You don't have to be a genius to understand
the work of the Nobel Laureates. These six games, based on
Nobel Prize-awarded achievements, will teach and inspire you while you're having fun!
Blood Typing
What happens if you get a blood transfusion with the wrong blood type? Try to save some patients' lives and learn about human blood types!
Split Brain Experiments
The brain is made up of two halves, or hemispheres. The right and left hemisphere in the brain are good at different things. In this game you perform the classic split brain experiment used by Nobel Laureate Roger Sperry when he discovered differences between the right and left hemispheres of the brain.
Pavlov's Dog
In this game you can train a dog to drool on command! It's all about conditioned learning.
DNA - the Double Helix
What's happening in your body right now? Your genetic material is duplicated frequently. Find out how in this game.
Control of the Cell Cycle
The cell cycle is the series of events that take place as the cells grow and divide. Are you familiar with the different phases in the cycle?
Trade
Find out about international trade according to the Heckscher-Ohlin theory and try your luck as ruler in the Trade Ruler Game!
MLA style: "Educational Games". Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB 2014. Web. 18 Jan 2019. <http://educationalgames.nobelprize.org/educational/>
About the educational games
The educational games are based on Nobel Prize awarded discoveries and were produced between 2001 and 2012. The games have not been updated since production (including potential scientific facts changes) and are provided here on an 'as is' basis by popular demand.
The games require Adobe Flash Player. Adobe Flash is an old technology with an end of life by 2020 and these games will then no longer work. Flash is disabled in many browsers and need to be activated in order to play the games.