Online Educational Games

Last updated: February 8, 2026Reviewed date: February 8, 2026Reading time: 9 min read
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Kids are on screens a lot more these days, so why not make it educational? Every day it’s getting easier to find apps and websites that offer great activities for language arts, math, science, art, and STEM. There are many options out there, so to...

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Kids are on screens a lot more these days, so why not make it educational? Every day it’s getting easier to find apps and websites that offer great activities for language arts, math, science, art, and STEM. There are many options out there, so to help you get started, we’ve put together this list of the 40+ best online educational games for elementary kids as...

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  • Severe symptoms, breathing difficulty, fainting, confusion, or rapidly worsening illness.
  • New weakness, severe pain, high fever, or symptoms after a serious injury.
  • Any symptom that feels urgent, unusual, or unsafe for the patient.
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Kids are on screens a lot more these days, so why not make it educational? Every day it’s getting easier to find apps and websites that offer great activities for language arts, math, science, art, and STEM. There are many options out there, so to help you get started, we’ve put together this list of the 40+ best online educational games for elementary kids as well as middle and high school students.

Elementary Online Educational Games

ABCMouse

Offering a full curriculum for children ages 2 to 8, this site includes fun and interactive games, songs, and puzzles for reading, math, science, and art.

Helps with: Reading, Math, Science, Art

Adventure Academy

Who’s reading for an adventure? This educational MMO takes kids ages 8 to 13 on a knowledge quest through language arts, math, science, and social studies.

Helps with: Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies

Buzzmath

Looking to improve outcomes in a way that kids will enjoy? This site takes K-12 students on a time-traveling adventure to meet some of the most influential mathematicians in history.

Helps with: Math

Camp Wonderopolis

Explore interactive STEM and literacy-building topics on this site that features a cool and captivating design (and quirky trivia)!

Helps with: Science, Reading

Creativity Express Online!

This very cool site offers interactive visual arts education for students in grades 2 to 8 to promote creative thinking in the next generation. In addition to 16 animated lessons, you’ll also have access to the comprehensive Teacher Account Center.

Helps with: Art

Duck Duck Moose Reading

Based on Common Core State Standards, this online game teaches phonics including the letter sounds for all consonants, short vowels, and long vowels. Kids will also practice spelling consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words.

Helps with: Language Arts

FunBrain

Dive into a coral reef or be a star climber on this great site that features a wide assortment of games that can be filtered by grade level for kids in pre-K through eighth grade.

Helps with: Science, Reading

Gamestar Mechanic

Do you have gamers in your class? This site helps kids ages 7 through 14 learn how to design their very own video games through game-based quests and courses.

Helps with: Science, Technology

GoNoodle

Whether they’re jetpacking through the stars in Zapp Von Doubler’s Space Race or clearing weeds in the garden in Om Petalhead’s Flower Power, kids will enjoy this collection of fun games.

Helps with: Physical Education

Learning Games for Kids: Health Games

What are some nutritious snacks or three common allergies? Kids in grades K-5 can learn about a range of health topics, from body parts to staying fit, with these interactive games.

Helps with: Health Science

Little Alchemy 2

This deceptively simple game is a lot of fun. Kids (and teachers!) can experiment with combining different elements, such as fire or dirt, to create something entirely new.

Helps with: Science

Minecraft: Education Edition

Kids love the regular Minecraft video game, but this education-focused version takes learning to the next level. With lessons, STEM curriculum, and project-based challenges, this immersive digital environment promotes creativity, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.

Helps with: STEM

Moose Math

Moose Math engages kids in a mathematical adventure and teaches counting, addition, subtraction, sorting, geometry, and more. While playing five multi-level activities in the Moose Juice Store, Puck’s Pet Shop, and Lost & Found, kids can earn rewards to help build their city and decorate buildings.

Helps with: Math

National Geographic Kids

Head out on the trail with Captain John Smith, explore Ancient Greece with Zeus the Mighty, or just take a quiz about sharks on this robust site filled with great games and activities for young learners.

