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Food Import Folly
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Food Import Folly
Food Import Folly was developed to educate players about the politics of foreign food imports. In this free, online game, Players assume the role of an FDA inspector and oversee multiple food imports while trying to manage the risks of food contamination.
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Reach Out Central
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Reach Out Central
This free, downloadable educational game focuses on important issues faced by many young individuals during their high school and college years. The game allows players to experience and manipulate scenarios to help them prepare for similar situations that occur in the real world including peer pressure, drugs, stress, anger, and establishing new friendships.
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DSI: Drug Scene Investigators
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DSI: Drug Scene Investigators
"Students use scientific inquiry by engaging in true-to-life drug related mysteries while learning about the science behind alcohol, tobacco, inhalants and other drugs — all while having fun!"
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addiction; alcohol; drugs; educational; learning; online; smoking; teens; tweensTopic:
Smoking; Substance AbuseTarget Population:
Pre-Teens; TeensGenre:
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The Game Closet: The Halloween Candy Game
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The Game Closet: The Halloween Candy Game
The Halloween Candy Game is educational free, online game intended to teach children about the importance of limiting candy consumption after trick-or-treating. Players pick out candies one by one and place them inside a pumpkin’s mouth. Each time players add a candy, a calorie meter indicates how many calories the pumpkin has consumed.
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Power Struggle
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Power Struggle
The free, downloadale game Power Struggle takes place in the near future during a time when the world is in a bitter battle over alternative fuels. Players use strategy skills and work together to come up with ideas for alternative sources of fuel and possible solutions to the fuel crisis.
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Author/s:
Griffiths, M.
Citation:
Griffiths, M. (2003). The therapeutic use of videogames in childhood and adolescence. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 8(4), 547-554.
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adhd; adolescents; autism; burns; chemotherapy; children; erb's palsy; teens; therapy; tweensHealth Topic:
Autism Spectrum Disorders; Cancer; Disorders and Disabilities; Health Care and Medicine; PainTarget Population:
Children; Pre-Teens; TeensPublication Type:
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Dole SuperKids Games: Drop & Catch, Catapult Game, Mia Mango's Recipe Inventor, Superfoods Secret Sleuth, The Superfoods Mighty Gobble Chomp, Word Find Game, Vending Machine Mania
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Dole SuperKids Games: Drop & Catch, Catapult Game, Mia Mango's Recipe Inventor, Superfoods Secret Sleuth, The Superfoods Mighty Gobble Chomp, Word Find Game, Vending Machine Mania
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Tuberculosis - Experiments & Discoveries
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Tuberculosis - Experiments & Discoveries
"Robert Koch proved definitively that the dreaded disease tuberculosis is caused by specific bacteria. How did he do it?
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