Science games
Red plus yellow makes what, which planet has rings, where does the penguin live — twenty-odd games that ask the questions a curious kid asks, and let them find out.
Science games
⭐ Our picks
Questions parents ask
What age are the science games for?
Four to ten. Animal Sounds, Animal Homes, Body Parts and Colour Mixing suit the youngest; Planet Parade, Food Chain and Simple Machines are best from seven or eight.
Do they explain the answers?
Yes — each answer comes with a short why, so a wrong guess still teaches something.
Is there anything to buy?
No pop-ups and no sign-up.
Do they work on an iPad?
Yes — every game runs in the browser with touch, nothing to install.
About these games
What they practise and where to go next
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Primary science is mostly noticing and sorting: which animals live where, what happens to a caterpillar, what floats, what a magnet picks up, which planet is which. That is what these games do — a question, a guess, then the answer with a one-line reason — so a wrong guess teaches as much as a right one. The youngest games (Animal Sounds, Animal Homes, Body Parts) need no reading; the older ones (Simple Machines, Planet Parade, Food Chain) suit eight to ten.
One is more hands-on than quiz: Plant Grower asks for the right amounts of water, sun and rest. Everything is safe and plays in the browser on a tablet or computer.
What they practise
- Animals: sounds, homes, habitats, food chains and life cycles
- Materials: magnets, mixing colours
- Earth and space: the planets, the weather and what to wear for it
- Forces and machines: levers, ramps, pulleys, landing a rocket
- Sorting and classifying — the habit under all of it
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About each game
A line on every game here
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- Animal Sounds Hear a moo, a quack or a roar and tap the animal that makes it!
- Planet Parade Line up the planets from the Sun!
- Colour Mixing Red and yellow make…?
- Animal Homes Help each animal home: the bird to its nest, the bee to its hive, then the penguin to the polar ice.
- World Map Explorer Fly Quokka's hot-air balloon around the world: take each animal home to its continent, then find the oceans and famous natural wonders.
- Weather Wear Look at the sky and dress a wombat, a koala and a quokka for the weather!
- Life Cycles What comes next?
- Dino Dig Brush the sand to dig up cute dinosaur bones, then put them on the stand to build a friendly dinosaur that comes alive.
- Magnet Lab Drag the big magnet with Platypus the scientist and find out what sticks: iron and steel zip up, everything else stays put.
- Body Parts Look at the picture, then tap that part on your cartoon friend: nose, eyes, hands, feet and more.
- Simple Machines Help Quokka lift heavy things with Wombat the inventor: pick a gentler ramp, move the see-saw pivot, add a pulley or a bigger wheel, and watch the machine work.
- Plant Grower Plant a seed, water it and give it sunshine, then watch it sprout, grow and bloom.
- Food Chain Draw an arrow from the food to the one who eats it!
- Measure It How long is the caterpillar?