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10 Great Free Games for High School Students
Dig into this curated list of highly rated free games for high school. There's a spread of content areas from science to social studies to social-emotional learning. More importantly, the games help to build a range of skills that will be useful to students inside and outside the classroom. Each game is absorbing and detailed, offering experiences certain to challenge older students.
Point-and-click story shares Native perspectives on forced migration
Bottom Line: Offers a valuable alternative perspective to the colonial history found in U.S. classrooms, through a familiar, Oregon Trail-style format.
Flex alchemical muscles in amusing, discovery-based puzzler
Bottom Line: This amusing puzzle game encourages creativity, perseverance, and systems thinking, and with creative integration it can build interest in math, science, history, and literature.
Play or design text adventures, but creation can get technical
Bottom Line: Text adventures can be a blast to play and make, but the Quest game-making tool, while offering some decent support, can be tough to use effectively without coding experience.
