Games

Transcription Hero

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Transcription Hero

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“Transcription Hero is an educational game where you get to play the role of RNA Polymerase! Travel down the rails of a DNA sequence, try to transcribe the gene without causing too many mutations, and race against native RNA Polymerase... all while listening to your favourite tunes!”

Watch, Discover, Think, and Act

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Watch, Discover, Think, and Act

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Wee Willie Wheezie

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Wee Willie Wheezie

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Wee Willie Wheezie is an interactive PC game designed to educate children about asthma and effective strategies for managing it. Players assume the role of an asthmatic character and must make their way through a dangerous environment while avoiding asthmatic triggers and collecting medications.

Bodyworks Voyager: Mission in Anatomy

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Bodyworks Voyager: Mission in Anatomy

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Players participate in a human anatomy course to learn about various infections and parts of the human body. At the end of the course they are tested on their knowledge and their ability to protect the body from infection.

Brains Rule Games: Neuron laboratory, Neuron Navigator, Ecstacy Invaders, Brain Attack, Neuron Explosion, Brain-o-Coaster

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Brains Rule Games: Neuron laboratory, Neuron Navigator, Ecstacy Invaders, Brain Attack, Neuron Explosion, Brain-o-Coaster

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Brain Rules Games is a set of free, online mini-games that can educate players about the human brain. Each mini-game addresses a component of the brain such as neurons, neuronal growth, brain development, and anatomy.

Code Red Rover Games: Great Safety Adventure Games, Who ordered Pizza?, Quick Safety Quiz, Penelope's Pool Party

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Code Red Rover Games: Great Safety Adventure Games, Who ordered Pizza?, Quick Safety Quiz, Penelope's Pool Party

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Developed by the Home Safety Council, this collection of free, online games is designed to teach children about dangerous situations and ways to stay safe.

Don't Blow It

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Don't Blow It

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A free, online game, Don’t Blow It was developed to help players learn to avoid allergy triggers. Players, embodied as big noses, walk through different environments filled with items that can cause an allergy to flare up. Players must avoid allergy triggers while collecting items that can help control their allergies.

Dr. Nida's Challenge

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Dr. Nida's Challenge

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Dr. Nida’s Challenge is an online quiz game developed by the National Institute on Drug Abuse that tests players’ knowledge of how drugs affect different parts of the body. If players answer a question incorrectly, they can learn about the correct answer and try again.