Helps with: History, Science

PBS Kids Games

You’ll find everything from social studies to teamwork and feelings in this incredible collection of games that vary in degree of difficulty. The website is truly filled with some of the very best educational games!

Helps with: Science, Social Studies, History, Art

Prodigy Math

Looking for personalized math lessons for your students? Kids will take a Prodigy placement test that generates games tailored to their strengths and weaknesses. They’ll build confidence by solving math challenges to progress in the game.

Helps with: Math

RoomRecess

Access over 140 online educational games for kids in grades K-6 on this site, which was developed by an elementary school teacher with a focus on reinforcing fundamental learning concepts in math, reading, spelling, language arts, typing, and problem-solving.

Helps with: Typing, Spelling, Language Arts, Reading, Math

Starfall

Starfall activities are research-based and align with individual and Common Core State Standards in English language arts and mathematics. There are engaging and interactive games for students in grades K-3.

Helps with: Language Arts, Math

Sumdog

Teachers love this great site that offers personalized math and spelling practice for kids ages 5 through 13 through adaptive learning and multi-player games. This is one of the best online educational game sites out there!

Helps with: Math, Spelling

Tate Kids

How good are your airbrush skills? Which famous artist should design your bedroom? Are you a master of street art? Kids can explore these questions and more with the cool quizzes and games on this art-focused site from the Tate Gallery.

Helps with: Art

Turtle Diary

Introduce kids to new, exciting ways of learning with the help of fun online games, videos, experiments, puzzles, coloring sheets, and more! Turtle Diary activities pair with the appropriate grade level to enhance retention of material and increase success in the classroom.

Helps with: Language Arts, Math, Science

Tynker

The games and challenges on Tynker give kids ages 5 and up a fun and easy way to build coding skills.

Helps with: Technology

Vocabulary Spelling City

Dive into engaging learning activities and games for kids in first through sixth grades, designed to promote vocabulary, spelling, phonics, and language arts.

Helps with: Spelling, Language Arts

Middle and High School Online Educational Games

Algebraic Reasoning Sweet Shop

Who doesn’t like candy? Buy and sell sweet treats in this game that helps students grasp concepts related to price and purchasing.

Helps with: Math

Boat Coordinates

Use this fun boating game to learn and practice concepts related to grids and quadrants. Race along the X and Y axes to get to the finish line as fast as you can!

Helps with: Math

Cells Alive

This information website provides all sorts of interactive ways to learn about cells! Interactive models, puzzles, and more all help tell the story of this building block of life.

Helps with: Science

Design a Space Station

NASA is designing a new space station and needs your help! Learn fascinating information about space and what it’s like to live there as you answer questions to help build a new space station.

Helps with: Science

limit

Created by a high school student, this interactive review game is something kids can play on their own devices, earning in-game money for correct answers that they can use to buy upgrades and power-ups!

Helps with: All subjects

GeoGuessr

This guessing game uses maps and photos from around the world to educate kids on world locations as well as historical landmarks and famous cities. User-made quizzes add to the guessing fun!

Helps with: Geography, Social Studies

High-Stakes Heist

Kids use their knowledge of the order of operations to crack the safes and help hero Kit Foxtail return the townspeople’s money that was stolen by the evil Duke von Wolfington. They’ll have to think fast as they try to solve equations in the correct order before time runs out!

Helps with: Math

iCivics

Help kids learn the foundations of civics and government with this collection of highly interactive games including Court Quest, Newsfeed Defenders, and Do I Have the Right?

Helps with: Social Studies

NASA Games for Grades 5-8

With several games, activities, and educational options to choose from, the NASA Stem @ Home for Students website offers a wide array of entertaining and informative options for grade 5-8 students!

Helps with: STEM

PhysicsGames

This website offers dozens of different simple games to choose from that help educate kids on the mechanics of physics. Whether they are shooting pigs, knocking down walls, or trying to balance a building, they’ll learn and have fun at the same time.

