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You don't have to be a genius to understand
the work of the Nobel Laureates. These educational games and animated interactives, based on Nobel Prize-awarded achievements, will teach and inspire you while you're having fun!
The following games work without any need of plugins:
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!
Pavlov's Dog
In this game you can train a dog to drool on command! It's all about conditioned learning.
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?
The Red Cross Movement
Your mission as a camp commander is to run a prisoner of war camp without violating any human rights. You must follow the humanitarian standards outlined in the Third Geneva Convention (Geneva Convention III).
MRI
In the MRI imaging technique, strong magnets and radio waves are used for getting images of inner organs made of soft tissue.
Chirality
Chiral molecules can be used to control or speed up different chemical reactions. A chiral molecule is non-superimposable on its mirror image.
Vitamin B1
Vitamin B1 is found in brown rice, lentils and peas among other things. A lack of vitamin B1 causes the deficiency disease beriberi.
The following readings work without any need of plugins:
X-rays
X-rays were discovered in 1895 by Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, who received the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901. Several important discoveries have been made using X-rays. These penetrating rays are also used in many applications.
The following games currently still need the Flash plugin:
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.
DNA - the Double Helix
What's happening in your body right now? Your genetic material is duplicated frequently. Find out how in this game.
Trade
Find out about international trade according to the Heckscher-Ohlin theory and try your luck as ruler in the Trade Ruler Game!
Immune Responses
The Immune Responses production is based on several Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine awarded for discoveries related to immune responses, from the first Nobel Prize in 1901 until 2010.
The PCR Method - a DNA Copying Machine
How does forensic science enable DNA to be extracted from tiny samples on a cigarette butt? Find out in this game about the PCR method.
Electrocardiogram - ECG
ECG is used for diagnosing heart conditions by recording the small electric waves generated during heart activity.
The Cell and its Organelles
An ultracentrifuge is used for separating the organelles in the cell according to their size, shape and density. Join the 'cell students' at the Super Cell Academy and see if you can pass the school's exams!
Nerve Signaling
The Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine have rewarded several achievements that helped to reveal the mysterious complexities of the nervous system.
MLA style: "Educational Games". Nobelprize.org. Nobel Prize Outreach AB 2022. <http://nobel-external-educationalgames-app.azurewebsites.net/educational/index.php>