Online Games for Teens and Adolescents

Although you might spend your money purchasing expensive video and computer games for your adolescent child, your teen can also play free games online. Check out the following sites to find games that are interesting, educational and free.

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Lessons from Discovery Education

For free lessons and tutorials covering a wide variety of subjects, check out Discovery Education's website. You and your child will find a plethora of learning animations, activities, articles and games for the following K-12 topics: language arts, health, social studies, science, the arts, various world languages and math.

For visual learners, there are also a number of video tutorials available that address some of these subjects. Additionally, Discovery even offers a game, called 'Heads Up', that helps teens learn to drive. 'Thrill of the Catch' is another game that teaches players about fishing, navigation and the environment.

Math Assistance from Spiked Math

At Spiked Math's site, you and your child will find math games for teens. From math-themed Solitaire to Sudoku, your child will discover a number of brainteasers, logic puzzles and math games here. It's not necessary to sign up for this website to play the games, but if your teen chooses to subscribe, he or she can accumulate game points, as well as get useful updates and news about Spiked Math.

Nobel Prize Games and Activities

Nobelprize.org has fun games based on the research of Noble Prize winners. Playing these games can help your teenager learn about high school topics and might even help him or her prepare for tests. Your child can learn about Alfred Nobel and a plethora of subjects, ranging from blood types to Pavlov's dog.

'The Laser Challenge Game' is one of many science and math-based games available here. This game is provided because many Nobel Prizes have been presented for work with lasers over the years. In addition to playing this game, your child can read and learn about all the prizes, as well as many facts about lasers. The object of the game is to gather CDs, snacks and points for a laser party by answering questions correctly.

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