This chapter is all about having fun! Not only do our students enjoy playing games that help them learn, but often, we enjoy watching them play—for everyone it acts as a welcome change from the dry textbook work. The following games are from sites that offer free or good value games for educational purposes. Games appeal to younger children because of their animations, sound effects, and (in a couple of cases) rather cruel nature! We're going to enhance our units on river processes and flooding by using some easy-to-set-up games. For one of the games, Moodle can do the grading for us—so while the students are enjoying playing, Moodle is keeping our gradebook updated.
In this chapter, we shall: