of the game engaging and appealing.
When all the levels have been completed, there is a further dimension to the game, you can turn your talents to creating levels yourself for others to solve. This engages a different thought process, which is good.
There are a couple of other ‘level packs’ of user-generated levels to try your hand at as well.
LabTV – Science and Engineering Videos
LabTV online by the National Defense Education Program (NDEP) has some interesting videos about science and engineering for older kids. There are over 50 videos from two seasons of webisodes, helping to capture kids’ imaginations and instill an interest in engineering.
FuseBox – Understanding electricity
Vic Voltage is the cartoon character set to help primary or elementary school children around the Fusebox site about electricity and its history, using interactive flash games, activities and general information.
There are circuit boards to create using drag-and-drop components. You can see how three common electrical things work in the home. There’s a section on safety, which took me back to a public information film of the 70s. You can also play an electrically themed version of hangman.
The site is created by CE Electric UK who supply electricity to many homes in the UK, so they should know what they’re talking about.
Zoopz – logic games
Zoopz.com has some interesting logic based maze games for elementary level children.
Squigly educational games
The Squigly site has a few very nice games, split into maths, spelling/typing/reading, geography, memory and matching and making connections. Some time dependent games seem a little quick at first, but maybe with practise the kids will get quicker and more accurate.
Exploratorium: the museum of science, art and human perception
Based in San Francisco, the Exploratorium was founded by the famous physicist and educator Dr Frank Oppenheiner, who remained the director until his death in 1985.
I’ll be visiting the site again, and again and probably again; it’s got to great stuff on there.
However, today I’m interested in the After School section, which “brings hands on activities and digital library resources into afterschool play”.
There are well presented instructional videos telling you how to create the activity, how to engage children in the activity, and how to vary things and investigate the results.
abc teach
I came across this excellent site called abcteach. It is nicely categories and has so many worksheets for printing, lots of tools for handwriting, letter/word sorting, word searches, spelling, sudoku. For slightly older children there are maths and science, reading, writing, thinking skills, logic puzzles, and much more. I’d suggest having a good look around.
Logical games
Disney has some great online minigames. Some of which really get your youngsters brains working to figure out the logic to solve the puzzles. Three I’d suggest are:
- Motion Potion, where you have to figure out the correct routes for the chemical mixtures,
- Tarzan Coconut Run, where you work out where to place the components to direct the thrown coconut,
- Mickey Robot Roundup, where you have to work out the route; placing the arrows, balloons and umbrellas on the floor to direct the robot Mickey around the obstacles in the correct order to exit the level.
Spotty Blue Banana 