The U.S. Energy Information Administration's Energy Kids website (at eia.doe.gov) offers riddles, puzzles, quizzes, energy slang and web scavenger hunts for kids. The riddles require players to use a mouse to expose the answers, and the slang page displays illustrations of things like yellow cake and a Christmas tree, then exposes the energy meanings of the terms when the pictures are activated by players. This site also has crossword and word search puzzles about coal, electric power, geothermal, renewables, petroleum, greenhouse gases, alternative and nuclear energy. Science fair projects for primary grades, an online energy quiz, an activity book and energy scavenger hunt are also available on this site.
Consumers Energy (culverco.com) hosts kids' games about electricity and natural gas. Identify 10 electrical hazards in the world of Voltageville before Count Zapula causes the game to end or play other games on the site, such as "The Voltinator" and "Shock Blocker." A natural gas game called "The Pipewinder" prompts players to connect pipes to avoid a gas leak. There are also "Find The Hidden Dangers" games which allow players to identify electrical and natural gas hazards in virtual environments.
The U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Department has several games on its site for kids (at eere.energy.gov). Play "Energy Elf," which allows players to save Energy Elf's house from the Power Gobblin'. Roofus' Home is an educational solar-powered house which comes with instructions to make a solar pizza box oven and a sundial. There is also an interactive energy quiz on this site. The California Energy Commission (energyquest.ca.gov) also has solar education games such as energy Sudoku, hidden picture puzzles, word puzzles and a virtual energy world that players create online.
Alliant Energy has several online games on its website (alliantenergykids.com). Games include "Meet the Line Mechanic," which asks players to help a utility worker avoid high-voltage power lines, and the "Energy in Motion Wind Power" game, which is a game about wind farms and how they work. The site also has games about storm, electricity and natural gas safety. The Funergy website (at cwndesign.co.uk) has two energy games: "Lolly Versus the Energy Monkeys," in which a spaceship tries to steal energy from homes on earth while players secure homes from energy leaks, and "Watts the Answer," a fast-paced energy quiz.