These games are not just for physics students! They are absolutely addicting for anyone who likes a bit of a mind challenge. You can access 50+ games that will inspire and boggle you and your student on the Physics Game site. You can also choose the game or games that you would like students to play by copying the code into your teacher webpage or classroom blog. I have embedded a couple of the games I enjoyed below, but I must tell you it was hard to choose just two! Just a note…some of the games are sponsored and include an advertising introduction. I found the challenge of the games made up for the minor annoyance (most of the time). By the way, you need to have Flash installed on your computers in order to see the games below and you can stop the commercial (and sound) on the first game if you find it annoying.

Now that you have had time to play a couple of the games think about ways you could use these games in your classroom or lab to inspire and challenge your students. Perhaps you could give students an opportunity to write a review of a game or ask them to rate the games. Maybe you could ask students to find games that support various science units you are working on in class. Perhaps students could challenge other students to a duel or maybe you could run a timed competition between groups of students. Graph student results over the course of three weeks. I’m sure you will find other ways to spark your students’ competitive spirits! Please share your ideas by clicking on the comment link below!