Educational games like Minecraft and The Sims teach skills beyond traditional school subjects. Minecraft challenges players to build a virtual world and survive threats while gathering resources, simulating real-life activities. The Sims also simulates real life through tasks like interacting with others, cleaning, and managing time. More broadly, any game with objectives provides educational benefits by requiring tactical gameplay or management strategies. Other examples are Mathletics for math and Roller Coaster Tycoon for physics.

1. Educational Gaming
By Lachlan Hayman

2. Types of games
 Games used for educational purposes are not only
math, English or science games. Other games such as,
The Sims and Mine craft, teach students other skills
such as individual management skills, virtual world
reality and playing towards completing certain
objectives.

3. Mine Craft
 The objective of the game Mine Craft is to build a virtual world and
survive on limited food to take on wild creatures
 However there is a game option which allows you to play freely
and how you want with an unlimited source of blocks, health and
food.
 Mine Craft is an educational game because it has you doing real
life activities, weather it is eating, feeding your pet or building
objects.

4. The Sims
 The Sims is another great example of a popular game
which also has educational purposes to it. This game is
a little bit like Mine Craft, but however has more real life
qualities to it such as interacting with
others, management skills, cleaning and outside
activities.

5. Other Games
All games with an objective have an educational purpose involved
whether it’s tactical game play, gameplay management they all have
their own unique structure.
There are other educational games used in the educational
environment such as Mathletics, and Roller Coaster Typhoon which
are use for their own subject, (math's and physics)