Physics Games
Ages 10 - 12
Learn or teach physics with games!
Each game below is an interactive story you read
You make story choices and solve puzzles as you go, leading to many possible different endings
No outside physics knowledge necessary
For younger kids, you might need to read it aloud to them
Playable on laptops or desktops
The games are HTML files you download and play in your internet browser
The Case of the Seven Reflections:
A Fairy Detective Optics Mystery
Based on Grimm’s Snow White fairy tale.
You have been hired to investigate a crime: the seven dwarves unearthed an enormous emerald with strange properties, but it was immediately stolen!
To determine the thief you’ll need to:
Question the queen’s magic mirror to learn the physics of mirrors
Interrogate the seven dwarves
Use logic to combine their testimonies and your knowledge of mirrors
Concepts Taught:
Properties of convex, concave, and plane mirrors
Includes:
Hands-on grounding of the concepts (Bring a metal spoon and a hand mirror when you play :))
Links to Phet Simulations to better understand the behavior of light rays
The Sorceress of Circuits:
A Steampunk Electricity Adventure (Ages 10+)
In this interactive story, you play an adventurer travelling across a strange land.
You meet an enthusiastic inventor and her friend the tinker-bug who are in need of your help.
Their mentor, the Sorceress of Circuits, has been kidnapped, and their castle full of electrical inventions has been sabotaged by the nefarious Professor Watt.
As you read through the story, you'll encounter challenges and puzzles which slowly and intuitively build an understanding of electricity.
The full game introduces these topics:
Positive and Negative Charge
Conductors and Insulators
Current, Voltage, and Resistance
Simple Circuits with Batteries and Bulbs
Parallel and Series
The foundation of Ohm's law, but without the math.
Playable on laptop or desktop! The demo may work on a phone, but the formatting will be wonky!!