Extras

Many, many pages explaining the history of microscopes and how they work. Occasionally has some interactive simulations mixed in. Created by Michael W. Davidson.

Simulates the path of light around a black hole, and you can drag your view around. Created by Antonell.

A digital simulator of Spintronics, a physical science toy that lets you build electrical circuits modeled not with wires and electricity, by physical analogs of spinning gears. Built by Upper Story.

Explore the spacetime around a black hole in your rocket ship. Created by TestTubeGames.

A complicated puzzle game where you’re building large molecules. Created by Zachtronics.

If you’re looking for a game where you design physical computer chips, this PC game is for you. Pretty complex. Created by Elorth.

Flash interactive that shows a visualization of the curvature of spacetime. Created by Adam Trepczynski.

Fight off diseases using microbiology. Created by Molecular Jig Games.

Wide variety of simulations and virtual labs, covering biology, chemistry, physics and more. Curated by LabXchange.

Various small astronomy simulations built by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Astronomy Department.

Fun toy that shows what it would look like to have massive space objects floating over your town. Created by Daniel Wysocki and HanGyeol Suh.

Game about quantum logic gates, where you use gates to direct falling balls. Build by rsoiffer.

Collection of physics simulations, with many interactive graphs, created by H. K. Wilfred Lee.

A periodic table where you can drag various elements around, and see which ones interact with which. Created by the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.

Website that has tons of videos, simulations, and mathematical explanations of how to visualize relativity. Created by Ute Kraus and Corvin Zahn.

A mobile explanation/game about qubits and quantum gates. Created by Dimosthenis Michailidis.

List of science games and interactives, pulled together by the SyllabusGames YouTube channel, in association with this video.

Simple game about natural selection, with moths of different colors. Created by Craig Tevis.

An interactive periodic table by PBS media, which includes a little mystery game to match elements to their descriptions.

A classic flash game about cell biology, created by Phoenix00017, larsiusprime, and BGroupProduction.

Simulating evolution with little avocado-blobs running to get food. Built by MinuteLabs.

Gravity simulation by the National Science & Tech Medals Foundation.

An absolute classic – guide an electric charge to the goal using only other electric charges. Created by PhET.

Fold proteins as best as you can. A classic ‘citizen science’ game where by playing you can help investigate the science of how proteins get their shapes.

Quick simulations that shows the relativistic effects of delayed light on the images you might see. Created by Michael Burns-Kaurin.

Particle physics puzzle game, based on the rules of the Standard Model. Version 1 is a bit hard to access now. Created by TestTubeGames.

Flash simulation of an orbit that lets you control the parameters directly, and gives graphs and data showcasing how Kepler’s Laws relate to your setup. Built by the Nebraska Astronomy Applet Program.

Explore adaptations in this museum-style interactive. Build fish and see how well they survive. Created by Shedd Aquarium.

Simulates the flow of a fluid around a barrier. Created by Dan Schroeder.

A platformer game that includes some relativistic effects. By the SyllabusGames YouTube channel, in association with this video: https://youtu.be/bHGTDTIE23c

As the title says, a pretty basic, though visually interesting, simulation of an electric circuit. Helpful for understanding electron flow. Created by Electricity Explained.

A little rolling marble game where you’re a nucleus slowly fusing and radioactively decaying as you march through the periodic table. Fair warning, in Portuguese, but not too many words. Created by Priscila Caimi.

Simple simulation where you can control a wave. Built by Nerd Island Studio.

An online quantum game. Created by Rohan.

A long interactive blog post about how a wing works, simulating the movement of air and pressure. The post gets into lots of related physics along the way.

Tic Tac Toe with quantum mechanical rules, for both web and mobile. Created by Evert.

Given a certain layout of positive and negative electrodes, this simulator will calculate and display the resulting electric potentials and fields. Built by Nathaniel Klemm.

A game that involves optics, aiming lasers and such, loosely based on physics. Created by PlayZilla.tk.

A variation of chess that includes some quantum rules. Created by Selim Akl and Ryan Kartavicius.

Game exploring quantum mechanics where you’re a little robot traveling along a wavefunction. Created by folks at Georgia Tech.

Chemistry puzzle game about lining up molecules correctly by placing certain tiles around a factory. Built by NoNotCar.

Game for iPhone (Android version not working) where you basically play a match-3, but with quarks forming hadrons. Created by Michigan State University.

An old (2001) virtual life sim where the creatures have digital dna and traits are passed down accordingly. Surprisingly complex. Created by Creature Labs.

Super silly game about building circuit components, but instead of electrons moving, there are little 2d physics balls. Created by NoNotCar.

A gravitational simulator that lets you fling planets and see what happens. Created by MinuteLabs.

Evolving cars on a procedural racetrack. Created by Rafael Matsunaga.

A full multimedia quark adventure, with videos, stories, and games. Created by a team led by Alice Bean.

Explore the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram and how stars of various sizes evolve. Built by Jon Yardley, Stuart Lowe, Edward Gomez, Haley Gomez, and Chris North.

A very neat downloadable java game about quantum mechanics. Created by Crispin Cooper.

Various simple, short simulations of Special Relativity. Created by Alex Reinhart.

Evolving creatures walk better and better. Created by Rafael Matsunaga

Sim city style game about climate change. Currently only available in French, and also quite a bit out of date. But I love it. Created by Cap Sciences.