Regular readers among you will have noticed that I use Purpose Games a lot, and, no, in case you're wondering, I don't earn anything from them. I use them because the tagging games are relatively easy to create, they're free, I haven't found any better, and they suit my purpose (no pun intended) just fine. If you're having students play the games ...

The largely unknown tiny Canarian island of El Hierro will soon become anything but that. By next year, it will become the first island in the world to obtain 100% of its energy needs from renewable energy. A combination of wind and hydroelectrical power will supply electricity to its 11,000 residents and its floating population of foreign workers ...

Purpose Games have regular tournaments and some of my games are being featured in two of their current ones: Advanced Science @ Not About Speed and The Great Human Anatomy. Games featured in Advanced Science are: Ecosystems, Laboratory Equipment while The Muscular System is featured in Human Anatomy. Are you game for it? You'd need to register ...

Living organisms are divided into five kingdoms: Monera - the most simple living things.  Protista - eukaryotes with only one cell.  Fungi - mushrooms, mould and yeast.  Plantae - all plants, such as trees and grass.  Animalia - all animals, including people. Sometimes, you will see a 6-kingdom classification, where monera is sub-divided into ...

Most people play bingo with each player having a card containing a set of pictures, numbers, etc., and each card being different from the rest. However, that usually involves some preparation beforehand and quite a bit of printing. However, if you haven't got anything prepared and you have some time at hand (or your students are clamouring for ...

There is a great variety of reptiles here on planet Earth, and they first started to evolve more than 300 million years ago. There are more than 8,000 species of reptiles, and they include crocodiles, lizards, snakes, and turtles. The majority of reptiles are oviparous (egg-laying), have scales, and breathe air through their lungs. Apart from ...

Learn a little more about frogs by watching this Flash activity, and doing a labelling quiz on the morphology of a frog. Please come back here to leave a comment after you've played the game. Click here to watch the life cycle of a frog Click here to play the game

This activity is a labelling game where you have to identify these parts: eye mouth dorsal fin pectoral fin anal fin caudal fin pelvic fin operculum (gill cover) lateral line keel snout Please come back here to leave a comment after you've played the game. The amazing picture below of Synchiropus splendidus Mandarinfish was taken by Luc Viatour. ...

This is a 2-part quiz for you to test yourself on what you remember of laboratory equipment. The first is a multiple choice quiz where you are provided with the description and you need to match it to the name of the equipment. The second is a labelling game. laboratory_equipment Click on the image below to start the game. If you like this ...