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IndustryMasters
http://www.industrymasters.com IndustryMasters browser-based business simulation with more than 200 industries grouped into 16 industry sectors: Aerospace, Automotive, Beverages, Energy, Cosmetics, Appliances, Electronics, Recreation, Agriculture, Processed Food ,Staple Food, Machinery, Metal, Pharma, Wood & Paper,Textile. IndustryMasters simulates all aspects of management: from Strategy, Investment and Finance to Product Pricing, Marketing, Quality, R&D, HR and Ecology. You take the role of an entrepreneur and compete live against players from around the globe for market share, profit and shareholder value. |
 
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Lemonade Stand on the iPhone iPod
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/1445088 Lemonade Stand on the iPhone iPod Tony Vincent shares some of his favorite iPod touch and iPhone apps for education. There's also audience participation. Lemonade Stand is an App that he demos at the beginning of this UStream presentation |
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Bossingame - Business Game
http://www.bossingame.com/index.php?lang=en Dare yourself and rock this online Business Game! Manage your own virtual company, compete against international players and become famous with your management skills! |
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The Science of Spore--The
http://tinyurl.com/79vdw4 The Science of Spore--The "Evolution" of Gaming Spore encompasses five stages of development: cell, creature, tribe, civilization and space. There are some potent differences, however, between evolution as it actually operates and Spore’s animated version of events. For one, in the “cell” and “creature” stages of the game, organisms win “DNA points” when they achieve certain goals. |
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Titan : Business Simulation
http://titan.ja.org/ Titan : Business Simulation Test your skills running a business in this ultimate business simulation! As CEO, you will match wits in the competitive, technologically advanced industry of the Holo-Generator Set in the year 2035, JA Titan creates a world in which players are CEOs of their own companies. Originally conceived in the 1980s as the Management and Economic Simulation Exercise, or MESE, JA Titan is a widely recognized business simulation for high school students. During game play, students must run a manufacturing company and master six key business decisions: price of product, production levels, marketing expenses, research and development costs, capital investment level, and charitable giving. Various corporate assistants “help” the player through each phase, or “quarter,” of game play. |
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ElectroCity
http://electrocity.co.nz/ ElectroCity is an online computer game that lets players manage their own virtual towns and cities. It’s great fun to play and also teaches players all about energy, sustainability and environmental management in New Zealand. Just think up a city name and declare yourself Mayor. If you’re a school teacher, you need to register so your students’ cities are eligible for school prizes. |
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Learning by Simulations
http://www.vias.org/simulations/ Simulations play a central role in learning by doing, since the understanding of concepts and fundamental ideas is closely related to being able to experiment with a topic or a particular aspect of it. Learning by Simulations has been developed to support both teachers and students in the process of knowledge transfer and knowledge acquisition. It currently contains about 40 simulations dealing with mathematical, phyiscal, chemical, or computer science problems. Most of the simulations are available both in English and German language. |
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Discover! Simulations ... Science
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmsc/content/simulation/ Discover! Simulations ... Science An IMPRESSIVE collection from Houghton Mifflin Science |
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The Shodor Foundation
http://www.shodor.org/ "The Shodor Foundation, a nonprofit education and research corporation, is "dedicated to the advancement of science and math education, specifically through the use of modeling and simulation technologies." Shodor recognized that professional computational science tools, especially graphics and animations, could be adapted for classroom use. The foundation's Web site offers access to a repertoire of software and provides value-added aids, such as curriculum materials for students, sorted by grade and subject, for students, teachers, and parents." |
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Hotel and Tourism Workplace Simulator
http://project.shtm.polyu.edu.hk/new-index.html Hotel and Tourism Workplace Simulator .. from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
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Idaho Bioterrorism (Second Life)
http://irhbt.typepad.com/play2train/ Play2Train - Idaho Bioterrorism Awareness and Preparedness Program Play2Train is a virtual training space in SecondLife designed to support Strategic National Stockpile (SNS), Simple Triage Rapid Transportation (START), Risk Communication and Incident Command System (ICS) Training. This virtual environment spreads over two islands Asterix and Obelix (65536 x 2 sq. meters), with one island dedicated to a virtual town and the other a virtual hospital. The design of this virtual environment is influenced by dioramas frequently used by emergency services to support their tabletop exercises. |
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Hydro Hijinks Diplomacy Game (Second Life)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JS2JT9IV3CM Hydro Hijinks Diplomacy Game Updated (as of 03/26) walkthrough of an award-winning diplomacy game created in Second Life, by the students of IS195 at Montgomery College, Rockville Maryland. |
