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Choices: What Would I Do? - The New Kid

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Choices: What Would I Do? - The New Kid

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The Balanced Plate Game

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The Balanced Plate Game

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The Balanced Plate Game is a free, online educational game designed to teach children about the food groups and the importance of eating balanced meals. The game presents players with an empty plate that is divided into sections that represent the groups in the food pyramid. Player are given a variety of foods that must be placed in the correct section.

EnviroRisk

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EnviroRisk

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EnviroRisk is a problem-solving game in which players serve as a public health professional investigating an environmental health problem. Players solve several cases in this web-based game developed by the School of Public Health at the University of Illinois in Chicago.

Use of goals and dramatic elements in behavioral training of children with ASD

Author/s:

Barakova, E. ; Feijs, L.; Gillesen, J.

Citation:

Barakova, E., Gillesen, J., & Feijs, L. (2008). Use of goals and dramatic elements in behavioral training of children with ASD. In Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children (Chicago, Illinois, June 11 - 13, 2008). IDC '08. New York, NY: ACM.

Dining Decisions

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Dining Decisions

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Developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dining Decisions is a free, online game designed to teach children about appropriate food choices and portions. Set in a cafeteria, players choose from various foods to learn about the healthy ways to enjoy that food.

Top Doc

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Top Doc

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This game allows the player to “experience and react to realistic patient encounters that require quick clinical responses, just like a real medical clinic.” The player will look at photographs of diseases and “will fill in the missing letters of the diagnosis as quickly as you can.” There are review and test modes available at different levels of difficulty.

PlayFoward: Elm City Stories

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PlayFoward: Elm City Stories

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Playnormous

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Playnormous

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Playnormous.com is a web site for children that offers free health games that focus on nutrition and healthy eating habits. Each game is designed to teach players about the importance of eating healthy foods in a way that is fun and engaging. There are dozens of free activities from which to choose.