Digital Science Games & Lessons

25+ curriculum-aligned games, each paired with a digital lesson. Students play, generate real data, and think like scientists - in under 10 minutes.

Digital Science Games & Lessons

From Gameplay to Scientific Thinking

1

Students Play

Each game is designed as a real scientific experiment. Students make decisions and respond to scenarios - generating their own dataset as they play, on any device.

2

Data Is Collected

The game records students' choices and outcomes as real experimental data. No surveys, no manual entry - it happens automatically.

3

Lessons Guide the Analysis

Curriculum-aligned digital lessons walk students through graphing, interpreting, and discussing their own data - developing real scientific inquiry skills.

Games for Primary School

Each game teaches a specific science concept through play. Click through to access the game and its paired digital lesson.

Inglorious Baskers

Inglorious Baskers

Years 3–6

Battle rival lizards for food and basking spots while avoiding predators. Teaches behavioural adaptations and life-history trade-offs through competition and survival.

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Xenon Crowe

Xenon Crowe

Years 3–6

Survive on planet Xenon by hunting bugs as a predator. Explores structural adaptations, foraging theory, and how physical features help animals find food.

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Hungry Birds

Hungry Birds

Years 3–6

Race to feed your hungry nestlings before the breeding season ends. Explores feeding strategies, life-history decisions, and how animals balance risk and reward.

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Quokkapocalypse

Quokkapocalypse

Years 3–6

Become a conservation biologist managing quokka populations on Rottnest Island. Teaches food webs, ecosystem balance, and real conservation biology.

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ChaCha Island

ChaCha Island

Years 3–6

Learn about natural selection through the power of dance! Players need to purchase the right upgrades to improve their dance to impress their mate.

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Ormnyr

Ormnyr

Years 3–6

Raise dragons by mastering genetics to defeat monsters. Teaches dominant and recessive alleles, co-dominance, and Punnett square logic through interactive gameplay.

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Bards & Bandits

Bards & Bandits

Years 3–6

A multiplayer strategy game built around trust and the prisoner's dilemma. Teaches social decision-making, cooperation, and how trust shapes group outcomes.

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Ethos 2514

Ethos 2514

Years 3–6

Learn about the psychology of ethical decision making while student run their own space colony.

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Built for the Australian Classroom

30+

Games & digital lessons

Covering biology, ecology, genetics, and social science

10 min

Average play time

Long enough to generate real data, short enough to fit any lesson

Years 3–6

Primary curriculum aligned

ACARA Science Inquiry Skills and NSW Science & Technology Syllabus

Ready to turn gameplay into science inquiry?

Access all games and digital lessons free through the Arludo platform. No installation - students play in any browser on any device.

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