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Field Day Learning Games

Free narrative learning games from a University of Wisconsin–Madison lab, designed with researchers and educators to explore science, history, journalism, and environmental topics.

Games · Science · History & culture · Parent & educatorAges 10–18Free🌐 1 languages
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About Field Day Learning Games

Field Day Learning Games is a University of Wisconsin–Madison lab creating free narrative games for classrooms, with projects about science, journalism, history, and environmental topics.

Age and access

This resource is listed for ages 10–18. It is available as Website and is listed as free. The listed language coverage is English.

What stands out

  • Narrative games give children a memorable way to explore complex topics
  • The games are designed with researchers, subject experts, teachers, and kids
  • The official site states that the public games have no ads, subscriptions, logins, or microtransactions
Evaluation detail

How the score is built

Learning designExceptional

The lab combines game design with researchers, subject experts, educators, and children.

Subject breadthStrong

The official project list spans science, history, journalism, environmental topics, and exploration.

AccessExcellent

The homepage explicitly says the games are free for the public and have no ads, subscriptions, logins, or microtransactions.

For grown-ups

Parent notes

  • The homepage is written for classroom use and recommends checking device compatibility for individual games.
  • The stored preview is the official lab homepage without a cookie popup, ad overlay, broken rendering, or placeholder image.
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