When the kids find a crystal cave under the Yard, they learn all about crystal molecules and dig up some sweet crystals for their collection in the museum.
When the kids stumble upon a mysterious old computer, Frances geeks out and tests her skills with some computational modeling.
When the kids find an old board game called the Cycle game under a rusty old boat, they have to figure out how carbon atoms move around the world.
When the kids find an old board game called the Cycle game under a rusty old boat, they have to figure out how water moves around the world to win the game.
The kids have to use magnetic waves to find all of Mr. Hart's magnets that Max and Honey hid throughout the yard.
The kids build a janky hot air balloon and then use their knowledge of air pressure to fly across the yard. It’s dope.
After Max destroys the kids' handmade mini cities in a game of earthquake, Francis gets Honey interested in how scientists learn about real earthquakes.
When the kids find an old board game called the Cycle game under a rusty old boat, they have to figure out how nitrogen moves around the world to win the game.
Learn how waves interact when Jack and Francis find a mysterious wave combinator in the yard.
When Max eats some nasty pizza he found in the garbage, Scout lays some education on him and Jack about the world of microbes.
When the kids try their hand at a tower building contest, a low pressure system moves in and changes their plans.
Field Day’s mini-games are 10-20 minute interactive science games for kids in grades 5-7 to explore, play, and experiment with science. Designed to make complicated systems easier to understand, the games are quick to set up and simple to play. They run on any browser. No complicated user accounts or setup required - just type in the URL theyardgames.org and start playing!
Keeper of Creativity
“(Games are) a great way to increase engagement and a great way for kids to interact at their own pace with materials that can be abstract or just hard to learn through just a book or a lecture.”
Super hero Dreamer
“I’m really excited to be able to help with the development of the games and give my input on the science content and then take those back to my classroom and let my kids play those games and see their engagement and input.”
Educational Mastermind
“The people who are here are incredible and the value they put on our (teachers’) opinion is unbelieveable.”
Learn how seven teachers poured their hearts into making captivating, tightly-focused activities for kids that break down the hardest scientific topics from the next-gen middle school science standards.
read moreWe’ve met a lot of teachers all over Wisconsin this year and they have helped us build some cool things.
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"Inasmuch as we can capture that wonder… that pure excitement about the complexity and beauty of the world. That will be how much we actually create kids that love science. That love to learn."
―David Gagnon