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UC Davis' Virtual Hallucinations (Second Life)
http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/ais/virtualhallucinations/ UC Davis' Virtual Hallucinations (Second Life) Sec.Life Landmark / SLurl |
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The Heart Murmur Sim (Second Life)
http://sl.nmc.org/2006/09/25/jeremy-kemp/ The Heart Murmur Sim Today, our Studio NMC took its audio equipment on the road, and we visited with Jeremy Kemp (Jeremy Kabumpo in SL) over at his Heart Murmur Simulation site, located in the Waterhead region of Second Life Jeremy provided a quick walk through tour of his Heart Murmur simulation, which features use of special audio features to provide the needed sounds to simulate cardiac auscultation. |
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NationStates
http://www.nationstates.net/ NationStates is a free nation simulation game. Build a nation and run it according to your own warped political ideals. Create a Utopian paradise for society's less fortunate or a totalitarian corporate police state. Care for your people or deliberately oppress them. Join the United Nations or remain a rogue state. It's really up to you. |
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Google Earth Flight Simulator
http://www.sajaforum.org/2007/09/web-google-eart.html Google Earth Flight Simulator You can choose to fly one of two planes. The F16 is almost impossible to control for novices, so the SR22 propeller plane is the way to go (and offers better sightseeing). You can choose to start from your current position on G.E., or you can choose from several airports around the world, including the Kathmandu one. |
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aVataR@School project
http://www.avataratschool.eu/mod/resource/view.php?id=83 The overall goal of the project is to use virtual role plays to find a new way for conflict resolutions with a playful and cooperative approach. The aVataR@School project aims to establish virtual role plays in which pupils, teachers and others try out strategies for conflict resolution by means of the School Peer Mediation approach. Each virtual role plays will take plave in the most popular 3D online digital world: SecondLife (http://www.secondlife.com). For each of the role plays a scenario will be worked out to represent a typical conflict in school (e.g. social exclusion, bullying or violence). In each scenario players will try to find common solutions in a cooperative and collaborative way. |
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Train Spotting Simulator
http://www.ratbike.org/tspotsim/ Microtoss Train Spotting Simulator brings the power and excitement of one of the world's most favorite hobbies to your PC, placing you in the role of a trainspotter with unprecedented realism, exciting real-world challenges, and the tools to recreate almost any trainspotting experience in the world. |
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The Classroom Sim : Simulation Discipline Strategies
http://ahaprocess.com/store/Sims.html The Classroom Sim can help you refine your discipline skills before you ever set foot in the classroom. You simply play the computer game by making classroom decisions, enforcing and modifying rules, and responding to events initiated by students, parents, and administrators. At the end of each quarter you will receive feedback on how your decisions might affect the happiness, behavior, and academic progress of your students. Set includes Simulation Software Activation and Companion Edition Book: Working with Students: Discipline Strategies for the 21st Century; Simulation Companion Edition |
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Google Maps Flight Simulator
http://www.isoma.net/games/goggles.html Google Maps Flight Simulator Fly a small model aeroplane anywhere ... but using Google maps .. so the scenary is real! |
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Free Simulation Games at Windows Marketplace
http://tinyurl.com/gdrj2 Free Education Simulation Games at Windows Marketplace Select from hundreds of free (and commercial) games and demos, plus patches to improve the performance of games you already own. |
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Download Full (Old) Games for free
http://www.download-full-games.com/pc/educational/index.html Download Full Games : Free Simulations (over 300). All games are free to download ... this collection is of 'old favourites' .. in fact 'classics' .. that have been 'retired' but still useful for teaching and learning e.g. A Game of Macroeconomics | Flight simulators | |
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PeaceMaker
http://www.etc.cmu.edu/projects/peacemaker/TheGame.htm PeaceMaker is a one-player game in which the player can choose to take the role of either the Israeli Prime Minister or the Palestinian President. The player must react to in-game events, from diplomatic negotiations to military attacks, and interact with eight other political leaders and social groups in order to establish a stable resolution to the conflict before his or her term in office ends. Real-time and Location-Based Events. Videos and pictures from a library of real-time news events are interjected into gameplay. Relevant events are presented on a high-resolution map of Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip. |
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Simulations from Persuasive Games
