Locke’s Gambit was created in collaboration with IEEE TryEngineering, an initiative inspiring the next generation of engineers through STEM learning. This puzzle strategy game takes place aboard a microchip fabrication ship in the distant future. Players explore a distant star system while researching materials, building supply chains, designing chips, and fabricating wafers, mastering the science and engineering of microchip fabrication along the way.
ThermoLab is a thermodynamics simulator designed to introduce the Vapor Dome using a familiar Piston-Cylinder scenario. The simulation allows students to view a 3-dimensional graph of pressure, volume, and temperature while manipulating the cylinder properties, to gain a situated intuition for their relationships.
Velocity Raptor must travel near the speed of light to save the world! Take on an adventure in 2+1 dimensions, in the the Lair of relativity
Dive into the fascinating world of waves! Wiggle the string to create waves, or tweak the frequency and amplitude of an oscillator to explore wave ...
Run your own presidential campaign to find out if you can Win the White House.
Experiment with pendulums to uncover what affects their swing! Test variables like length, mass, and angle, and even calculate gravity on an unknow...
From taxes to spending, can you create and balance the budget for a whole country?
Explore projectile motion by launching objects from a cannon! Adjust factors like angle, speed, and height to see how they affect the object's traj...
Shape the future of a new society while recognizing ethical issues and making decisions based on evidence and differing points of view.
Drop into 1787, where the ink is still drying on the new Constitution. Will it become the law of the land or will it fall into the dustbin of history?
Learn the hidden “tricks of the loan trade” as you play the role of a loan shark and try to maximize your profits.
Explore the states of matter by heating, cooling, and compressing atoms and molecules. Watch as solids melt, liquids boil, and gases condense while...
A challenging, fun card game that helps students learn about their rights under the Bill of Rights, the first 10 amendments to the Constitution.
You're the captain of our Fiscal Ship! Can you steer the federal budget towards smooth sailing, or will you head into stormy waters?
Explore the world of linear equations and graphs! Investigate the relationships between slope, equations, and graphs, and challenge yourself in the...
Play as a young journalist covering events as they unfold in the fictional town of Twin Lakes. Made in partnership with UW School of Journalism and Mass Communications
Can you choose who should become citizens of the US? In Immigration Nation, find out as you guide newcomers along their path to citizenship!
Play as an all star agent team that works together to de-escalate disinformation threats made by The Divider, The Misleader, and The Bot Master in ...
This town-building game teaches complex systems. Made in partnership with the Scalable Systems Lab at UW-Madison. Played by thousands of kids a month.
As a member of the U.S. Congress, you'll draft a bill on an issue you believe in, then take it through the full law-making process!
Discover how light interacts with molecules in our atmosphere! Explore how different types of light, from microwaves to ultraviolet, cause molecule...
Help ambitious magician Enzo manage his budget, reach his savings goal, and take his show to Vegas!
Meet with your neighbors, make a plan, and do some Neighborhood Good.
Can you make it as a News Feed Defender? You'll have to outlaw viral deception, detect hidden ads, and banish false reporting!
Mix red, green, and blue light to create a rainbow! Explore how different colored filters affect light and discover how various light combinations ...
Mix chemicals with water and watch the solution change color as its concentration increases. Experiment with volume and solute to see how concentra...
Travel back in time to the writing of the U.S. Constitution and see how the compromises from our founding fathers could have gone differently.
You're president of the United States.. Can you work with your National Security Council to make the right decisions on foreign policy?
Can you run your county? You'll have to help fellow-citizens while managing taxes and local emergencies. Plus, keep an eye on reelection!
Can you run your county? You'll have to help fellow-citizens while managing taxes and local emergencies. Plus, keep an eye on reelection!
Help people around the U.S. navigate our court system. Listen carefully to each case, so you can guide them to the right place!
Manage your farm, build community and create balance with nature and water. Can your farm survive in challenging times?
Run your own constitutional law firm! Match clients with lawyers who can meet their needs. The more cases won, the faster your firm grows!
Explore the conservation of energy with a skater! Build your own ramps and tracks while learning how kinetic and potential energy affect the skater...
Step into the President's shoes! Do your best to run a government while keeping the country's citizens healthy and safe.
Explore the fascinating evolutionary journey of birds in Flap to the Future. From feathered dinosaurs to futuristic flying creatures, discover how flight evolved over millions of years through fun gameplay and scientific insight.
Ever tried to win a disagreement? In Argument Wars, you will try out your persuasive abilities by arguing a real Supreme Court case. The other lawy...
Learn about balance by experimenting with objects on a teeter totter! Predict how different masses and positions affect the plank's motion, and tes...
Explore how light bends as it passes between different materials and create rainbows with prisms of various shapes. Experiment with bending light a...
In Bloom, you’ll create trade networks and enact policies that keep farmers in business, while stopping excess manure from entering local lakes and rivers.
Do you like running things? Do something no one else can, and run all three branches of the U.S. Government. But what will the public think?
Advise the president through major moments in US history.
Do you have what it takes to be an informed voter? It all depends on whether you can uncover information about issues and candidates!
In Circuit Construction Kit: DC, experiment with basic electricity by using tools like ammeters and voltmeters to measure current and learn how electricity flows in both series and parallel circuits.
Choice, strategy, balance, and . . . water equity? Parts of the planet are struggling to get enough water. Use each region's wealth to build pipes, desalinate water, and conduct research to bring water where it's needed most.
In Project Hercules, you play Astrid, an astronomer in the distant future, working to identify objects in the night sky and uncover the mystery of an impending celestial event.
Faced against a potential competitor, will you choose to cooperate… or cheat? Explore the game theory behind how and why we trust each other.
Follow the trail of the life cycle of single-use plastics, and uncover policies that can plug pollution leaking into our oceans.
Why do some crowds turn to madness, or wisdom? The study of Network Science can guide us! To understand crowds, we should look not at the individual people, but at their connections
Play as Henry David Thoreau and engage with historical and modern questions of slavery, abolition, and freedom, discovering the power of civic actions that are authentic, responsible, and informed.
Play as Henry David Thoreau as you attend to his basic needs of life in the woods, exploring his thoughts on self-reliant living and his critique of materialism in early industrial society in America.
Players will take on the role of “citizen scientists” as they explore Henry David Thoreau’s contributions to our scientific understanding of the environment at Walden Pond and the effects of climate changes on that environment over the past 150 years.
Playing as Henry David Thoreau, players take a mindful walk around Walden Pond, stopping to appreciate the virtual environment around them. As they explore, they will cultivate skills for being “awake” in the present moment.
Explore the woods as Henry David Thoreau, seeking traces of the individuals and groups who lived in the area before and during his time there and reflecting on the stories in our histories that are not always told.
