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Got to play video games.

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Why Game-Based Learning Engages Students:

Game-based learning has the ability to engage and teach students through visual, sensory and interactive scaffolds that build deeper meaning, long-term retention, and enables students to learn at their own pace. Games also provide a perfect vehicle for learning and assessment.

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watch this talk, it provides the very insightful view about Game-based learning . 

Andre Thomas designs and researches the creation of games for higher education, targeting difficult subjects such as Calculus to help students succeed. His approach helps increase success rates by 20% and more. He will share his approach and findings in this talk while providing an overview of the effectiveness of Game-Based learning. Andre Thomas' passion for game-based learning resonates inside and outside of the classroom. He founded and serves as the director of the LIVE Lab in the Department of Visualization at Texas A&M University, where he also teaches game design, game development and interactive graphics techniques. In 2014, he founded Triseum, where he serves as CEO and leads the creation of its award winning academic video games. He is an EdTech Leadership award winner, National Academy of Sciences board member, National Arts Education Association lead instructor, and Chillennium Game Jam chair. André also has been invited to speak at numerous education and technology events both in the U.S. and abroad, including SXSW, TEDx, ASU-GSV, BETT and European Schoolnet. His game-based learning insights and ideas are featured in the Huffington Post, Austin Business Journal, eCampus News and Learning Solutions Magazine, to name a few. 

 The Effective Use of Game-Based Learning in Education | Andre Thomas | T...

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Great learning games for k-8 grade students.

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This websites provides the interesting exploration of high school biology content. 

The Molecular Workbench (MW) software:

Is a modeling tool for designing and conducting computational experiments across science.

Provides an authoring system for instructional designers to create and publish model and simulation-based curriculum materials.

Delivers an interactive learning environment that supports science inquiry.

Is free and open-source.

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Must watch

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This Article explains how games help develop cognitive functioning of the brain and how a child also experience competition, risk taking and failing circumstances.

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Study: video games can improve learning

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i love this game. It is very useful for young children, who are learning mathematical operations for the first time. This game makes math fun and interesting while making the children develop cognitive thinking. The student has to try all mathematical operations in his mind to answer it correctly. i would definitely recommend this game to all young learners,

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Prodigy - The most engaging math platform in the world

what is prodigy and how it works: 

In Prodigy, an adaptive math-practice game set in a fantasy role-playing universe, students customize colourful, anime-style avatars and send them off to the Wizard Academy to prepare for battle. Students' characters travel the world; they chat with other wizards through a series of pre-written chat comments, challenge friends to fight in the arena, and brave the woods to take on monsters. Wizard spells are powered by math problems. As students progress in their math skills, so do their characters, learning new spells to use against enemies. To use these spells successfully, students must flex their math knowledge and answer questions that cover a lot of content and adjust to students' abilities. If students don't succeed on the first try, they get hints to help them out. As they level up, they earn more spells and face more challenging monsters, earning gold they can use to purchase armour and items for their houses.  

How it is helpful for maths learning 

By mimicking the very basic elements of popular fantasy-based online multiplayer games, Prodigy is well tuned to keep kids' attention. They'll love the customization and the setting, and the multiplayer modes will keep them interested long after traditional math activities might lose their luster. Though it doesn't have the best pacing -- after a spell is launched, the action pauses and students must answer a math question -- this doesn't detract too much from the fun stuff, and it ups the stakes of the questions. Best of all, if students get a question wrong, they get hints and a walkthrough of the solution. Prodigy does a great job of both entertaining students and providing them with valuable math lessons. It's also excellent at providing updates: There are always new worlds and special things to discover, and students will love the thrill of logging in to find something new.

How can I teach with this tool  One of the nice things about Prodigy is how relatively easy it is to implement for students working at home or school. Since it differentiates well and features good in-game instruction, students can be off working at different grade levels and at their own pace, not worrying about anyone but the teacher knowing what they're working on. However, since Prodigy is focused mostly on practising skills, it's best used as a review tool rather than a means to introduce new topics. Some teachers use it as part of their math stations or math workshop. To spice things up, teachers can create student tournaments and quests that establish new challenges and goals. The fantasy setting also lends itself well to extension assignments focused on narrative writing. Students could write background stories for their characters or elaborate on events in the game, creating deeper involvement and investment.