Approved Gaming Sites
So......
You have your work done. What can you do now?
Well, I have some approved resources you can go to if you need something to do.
But first:
1. Make sure you have no missing work for me.
2. Make sure you have no missing work for another class.
3. Playing games while there is missing work will result in a lunch detention.
4. If you are good... Explore the list below.
Remember, you can always play around with Autodesk Inventor and try to create some cool 3D Models.
If you make something fun, remember to save it to your /H: drive so you do not lose it.
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BrainPOP
https://www.brainpop.com
Feel free to explore the resources on BrainPOP. There are videos, games, and more to explore.
Code Combat
https://codecombat.com/ <-- Go here and select the yellow PLAY NOW
button to create an individual account.
PLTW Code Combat <-- Go here to create a student account and join my class.
The class code is: LightFireDrink
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Code.org
https://code.org
This site uses games to help you learn how programming. Many terms
introduced here will be used in our Robotics lessons. Once you go to
the website, create a new account. You can use your school Google
account by clicking on "Sign in with Google Account" on the right side.
NOTE: Once you sign in, go to Join Class and enter the
following code:
Course Code: FNPZDN
This will make sure you are viewing the correct activities.
CodinGame
https://www.codingame.com/start
​Solve challenges, code AI bots, have fun. It sounds like a great tag line.
Learn to do some coding while playing games at the same time.
Crash Course Learning
https://www.youtube.com/user/crashcourse/playlists
This is a really cool set of videos for a variety of topics. Each video is
designed to explain a topic in easy to understand language.
Topics range from science to books to games.
Gamestar Mechanic
https://gamestarmechanic.com/join/DEPLTW/free
Play games, follow the story, earn parts, make your own games. Win-Win
GeoGuessr
https://www.geoguessr.com/
How good are you with maps? Let GeoGuessr drop you onto a random
road using Google Street Views. Can you figure out where you are?
The Incredible Machine
http://www.myabandonware.com/game/the-incredible-machine-1mg
Play an old school game from 1993 where you have to use odd objects
to build a machine to complete a task. NOTE: Follow these instruction
carefully to make this work. It is recommended to use Firefox or Chrome,
not Internet Explorer (it does not play nice with Internet Explorer):
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Open in Chrome (Internet Explorer gives a problem with the mouse)
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Scroll down and click Play
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Scroll down to the game window
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(below the Start, Stop, Restart, Fullscreen buttons)
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Do a Ctrl-minus to zoom out one step
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Click start
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Follow menu prompts to select “Play in browser”
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(option 5, requires using keyboard arrows and enter key)
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Once it loads, click once on the game window. Select “Allow” when
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the popup about disabling the mouse appears.
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Click once more to start the game.
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Press the Escape key to get out of the game when you are done playing.
Isometric Drawing Tools
https://illuminations.nctm.org/activity.aspx?id=4182
With everything we do to learn sketching, check out this interesting tool
to create Isometric sketches. Check out the "inspect" tab to see your
object using Orthographic sketches.
Lightbot
http://lightbot.com/hocflash.html
You will be on the demo game (the full game costs money). Your task is
to safely guide the robot to the goal.
PhET
https://phet.colorado.edu/
The University of Colorado in Boulder has built this site up with realistic
simulations of various scientific concepts. The concepts range from
simple to complex. If you have errors that talk about using Flash, try
the HTML5 link in the left menu.
​Ruler Game
http://rulergame.net/
Play the Ruler Game and see how high a score you can get. Having
the timer on earns your bonus points the longer you can survive.
Change the increment level to raise or lower the difficulty. If you feel
the Standard system becomes too easy, try the Metric Ruler Game.
Scratch
https://scratch.mit.edu/hoc2014/
Scratch is a programming language developed by MIT. If you go to
this site, they have tutorials on how to do things like animating your
name, creating a game, or even making animated cards. Just click
on "Create" at the top of the screen to get started, or go to "Explore"
to see what others have created.
Super Planet Crash
http://www.stefanom.org/spc/
Can you create a solar system that lasts? How high of a score can
you get?
​Tinkercad
https://www.tinkercad.com/
This is another 3D modeling software that is cloud based. It works a
bit differently, relying on the concepts of additive and subtractive modeling.
Designs can be 3D printed from Tinkercad and complex designs can be made.
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Trebuchet Challenge
http://www.globalspec.com/trebuchet/
Can you hit the targets? What is the highest score you can achieve
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