Games

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Kids' Pages

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National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Kids' Pages

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The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Kids’ Pages web site offers free educational games for children. Many of the games focus on the environment and how exposure to environmental hazards can damage health. Players can also learn about biorhythms, toxic waste safety, and more.

NEAT-o-Games

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NEAT-o-Games

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NEAT-o-Race and NEAT-o-Sudoku are mobile phone games that require players to earn activity points in order to advance. Activity points can be earned by wearing a sensory device that reads and stores players’ aerobic activity.

NeuroMatrix

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NeuroMatrix

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In the PC game NeuroMatrix, players are secret agents on a mission to save a group of scientists from the brain-invading Nanobots. The goal is to successfully infiltrate the neuroscience research facility and stop the Nanobots from spreading before they take over humanity.

Nutrition Sleuth

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Nutrition Sleuth

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Online Autism Games

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Online Autism Games

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The Online Autism Games are free, online mini-games developed to help children with Autism or Asperger Syndrome understand people and human emotions. Each game is specially designed to teach players time sequences, word pairings, and how to recognize and understand facial expressions.

Operation: Climate Control Game

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Operation: Climate Control Game

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Outbreak at Watersedge

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Outbreak at Watersedge

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Outbreak at Watersedge puts players in the role of a public health official trying to track down the source of a mysterious illness. Players review medical charts, conduct interviews, investigate places where the outbreak may have started, and take samples of anything that may be related to the source. This free, online game was developed by the University of Minnesota.

Outlaw Planet

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Outlaw Planet

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In the free, online game Outlaw Planet, players enter the future to find that the networks that hold societies together have been hacked, causing universal chaos. Players must use their strategy skills and work together to come up with ways to put society back together again.