The Darfur is Dying game seemed a bit too easy, honestly. Making it harder to survive or manage would have probably made the point much better. Overall a good message, though. Showing bad conditions in the camp, showing the day to day struggle for something as simple as water, both of these drive home the horrible situation people face in Darfur.
Ayiti, in contrast, was incredibly hard to manage. After several rounds, I found absolutely no way of keeping everyone alive. If kids were to get that frustrated over a game, it would be something even more to realize that people live with those hard decisions every dya.
Funbrain is a fun little site. A lot of simple, single concept games. This would be great to let kids practice stuff for tests and quizzes.
Gamequarium is about the same thing as Funbrain, just with worse web design. I appreciated the inclusion of themes based on kid's books, which would make it much easier to get children entertained by the games
Funderstanding Roller Coaster is definitely pretty fun, and something that would be great for kids to collaborate on. The inclusion of mass, friction, and gravity are all great to show kids how they interact.
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