I was excited to find these "Monopoly-styled" environmental and "animal care" board games for kids!! There are 10 such games at this website, including "Bird-Opoly", "Ocean-Opoly", and I especially liked:
"Garden-Opoly": In this fun game, each player buys garden favorites, collects Clay Pots and trades them in for Greenhouses. Sounds easy enough - but add aphid infestation, water bills and a dandelion outbreak and it becomes a little more difficult... and a lot more fun! LEARN AS YOU PLAY. Each deed back contains interesting facts such as the appropriate climate, soil and watering for each plant, as well as fun facts about origin, popularity, and varieties. A player may even be elected president of the garden club... or may be WEEDING and out of the game for three turns!
You'll just have to check out the site to believe it! How fun!
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Here are some more board/card games:
Bioviva: (For ages 8 and up) An adventurer thirsty for knowledge, you travel the world discovering the incredible and fascinating story of planet Earth. Your destination card is your passport as you try to reach the different natural regions of the world and answer surprising questions about Nature and the Environment. (Certain fish are able to climb trees: true or false) - $54.95
Bioviva
Families in Nature: (For ages 7 and up) A card game unlike any other, which combines comical illustrations and multiple choice questions. Players will discover and understand the relationship between creatures and their natural habitats. Ideal for playtime, travel time or anytime! (What does the leopard do when he has leftover food?) - $15.45
Families in Nature
Betting on Nature: Betting on Nature is a game that combines cleverness and expanding knowledge. Players ask each other astonishing questions about Nature. Each player then bets on the answer they think most likely to be true. Easy-to-play fun, instructive game. (Why do bees dance?) - $15.45
Betting on Nature
Find other games such as these here:
Fun and learning board and card games for kids 3 and up.
On the internet you can find many eco-themed, interactive games for kids.
Here are some of those sites:
This one is intended for high school students:
CO2FX is a web based multi-user educational game which explores the relationship of global warming to economic, political and science policy decisions. The game is driven by a systems dynamics model and is presented in a user friendly interface intended for the high school user.
Global Warming Interactive
This one is more for middle-school-aged students:
"Be an Adventure Ecologist": Interactive Game.
Main Page:
Top of the World - Breaking News
*** Adventure Ecology ***
Sign up here:
Adventure Ecology Accounts
And there are many more websites out there which offer educational, interactive games for kids!! Here are some more:
Kids Planet: Species fact sheets, "wild games", web of life, how kids can help defend the environment, even a Wildlife Adoption Center.
Defenders of Wildlife - Kids' Planet
Eco-Kids: EcoKids is Earth Day Canada's environmental education program for youth who care about the planet. It offers interactive, fun, educational games and activities that utilize participants' willingness to learn. Children are encouraged to form their own opinions, make decisions, get involved and understand the impact their own actions have on the environment. Inclludes several interactive games for kids about wildlife, climate change, energy, The North (Canada), waste, and land use!!
Games & Activities
Global Warming Kids' Site: This EPA site explains what global warming is and what causes it, and what you can do to help stop it. Educational but not overwhelming, the site provides definitions of each scientific term used and features simple global warming-themed games.
The EPA Climate Change Kids Site
Find other sites like these here:
Environmental websites for kids
HTH!!
Toys that encourage environmental awareness...
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