Helps with: Science

PlayForward: Elm City Stories

Funded by NICHD/NIH and developed by the play2PREVENT Lab and Schell Games, PlayForward: Elm City Stories offers an engaging way to develop life skills to reduce risk among teens. Topics cover a range of behaviors including substance use, sexual health, academic dishonesty, and unsafe driving. Educators can request free access to the web-based game here.

Helps with: Health Science, Life Education

Red Remover

This addictive game will have both you and your students doing everything you can to try to remove the red blocks. Watch them “smile” as they fall and try to complete all the levels!

Helps with: Science

Science Brainteasers, Puzzles, and Riddles

Through a wide assortment of puzzles, riddles, brainteasers, and more, kids can learn about their health and the health of the environment on this website from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.

Helps with: Health Science

Science Vocabulary Hangman

Use the clues to guess the scientific term before the cellular hangman disappears. Choose from literally hundreds of subject sets that include grade-specific vocab, state-level standardized tests, and more.

Helps with: Health Science

smokeSCREEN

As part of their #BeTheFirst Initiative, smokeSCREEN was developed by the play2PREVENT Lab, 1stPlayable, and Schell Games and funded by the NIH/FDA and the CVS Health Foundation. The game addresses the range of challenges that young teens face, with a dedicated focus on youth decision-making around smoking and vaping and strategies for both smoking prevention and cessation. Educators can request free access to the web-based game here.

Helps with: Life Education

Certify: Angles

Learning about angles can be tricky, but this game uses cue cards and sorting bins to help students learn to properly classify angles into different categories. Make sure they’re all correct and then submit the responses to earn the most points!

Helps with: Math

Quizlet

From flashcards to help students learn français to games that make it easy to get a handle on history, this site offers activities on a wide range of topics.

Helps with: Language Arts, Science, Math, Social Science

Trigonometry Minigolf

Trigonometry has never been more fun than in this game that uses correct answers to power your golf swing as you aim for a hole-in-one! Miss an answer? The game will let you know what you did wrong and give you another shot.

Helps with: Math

Wrecks Factor

S.O.S.! Ships are sailing into your harbor and you need to help keep them from sinking! Solve the quadratic equations to keep the boats afloat and clear the board … if you take too long, boats start to sink and you lose a life.

Doctor visit helper

Prepare before seeing a doctor

A simple rural-patient checklist to help you explain symptoms clearly, ask better questions, and avoid unsafe self-treatment.

Safety note: This is not a prescription or diagnosis. For severe symptoms, pregnancy danger signs, children with serious illness, chest pain, breathing difficulty, stroke-like weakness, or major injury, seek urgent care.

Which doctor may help?

Start with a registered doctor or the nearest qualified health center.

What to tell the doctor

  • Write when the problem started and how it changed.
  • Bring old prescriptions, investigation reports, and current medicines.
  • Write allergies, pregnancy status, diabetes, kidney/liver disease, and major past illnesses.
  • Bring one family member if the patient is weak, elderly, confused, or a child.

Questions to ask

  • What is the most likely cause of my symptoms?
  • Which danger signs mean I should go to hospital quickly?
  • Which tests are necessary now, and which can wait?
  • How should I take medicines safely and what side effects should I watch for?
  • When should I come for follow-up?

Tests to discuss

  • Vital signs: temperature, pulse, blood pressure, oxygen saturation
  • Basic physical examination by a clinician
  • CBC, urine test, blood sugar, or imaging only when clinically needed

Avoid these mistakes

  • Do not use antibiotics, steroid tablets/injections, or strong painkillers without proper medical advice.
  • Do not hide pregnancy, kidney disease, ulcer, allergy, or blood thinner use.
  • Do not delay emergency care when danger signs are present.

Medicine safety and first-aid guide

This section is for patient education only. It does not replace a doctor, pharmacist, or emergency care.

