About

Science learning games that put content and pedagogy first

Who we are

We are a devoted team of educators, scientists, designers, animators, and developers on a mission to bring game-based learning to higher education classrooms. We’re passionate about learning, especially when it comes to the student experience. We also love to have fun—we eat good food, play lots of games, and enjoy spirited brainstorming sessions.

They [The Collisions Games] greatly helped students grasp the concept of acids & bases. Students used the Collisions games after being introduced to the various acid-base theories to see how they work in action.

It has allowed me to assign fun but challenging assignments that they can do besides just questions online. They [students] are also able to visualize the concepts we are learning, especially when I am unable to demonstrate those concepts how I normally would in class.

[The games] have helped me find a way to reach my students with a different kind of "hands-on" learning since we can't do certain labs now that we are at home.

Not only do I think they learned from the activity and had fun working with it, but it also gave those who struggled in the beginning a sense of accomplishment when they finally understood how to work with the electrons.

Students are using the games between class meeting times. They love it. It is much more engaging than reading or watching videos. Many have gone beyond the assigned levels.

It's been great to have students be able to access these sims remotely and at students' own pace. They have said, "this is fun!" and most students will do these assignments (even if they don't complete other things I assign).

Our Mission

To teach fundamental science concepts on an intuitive level in a fun, challenging, and engaging way

To give chemistry students deepened, enduring understandings of key concepts

To seamlessly merge game play with science content to create rich game-based learning environments

Our Approach

At the heart of everything we do is the desire to help students understand fundamental ideas in science by understanding the “why” behind these ideas. In order to develop rich, engaging content based on sound pedagogy, we first curate the content based on our own set of criteria.

Then we:

Determine which concepts to address and how best to organize and present them by asking ourselves and others many, many questions.

Ideate game-based experiences using interactions and rules that are grounded in the actions and rules of chemistry.

Play test repeatedly with each other, with students in small focus groups, and then finally in real-world classrooms.

Continually iterate and playtest until we’re satisfied the experiences are fun, engaging, and result in fundamental understandings.

About

Science learning games that put content and pedagogy first

Who we are

Our Mission

Our Approach

Implementing Collisions HE in the Higher Education Classroom

Reasons to register for Collisions HE

Collisions study integration & usage scenarios

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