Free Educational Software - Social Studies

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Social Studies

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Nobelprize.org - Educational Games And Simulations
The nobelprize.org website hosts a large collection of high quality educational Flash games, on subjects related to the Nobel Prize. The productions are aimed at young people, who may know about the Nobel Prizes and the Nobel Laureates, but often lack a deeper understanding about the Nobel Prize-awarded works.
Read more... (02/01/2008) (in online)
http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/

Food Force - A Game To Fight Hunger
In the free educational game FoodForce, you get to join a team of UN experts and help them fight hunger on the fictional island of Sheylan in the Indian Ocean, which is suffering from both drought and civil war.
Read more... (09/18/2007) (in freeware)
http://www.food-force.com

Purposegames.com - Create Image Quizzes
Purposegames is a website with serveral very good geography games, where you can learn about countries, capitals, mountains and rivers all over the world. This site is also very much a web 2.0-site, since users can add their own image quizzes to the site.
Read more... (08/28/2007) (in online)
http://www.purposegames.com

Geosense - Online Geography Competition
Geosense is a one or two player geography based game. Compete against another online opponent to place a city on a world map as quickly and accurately as you can.
Read more... (12/05/2006) (in online)
http://www.geosense.net/

Gapminder - Visualize World Development
Gapminder enables you to make sense of the world by having fun with animated diagrams that displays world development over the last 40 years. Analyze income, military budgets, Internet users per 1000 people and many more parameters.
Read more... (08/28/2006) (in online)
http://tools.google.com/gapminder/

Knowledge Bears - Free Interactive Online World
In the huge, free, aminated interactive online world of Knowledge Bears you can explore countries around the world, learn about aminals and dinosaurs, learn about the greenhuse effect and much more!
Read more... (02/16/2006) (in online)
http://www.kbears.com

Atlas of World History - Map Animation
This free map animation software is an interesting way to visualize history! Animated maps show empires growing and countries changing in Europe, Africa, and Asia over 4000 years (from 3000 BC up to to 1000 AD).
Read more... (01/20/2006) (in freeware)
http://www.atlasofworldhistory.com/

Centennia - Napoleonic Edition
Similar to Atlas of World History, this free animated atlas covers Europe and the Middle East during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic period.
Read more... (01/20/2006) (in freeware)
http://www.clockwk.com/clockwk2/napo.htm

Sheppard Software - Free Online Geography Exercises
Have fun learning the countries, capitals, and geography around the world with these free online exercises and games. Exercises for all parts of the world are available: Europe, Asia, Oceania, USA etc. Written in Flash and runs in full-screen mode.
Read more... (11/23/2005) (in online)
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Geography.htm

Google Earth - View The Earth From Space
Google Earth is an amazing piece of software displaying satellite images of the entire world. Highly recommended.
Read more... (10/31/2005) (in freeware)
http://earth.google.com/

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