Game Development Partners: TERC
Zoombinis are the main creatures in a series of educational software made by The Learning Company designed for child education. The Learning Company recommends the game for children only at and after age 8. Some elementary school math textbooks feature pictures of Zoombinis. Near the beginning of each game, the player has the ability to select. Zoombinis 3 Game Pack - Island Odyssey, Logical Journey, Mountain Rescue. By Learning Company. 4.3 out of 5 stars 73. Get it as soon as Fri. The Logical Journey of the Zoombinis is an educational game for the PC and the Mac that has players guiding Zoombinis from an island ruled by evil overlords. They make their escape across an ocean to a new mainland, where they must find a place for a new homeland. There are 12 puzzles on the journey to Zoombiniville, that increase in difficulty. For Mac & Windows. Web-version for Education! If you love puzzles, Zoombinis is the cream of the crop. It’s silly, it’s quirky, it’s cute, it’s smart, it’s addictive, and it’s enormously fun. Zoombinis is a fantastic game for families of all ages and skill levels to play together.' Zoombinis Online Games Software. Free Online Games v.2.0. A free tool with 5000 free online games that for you to play. All games are play online by browser such as Internet Explorer and Mozilla. Including Action, Adventure, Arcade, High Scores, Puzzle, Shooting, Sports and Strategy games. File Name:free-online-games.zip.
Devices: Desktops or laptops running Chrome OS, Windows, or Mac OS
Age Range: Grades 3-8
Common Core/Learning Objectives: Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practice, Computer Science Standards (CSTA), logical thinking, comparing, grouping, graphing, sorting, and algebraic thinking.
Original Educator Resources and Materials (developed for the 1990s Zoombinis release):https://edge.terc.edu/display/...
Associated Research:
Rowe, Rowe, E., Asbell-Clarke, J., Baker, R., Scruggs, R., Gasca, S., & Bardar, E. (under review). Assessing computational thinking with gameplay process data. Manuscript submitted for publication in Educational Assessment.
Almeda, M., Rowe, E., Asbell-Clarke, J., Baker, R., Scruggs, R., Bardar, E., & Gasca, S. (submitted). Modeling Implicit Computational Thinking in Zoombinis Mudball Wall Gameplay. Paper submitted to the Technology, Mind, and Society conference, October, Washington D.C.
Rowe, E., Asbell-Clarke, J., Baker, R., Gasca, S., Bardar, E., & Scruggs, R. (2018, April). Labeling Implicit Computational Thinking in Pizza Pass Gameplay. Late-breaking work presented at the ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 18), Montreal. https://doi.org/10.1145/317042...
Awards:
2016 Association of American Publishers (AAP) REVERE Award, Beyond the Classroom, Play category
2016 Parents' Choice Awards, Silver Honor
2016 Kidscreen Awards, Finalist in Best Learning App — Tablet Category
Testimonial: “I want to thank you guys for helping remake Zoombinis logical journey on Steam. It is incredibly hard to find remakes of my favorite computer games, however I've already logged 50+ hours and I'm very close to finishing the game for the first time in my life. Just wanted to give a thank you for seeing the Kickstarter through, this game gives me immense joy and you guys did a kickass job from the art to keeping the nostalgia of the game. You guys rock!!” —Paige
“Zoombinis remains a wonderful game, and if I could figure it out and be transfixed by it as a young person there's no reason today's players of all ages won't be able to be drawn in.” —Boing Boing, Game of the Week