Math game competition

The Games for Learning Institute have announced a contest for games that teach 5 of the New York State geometry standards for 6th grade. There is a flier at if you want something to post on the wall.

Register by: December 12, 2010
Game Submission Deadline: January 12, 2011

Unlike many game designers, the organizers here seem to be aware that schools don’t have cutting-edge equipment. The game has to run in a browser on a commodity PC or Mac (no special hardware or special plug-ins). I believe that Scratch games should qualify, via the Scratch Player (a Java applet), so beginning programmers (even 6th graders!) can get in on the action.

I’ve posted about Scratch before (Computer Languages for Kids) and the Build-Your-Own-Blocks extension to Scratch.  I don’t know whether BYOB has a Java applet player, which would be necessary for entering this contest.