http://www.persuasivegames.com/games/ Simulations at Persuasive Games This company produces several simulations that would be useful in a number of different curriculum areas Disaffected! - a videogame parody of the Kinko’s copy store, a source of frustration from its patrons. Disaffected! puts the player in the role of employees forced to service customers under the particular incompetences common to a Kinko’s store. Airport Insecurity - a game about inconvenience and the tradeoffs between security and rights in American airports. Stone City – Cold Stone Creamery, Inc. - Cold Stone commissioned an employee training game to focus on the issue portion sizes and their relationship to profitability. |
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Informatist Guide
http://www.informatistguide.jumbahost.com/index.php Guide for Informatist. Informatist is a free, business simulation game, which features joint stock companies and a fluctuating stock market. It's free to play, and is regularly updated. |
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Bath time with Archimedes : Handling Data
http://tinyurl.com/qbf2s Bath time with Archimedes : Handling Data Key Stages 2 and 3: Age range 10 - 14 This simulation involves changing variables by selecting the strength of the water flow into the bath, turning the tap on or off, putting the plug in and out, and telling Archimedes to get in and out of the bath. |
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Car Seat belt crash simulator
http://www.thinkseatbelts.co.uk/ Car Seat belt crash simulator |
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Gibbity : Simulations : Reviews
http://www.gibbity.com/content/world/simulation/0/all/8/0 Gibbity : Simulations : Reviews Gibbity is a people-powered, game discovery engine. As a participant, you can either explore the current game listings and review stuff you find, or you could contribute games that aren't there yet and review those. web 2.0 |
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Lemonade Stand
http://www.primarygames.com/socstudies/lemonade/start.htm Lemonade Stand Welcome to Lemonade Stand! Your goal in this game will be to make as much money as you can within 30 days. To do this, you've decided to open your own business -- a Lemonade Stand! You'll have complete control over almost every part of your business, including pricing, quality control, inventory control, and purchasing supplies. You'll also have to deal with the weather, which can be unpredictable. |
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Cellular Automata
http://grant.robinson.name/projects/cellularAutomata/ Cellular Automata A simulation of cell behaviour based on four simple rules. I'm fascinated by how a seemingly complex organic system can be created from such a simple set of rules. Make sure you try creating your own initial setup to see how it survives. |
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llor
http://llor.nu/ The object of the game is to try and become the player with the highest net worth. There is one primary way of doing this: buying hotels and waiting for other players to land on them, paying you rent. |
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Informatist
http://www.informatist.net/ Open economics game/simulation. Players compete in order to dominate market and achieve best financial results. The game is open - anyone can play it without any cost. No special software required - web browser is enough. Online massive multiplayer economics game |
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Food Force
http://www.food-force.com/ "Food Force" is a free online game from the United Nations World Food Program that sends children ages 8 to 13 on six realistic aid missions. Food Force serves as a classroom tool for teaching about hunger. From the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the world? largest humanitarian agency, Food Force is an educational video game telling the story of a hunger crisis on the fictitious island of Sheylan. Comprised of 6 mini-games or ?issions? the game takes young players from an initial crisis assessment through to delivery and distribution of food aid, with each sequential mission addressing a particular aspect of this challenging process. The game has wide cross-curricular appeal (geography, social studies, health, etc.) and can strengthen strategic thinking and decision-making skills. It is an ideal lesson follow-up or homework activity. Teachers are encouraged to download the game and install it on school computers or burn it onto a CD and make as many copies as required. |
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Power Politics 3
http://www.powerpolitics.us/ Power Politics 3 : USA Presidential Campaign Simulator |
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Environment Simulation
http://www.kineticcity.com/controlcar/activity.php?act=4&virus=flossil Environment Simulation Until recently, most of the environments on Earth stayed pretty much the same for hundreds or even thousands of years. But now, humans can change an environment practically overnight. Just think what a bulldozer can do to a two-thousand-year-old forest! In this Mind Game, you?l see how big changes to the environment can affect the animals that live there. In this game, you can control how much pollution lands on the trees. Just click on the slider and drag it toward "More Pollution" (orange) or "Less Pollution" (green). Then sit back and watch what happens to the bugs! |
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Chemistry Simulations
http://chemcollective.org/applets/ Chemistry Simulations Virtual Chemistry Laboratory | Acclimatization on Mt. Everest | Stoichiometry | Periodic Table | Internal Combustion Engine Simulator | Why Things Have Color | Equilibrium | Spectroscopic Simulator | Statistical Mechanical Simulator | |
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Strombolian Eruption Simulation
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/kids/fun/volcano/volcano.html Strombolian Eruption Simulation (Volcanoe) |
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Extreme Farm Simulation
