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Sat, 24/11/2007 - 10:40 — delboy

Linux Games That Educate

This section is not concerned with the age groups as such to which these games are classified only the method by which the games themselves are installed along with any quirkiness we feel you need to know that might effect your installation. Ok possibly none of the games listed on this page will appeal to you they are not intended to, these games provide another purpose and that is to educate the young.

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Childsplay

Childsplay is not a single game but a suite of educational games aimed predominantly at children

Game Module Image Description Age
Numbers Put the correct operator between two numbers. 5-7
SoundNpic A toy for young children with pictures and sounds. 2-4
Packid A pac-man game, try to catch the letters. 4-7
Soundmemory The classic memory game, with sounds. 3-6
Fallingletters Type them before they reach the ground. 4-7
Findsound Listen to a sound and find the image to which it belongs. 3-5
Findsound2 The same as findsound, now with numbers and letters. 5-6
Pong The classic game, play alone,against the computer or against another child. 4-7
Billiard Try to put the balls in the hole. 4-7
MultiTables Learn the multiplication tables. 7-9
Puzzle Recreate the image. 4-6
LetterFlashcard Learn the alphabet by listening to the words and initials. 1-4

Childsplay uses a plug-in system for the game modules. These games are packaged in plugin-packages (only one for now). You must first install childsplay before you can use these games, because they only work from within childsplay.

#> sudo apt-get install childsplay childsplay-plugins childsplay-plugins-lfc

Installing the three packages above will net you all the childsplay games listed.

http://childsplay.sourceforge.net

What didn't you know you can add more than one package at a time to install.

Tux Educational Games

Another great educational application well two of them really TuxMath and TuxType install them using the command bellow or using the synaptic package manager.

TuxMath

 

TuxType

   

#> sudo apt-get install tuxmath tuxtype tuxtype-data-nonfree

http://tux4kids.alioth.debian.org

GCompris

Again an educational suite of games aimed at the young some 112 games in all.

#> sudo apt-get install gcompris gcompris-data gcompris-sound-en

These are all the packages needed to access the GCompris Suite of Educational games, please refer to the GCompris site for more information.

http://gcompris.net

Game Module Image Description Age
Sudoku Symbols must be unique in a row, in a column, and (if defined) each region.
Memory Flip the cards to find the matching pairs
Memory (Addition) Turn the cards over to find two numbers which add up the same, until all the cards are gone.
Memory (Subtraction) Turn the cards over to find two numbers which subtract the same, until all the cards are gone.
Memory (Sound) Click on Tux the violinist and listen to find the matching sounds
Memory (Sound Tux) Play the audio memory game against Tux
Memory (Division) Turn the cards over to find a matching operation, until all the cards are gone.
Memory (Subtraction Tux) Turn the cards over to find two numbers which subtract the same, until all the cards are gone.
Memory Game with Tux Have a memory competition with Tux.
Simple Letters Type the falling letters before they reach the ground.
Click & Draw Draw the picture by clicking on the blue points.
Algebra Answer some simple algebra questions
Counting Place the items in the best way to count them
Hosing Tux needs to water the flowers, but the hose is blocked.
Magician Hat Count how many items are under the magic hat
Hexagon Find the strawberry by clicking on the blue fields
Prime Numbers Guide the Number Muncher to all the prime numbers
Maze Find your way out of the maze (Move is relative)
Chronos Drag and Drop the items to organize the story
TuxPaint Tux Paint is a simple drawing application
Drawing and Animation Free drawing and animation tool.
Tower of Hanoi Reproduce the tower on the right side
Read Colours Read and click on the matching color
Matching Drag and Drop the items to make them match
Colours (Advanced) Click on the correct colour
Maze Find your way out of this Maze
Vector Drawing Drawing application using Vector graphics
Water Cycle Tux has come back from a long fishing party on his boat. Bring the water system back up so he can take a shower.
Locate Regions Drag and Drop the regions to redraw the whole country
Algorithm Complete a list of symbols
Number Dice Count the number of dots on dice before they reach the ground
Mirror Image Copy the mirror image of an object from the box on the right into the box on the left.
Factor Number Munchers Guide the Number Muncher to all the factors of the number at the top of the screen
Pass ball to Tux Press the two shift keys at the same time, to make the ball go in a straight line.
Country Locator Drag and Drop the items to redraw the whole map
Numbers Move the helicopter to catch the clouds in the correct order
Image Name Drag and Drop each item onto its name
Tangram Puzzle The objective is to form a given shape with seven pieces
Learn Chess Play chess against the computer in a learning mode

Ok thats GCompris, well some of it anyways the above should give you a pretty good taster of whats available many of the games are versions on the theme, however if you would like further details of any of the applications available visit the GCompris website it will make interesting reading.

Atomix

Atomix is a 1990 2D transport puzzle video game, the object of the game is to assemble molecules from compound atoms by sliding the atoms around. This has to be done in a set time limit for each level. Hardly a kids game but certainly suitable game for children to enjoy.

 

#> sudo apt-get install atomix atomix-data

No homepage found sorry

Kalzium

What is Kalzium, er it's the periodic table for would be chemistry bofins it is not a game like Atomix but more like a reference application tool. So would suggest you treat it as such.

#> sudo apt-get install kalzium kalzium-data

http://edu.kde.org