ClassBrain Games- Educational Games for Kids of All Ages

Morphology – Review

ClassBrain — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 06:24:06 +0000

Morphology is a “best of breed game.” If I were to choose between charades, Pictionary, and Morphology for an evening with friends, Morphology would be my pick every time.

Morphology – A Board Game Review

When you are looking for a fun game to play offline with your friends, there is a new game that will keep you laughing for hours. Are you a Pictionary fan who can’t draw a straight line? With Morphology you can create all sorts of pictures without drawing a stroke.

Morphology is a group game, meaning that you need at least three of your best friends, or near strangers, to come over and play with you. Pick teams, like you would for charades, and let the good times roll. Unlike charades, you’re not part of the game, per se, you’re more like a puppeteer of odd bits. The box has a bunch of odd bits and pieces, like black rings, a little wooden barrel, string, colored blocks, and wooden people to name a few, along with a stack of word cards. Your job is to build the words out of the bits and pieces and have your team member figure it out, if they do, you move forward on the lily pad board.

There are a couple of interesting twists. If you land on a spot called Roll, you have to roll the die, included, and follow the instructions. You may have to build your word with your eyes closed, with only one type of building piece, or with only your weak hand. If the team that is “up” doesn’t get the word, one of the other teams can intercept the word during a 10 second burst. For more of the specifics you can look at the rules.

Morphology for less than four players

Although the box says that you need four people to play Morphology, there are actually recommendations online for variations on the game for two and three people, which I highly recommend that you take a look at, if you’re like me and enjoy a fun game with someone special.

A Great Way to Study Language

Are you tired of studying the usual way for your language vocabulary tests? Substitute your vocabulary words on flash cards for the cards in the game, get your study group together, and make your studying productive and fun!

Studying by yourself? Use your word list and see how many you can build during a set period of time. Adding the additional dimension of building the words will help reinforce the translation of the words in your mind, and help you to remember them for your exams.

Dangers During Whale Migrations

ClassBrain — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 18:31:02 +0000

There is so much to learn about the ocean. Just today there were two stories about whales posted: one on whales being stranded in Australia, and one on a fascinating find in Chile.

We can learn more about how whales function in the open ocean, and perhaps help avert some of the dangers that injure or strand them along their way.

According to:

urfatimnot – @urfatimnot

22 sperm whales die in Australia – Yahoo! News http://t.co/kD7obp86 via @YahooNews

We seem to be losing more whales to the dangers along the way…

Josie Horsley - @JosHorsLove
Ancient whale ‘graveyard’ discovered in Chile

We are learning so much exploring the oceans. When people say there is nothing new to learn on this planet, they are so amazingly wrong. It will be fascinating to find out what we learn from this new find.

Play the Humpback Whale Migration Game by yourself or with two players. This interactive board game lets you learn all about the humpback whale and the dangers they face every year as they do their migration. Will you make it safely from Alaska to Hawaii?

Humpback Migration Game

ClassBrain — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:47:03 +0000

Play the Humpback Whale Migration Game by yourself or with two players. This interactive board game lets you learn all about the humpback whale and the dangers they face every year as they do their migration. Will you make it safely from Alaska to Hawaii?

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Pigeon Point Lighthouse Jigsaw Puzzle

ClassBrain — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 23:43:40 +0000

Can you assamble this image of Pigeon Point Lighthouse in Pescadero, California quicker than your friends? Pigeon Point is part of NOAA’s Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Encompassing a shoreline length of 276 miles and 5,322 square miles of ocean, the sanctuary supports one of the world’s most diverse marine ecosystems. (Learn more about NOAA’s network of National Marine Sanctuaries)
Source: NOAA

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Chesapeake Bay Dot to Dot

ClassBrain — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 22:21:13 +0000

Learn about the Chesapeake Bay as you connect the dots (or stars) in this fun set of puzzles. Each time you finish a picture, you will be rewarded with information on the creature in your picture.

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Battleships

ClassBrain — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:04:47 +0000

Battleships

This is just like the old Battleship game that you play with a friend, except this time you’ll be playing with the computer. It’s a little slow, depending on your connection, but it has cool graphics that show your ships launching rockets to blow up your opponent. This is a classic strategy game.

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Finger Physics Game

ClassBrain — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 20:59:02 +0000

Finger Physics

Your first set of levels you click to break the glass blocks, in the second set you click, drop, and drag to make a stable platform, and in the third set you click, drop, and build to reach the bronze line or higher. See how your parents do in this game…. I bet you bet some of them.

Valentines Day Squirrel Game

ClassBrain — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 03:57:03 +0000

Help the squirrel catch his Valentine goodies and score points for each one you catch. Click and hold your mouse to collect energy to make your squirrel jump. The longer you hold down your mouse button, the higher he jumps.

Brain Racer – Math Race Game

ClassBrain — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 22:23:41 +0000

See if you can beat the other racers in this fun mathematics game by solving your math problems quickest. Choose from multiplication, addition and subtraction, or division. Enter your answers with your number keypad. Unlock new levels by running a great race.

Nativity Word Match Game

ClassBrain — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 20:12:49 +0000

Match each of the descriptions of people and places in this word match up game about the Nativity. A great challenge for the Christmas Season.

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