http://www.frozenden.x3fusion.com/flash/farmsim.html Extreme Farm Simulation ;-) |
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Zoo Tycoon
http://www.microsoft.com/games/pc/zootycoon.aspx In Zoo Tycoon, you'll be challenged to build the most healthy and vibrant zoo possible. With an easy to learn interface, you can begin planning your strategy and building your ultimate zoo the moment you start the game. Plan poorly, and those lions, tigers, and bears may find a new found interest in you! Zoo Tycoon - enjoy the fun and challenge of building and managing the ultimate zoo. Zoo Tycoon Trial Version .. free download 27MB zoo | animal | simulation | |
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Virtual Worlds at Biz/Ed
http://www.bized.ac.uk/virtual/home.htm Virtual Worlds at Biz/Ed Virtual Economy : The model is based around No.11 Downing St. - the Chancellor's house and office. Here's your chance to run the economy better than the Chancellor. Virtual Developing Country :Find out more about development economics through our Zambia case study. Virtual Bank : What do banks and central banks do? Take a trip down to our Virtual Bank to find out. Virtual Learning Arcade : Do you want to have a go at determining a house price? Run this and other simulations. Virtual Factory : find out about everything from production to accounts. Virtual Farm : Can you run the family farm for ten years and make a profit? What could possibly go wrong? |
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Evolution Lab
http://www.biologyinmotion.com/evol/index.html Evolution Lab ... evolution simulation |
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The Quest for Independence
http://www.ottersurf.com/quest/ The Quest for Independence An interactive simulation that enables kids to spend money, get a job -- or suffer the consequences of spending all their money without getting a job! |
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Sports simulations
http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/prep10/csf/support/sampleunits/Sports_simulations.pdf Sports simulations : MATHEMATICS Levels 5 and 6 In Sports simulations students simulate well-known sports using dice and compare their results with real data from the games played on sports fields. Students also use simulations to investigate the range of winning-run lengths for teams that are evenly matched or otherwise. |
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Sports Simulations List on Google
http://directory.google.com/Top/Sports/Fantasy/Simulations/ Sports Simulations List on Google |
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Simulation Sports Leagues
http://www.playasport.com/index.html Simulation Sports Leagues Playasport users can participate in one of many simulation sports games, including baseball, basketball, football, hockey, and soccer. Additionally we have tennis, figure skating, golf, and racing games that let you manage your own player through a season of events. Playasport is a free sports simulation site, with daily results and rankings. |
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Learning Simulations
http://www.learnativity.com/simulations.html Learning Simulations Technology and more wide-spread understanding that people learn best by doing shines a bright light on new, more simulation-focused products and services. Much of this work is rooted in experiential learning but now with a techno-twist. Overview of learning simulations | Any good books and articles about Simulations? | Organizations that focus on this stuff? | Who's building simulation tools? | |
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Real Lives : Simulation
http://www.educationalsimulations.com/products.html Educational Simulations presents Real Lives 2004, the life simulation that gives you the opportunity to learn how people really live in other countries. You might be born anyone, anywhere on Earth. You might die as an infant, you might make it to old age. You might be able to marry the person of your dreams, and have a rewarding job, or you could be stuck in poverty. Be born, live an exciting life, and die. Then do it again. And again. Learn about the world as you live your Real Lives around the world, one life-altering decision at a time. simulation |
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Coffee Tycoon
http://www.bigfishgames.com/downloads/coffeetycoon/index.html Coffee Tycoon lets gamers build a coffee empire. Starting fresh with one store, players customize their coffee business by giving it a name and choosing a logo and store design. From there, they'll choose a city to start their coffee empire, maybe New York or L.A., or if they're really daring, the coffee capital of the world: Seattle! FREE downloadable trial version (12 MB) |
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Diner Dash
http://www.bigfishgames.com/downloads/dinerdash/ Diner Dash Diner Dash Diner Dash blends the best in fast paced-action puzzles with a build-your-restaurant-empire theme that encourages players to serve their way from a two-table diner to the top of the restaurant ladder - starting with a run-of-the-mill greasy spoon and ending in a dream restaurant that will take your breath away. FREE trial version (10.4 MB) |
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FlightGear : open-source, multi-platform flight simulator.
http://www.flightgear.org/ FlightGear : an open-source, multi-platform flight simulator. The goal of the FlightGear project is to create a sophisticated flight simulator framework for use in research or academic environments, for the development and pursuit of other interesting flight simulation ideas, and as an end-user application. We are developing a sophisticated, open simulation framework that can be expanded and improved upon by anyone interested in contributing. |
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