Posts tagged #science games

GSL 125: Teaching Science Through Games

In Games in Schools and Libraries #125 Catherine Croft joins Kathleen Mercury to talk about designing games to help teach science concepts, and how other teachers can design games for their own classrooms.

Catherine Croft, PhD,

Catherine was neuroscience researcher before she began teaching high school science and designing games. Catherine’s fun, classroom-friendly games, are available through her company, Catlilli Games.

http://catlilli.com/about-us/our-team/

Games in Schools and Libraries is produced in association with Inverse Genius and the Georgetown County Library System.
Games in Schools and Libraries Guild at Board Game Geek
Kathleen's resources https://www.kathleenmercury.com/
Email us: schoolsandlibraries@gmail.com

The ideas expressed by libraries included in the podcast are not expressly endorsed by the Georgetown County Library System.

Posted on April 30, 2019 by Donald Dennis and filed under Game Design, Teaching with Games and tagged kathleen mercury science games Game Design Catherine Croft Catlilli Games.

GSL 123: From Gamer Scientist to Scientist Game Designer

John Coveyou of Genius Games joins Kathleen Mercury to talk about his games, how he designs them, and how teachers and libraries can use them in the classroom.

This episode is posted a few days early so you have the chance to check out the Nerd Words Kickstarter campaign before it has ended.

John Coveyou, former science teacher at the middle, high, and collegiate levels, formed Genius Games to bring scientifically accurate and fun games to the classroom.

@JohnCoveyou

https://www.geniusgames.org/

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/geniusgames/nerd-words-science-a-party-game-meets-real-science

The ideas expressed by libraries included in the podcast are not expressly endorsed by the Georgetown County Library System.

Posted on April 8, 2019 by Donald Dennis and filed under Game Design and tagged science games gamedesign kathleen mercury John Coveyou.

GSL 84: Grandmother Fish

In Games in Schools and Libraries 84 Jonathan Tweet joins Donald Dennis to discuss evolution science activities for schools and libraries.

http://www.grandmotherfish.com/
https://www.facebook.com/grandmotherfish/
@GrandmotherFish ‏

Grandmother Fish: a child’s first book of Evolution is a story time activity book which engages a young child’s imagination with sounds and motions that imitate animals, in particular our direct ancestors.