The 24 Game was developed as a way to engage students in the mathematical process, helping them overcome math anxiety issues. This game has been used successfully in schools throughout the U.S. The makers of the 24 Game also sponsor online competitions and tournaments for teens.
A multi-player mathematical card game, 7 ate 9, is designed for ages 8 to adult. A fast-paced game, which can be played in five to 10 minutes, it also builds thinking and mathematical reasoning skills.
Nintendo DS Math Play provides single or multi-player games for teens with both limited and advanced math abilities. The game encourages players to arrange different colored and numbered cards to form equations at varying levels of difficulty.
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute Web site provides a variety of interactive learning games for high school students. Virtual labs encourage teens to create and experiment online. Labs require teens to carry out a range of activities, from dissecting a leech to creating a transgenic fly.
Teens can master concepts of advanced chemistry through science learning games provided through the University of Hull. Free online games teach teens molecular orbital order, bond order, elements of the periodic table and molecular structure.
Brain Box Nature is a multi-player card game, which presents a range of concepts relating to natural and biological science. This game also improves thinking, reasoning and memory skills by encouraging teens to recall what they have seen.
Teens aged 16 and up may enjoy the American Trivia Game. This board game provides 2,000 questions and answers, focused on topics such as American history, geography and social studies. Designed for two or more players, the game can be played in quick mode, regular play or long play versions.
From Out of the Box Publishing, 10 Days in Africa, was a MENSA Select National Competition Winner as well as the winner of the Dr. Toy Smart Toy Award. Teens make their way across Africa (the game board), learning social studies and geography about this region. Other popular versions of this game are 10 Days in Asia, Europe, the U.S. and the Americas.
Q-Bitz contains 120 cards, which challenge teens to use reasoning skills to duplicate difficult patterns within a given time period. For two to four players, this game is meant to help teens improve skills in visual dexterity as well as logic thinking.
The Rocky Mountain Learning Center offers a variety of games designed to improve mental ability and reasoning. The Dr. Brain Game series incorporates a variety of mental exercises into an interactive game scenario. The center claims playing these games will help strengthen reasoning, logic, critical thinking and memory skills.