Just because back to school is here it doesn’t mean you have to stop gaming. Many video games are perfect for learning new skills and abilities. From physics to general life skills, we are here to provide the 5 best educational video games we can find. Let’s take a look.
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Kerbal Space Program
First up is a 2015 PlayStation game perfect for anyone interested in physics and maths. Kerbal Space Program is a space flight simulator which helps improve knowledge in physics, allows students to set goals, evaluate missions, and offers a short introduction to astrodynamics. Key maths and physics skills are needed to build and launch rockets. Players help a space program of green aliens rebuild their ship and help them set off home, it’s a great game for kids who are just entering secondary school and have a passion for anything numerical.
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Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain
Are equations not your thing and do you prefer strategy learning? With Big Brain Academy: Brain Vs Brain, battle it with other players or even go against yourself to see who has the biggest brain! This puzzle and trivia video game was released in December 2021 and offers a selection of mind games and mathematical educational games including focussing on fractions, shapes and numbers. With this Nintendo Switch game, you can still focus on those mathematical sums by making it competitive and fun. Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain is great for young kids under 10 trying to learn basic maths or memory games.
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Wordscapes
Instead of educational gaming on a console, many great mobile gaming apps are great for learning. Wordscapes is great when it comes to improving vocabulary and spelling. The app was released in June 2017 on iOS and Android and is a word hunt video game set out like a crossword. Create words from given letters to fill a crossword puzzle in many exciting levels. It’s great for all ages, due to the variety of levels, the words range in difficulty, so kids, teenagers and even adults can play. Even better the game is free!
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Minecraft: Education Edition
Who would have thought that Minecraft could be educational? That’s right! The iconic cuboid open-world game has an educational series called Minecraft: Education Edition. Released in November 2016 on the PC, this game helps build teamwork skills, especially in collaboration, puzzle-solving, thinking and communication. Teachers can create and plan educational lessons using Minecraft World. The game is completely dependent on the teacher's lesson plan, but by following the traditional Minecraft age target range, Minecraft Educational Edition is best for kids aged 7+.
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Roblox
And finally, possibly one of the most popular video games right now which you probably didn’t even know was good for education. Roblox. Released back in 2006, Roblox has become increasingly popular within the past 5 years. The PlayStation and Xbox game is an online, multiplayer game which has many educational-based games to play. Some include:
- Chem Lab Escape
- Robot Champions
- Code Combat Worlds
- Lua Learning
- Pathogen Patro
These games can range from learning about chemistry to coding and anatomy. We recommend the platform for older children in secondary school however, many younger audiences use it which proves to be a huge success!
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Conclusion:
What are your thoughts on these games? Do you have any other educational video games we missed on our list? We want to know! Let us know in the comments below.
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