Safe first steps

  • Rest, drink safe water, and observe symptoms carefully.
  • Keep a written note of symptoms, duration, temperature, medicines already taken, and allergy history.
  • Seek medical care quickly if symptoms are severe, worsening, or unusual for the patient.

OTC medicine safety

  • For mild pain or fever, ask a registered pharmacist or doctor before using common over-the-counter pain/fever medicines.
  • Do not combine multiple pain medicines without advice, especially if you have kidney disease, liver disease, stomach ulcer, asthma, pregnancy, or take blood thinners.
  • Do not give adult medicines to children unless a qualified clinician advises it.

Avoid these mistakes

  • Do not start antibiotics without a proper medical decision.
  • Do not use steroid tablets or injections casually for quick relief.
  • Do not delay emergency care because of home remedies.

Get urgent help if

  • Severe symptoms, confusion, fainting, breathing difficulty, chest pain, severe dehydration, or sudden weakness need urgent medical care.
Medicine names, dose, and timing must be decided by a qualified clinician or pharmacist after checking age, pregnancy, allergy, other diseases, and current medicines.

For rural patients and family caregivers

Patient health record and symptom diary

Write your symptoms, medicines already taken, test results, and questions before visiting a doctor. This note stays on your device unless you print or copy it.

Doctor to discuss: Doctor / qualified healthcare provider
Tests to discuss with doctor
  • Basic vital signs: temperature, pulse, blood pressure, oxygen level if needed
  • Relevant blood, urine, imaging, or specialist tests only after clinical assessment
Questions to ask
  • What is the most likely cause of my symptoms?
  • Which warning signs mean I should go to emergency care?
  • Which tests are really needed now?
  • Which medicines are safe for my age, pregnancy status, allergy, kidney/liver/stomach condition, and current medicines?

Emergency warning signs such as chest pain, severe breathing difficulty, sudden weakness, confusion, severe dehydration, major injury, or loss of bladder/bowel control need urgent medical care. Do not wait for online information.

Safe pathway to proper treatment

Care roadmap for: Online Educational Games

Use this simple roadmap to understand the next safe steps. It is educational and does not replace examination by a doctor.

Go to emergency care if you notice:
  • Severe or rapidly worsening symptoms
  • Breathing difficulty, chest pain, fainting, confusion, severe weakness, major injury, or severe dehydration
Doctor / service to discuss: Qualified healthcare provider; specialist depends on symptoms and examination.
  1. Step 1

    Check danger signs first

    If danger signs are present, seek emergency care and do not wait for online information.

  2. Step 2

    Record the symptom story

    Write when symptoms started, severity, medicines already taken, allergies, pregnancy status, and test results.

  3. Step 3

    Visit a qualified clinician

    A doctor, nurse, or qualified healthcare provider can examine you and decide which tests or treatment are needed.

  4. Step 4

    Do only useful tests

    Do tests after clinical assessment. Avoid unnecessary tests, random antibiotics, or repeated medicines without diagnosis.

  5. Step 5

    Follow up and return early if worse

    If symptoms worsen, new warning signs appear, or treatment is not helping, return for review quickly.

Rural patient practical tips
  • Take a written symptom diary and all previous prescriptions/test reports.
  • Do not hide medicines already taken, even herbal or over-the-counter medicines.
  • Ask which warning signs mean urgent referral to hospital.

This roadmap is for education. A real diagnosis and treatment plan requires history, examination, and clinical judgment.

RX Patient Help

Ask a health question safely

Write your symptom story. A health professional or site editor can review it before any answer is prepared. This box is not for emergency care.

Emergency first: Severe chest pain, breathing trouble, unconsciousness, stroke signs, severe injury, heavy bleeding, or rapidly worsening symptoms need urgent local medical care now.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this article a replacement for a doctor?

No. It is educational content only. Patients should consult a qualified clinician for diagnosis and treatment.

When should I seek urgent care?

Seek urgent care for severe symptoms, rapidly worsening condition, breathing difficulty, severe pain, neurological changes, or any emergency warning sign.

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