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A free online game, 3210 Blast Off is designed to teach players about the importance of healthy eating and daily physical activity. Players navigate through a galaxy that can only be saved by completing challenges that test their knowledge of how to maintain a healthy lifestyle and improve unhealthy habits.

This free online game focuses on the importance of eating balanced meals. Players use a variety of foods to make meals. If they create a balanced meal, they earn points. If the meal is unbalanced, they are told what is wrong and are asked to try again.

In this meal-planning game, players follow the food pyramidand must select enough food from each food group to reach the suggested number of servings per day.

A quiz game that tests the player's knowledge and understanding about the colors of the air quality index and what each one represents in terms of the different measures of pollution in the air. To play, simply select and grab the color from the palette that correctly corresponds with the question being asked. If a question is answered incorrectly, the player can try again until they succeed.

This group of free mini-games by the National Dairy Council focuses on healthy food choices and the benefits of good nutrition and portion control.

Astrolopolis, developed by researchers at the Autism Collaborative, is an experimental video game that collects neuroscientific data while people play, to investigate perceptual, attentional, and social aspects of autistic behavior. The game is available for free download and players’ data can be recorded. Astrolopolis takes place in deep space, where players oversee the construction of a new colony. To keep the colony running, players must manage resources to meet the needs of the colony’s residents.

This game was used in a study by Simons and Chabris (1999) about sustained inattentional blindness. Players watch a video of people in a circle tossing two basketballs to each other and they are asked to count how many times the basketballs change hands. While focused on this task, players often fail to notice unexpected objects that appear in the scene.

In this free online grocery shopping and nutrition game, players search for items on a grocery list and compare the labels of three different brands each time, to make the healthiest choice.

BioterroRisk is a free online simulation game designed to prepare and teach public health workers about the risks of a bioterrorist attack and how to respond. Players navigate through a mini-course that trains them in hazard recognition, communication, and risk assessment.

"The object of the game is to score as many points as possible by matching the appropriate blood type of a donor to the blood type of a recipient. During each round, a total of 10 recipients will walk onto the screen. You then click on the donor you think is a match."

A free, online game, Brain Circuit Central engages players in a brain-themed memory game. Players must memorize the pattern in which the neurons light up. Every time players miss the correct pattern, more and more neurons appear creating more complicated patterns to correctly memorize.

BrainBashers is a free, online collection of riddles, brain-teasers, puzzles, and games designed to challenge players’ mental capabilities.

Breakfast Detectives is an online educational game that teaches players about the five food groups and the benefits of eating healthy foods. To win, players must "drag and drop the right foods to match the clues!"

Build a Healthy Plate, by the American Diabetes Association, is designed to teach players the importance of a nutritious meal. Players are presented with an assortment of food from which to choose build their plates. To win this game, players must successfully create meals that include appropriate portions of food from each food group.

Carla and Friends is a free, online collection of three mini-games focused on educating players about the importance of maintaining bone strength through proper nutrition and exercise. Each mini-game is based on a different health-related theme that teaches players about the many elements of a healthy lifestyle. After successfully completing each mini-game, players can visit the boutique for a prize.

Chef Solus and the Food Pyramid Adventure focuses on the importance of nutrition and exercise. After registering for free membership, players can engage in challenges and obstacles to reach a final goal. As the adventure guide, Chef Solus helps players solve clues.

Choices: What Would I Do? is a collection of three free, online games that present real-life scenarios to players. In Going Out for the Team, "It's time for football tryouts. You were on the team last year so it should be no big deal, but some of the guys have gotten a lot bigger. The coach recommends putting on 10-20 lbs." Players must make decisions that affect the outcome of the situation and will witness the positive or negative consequences of their decisions.

Choices: What Would I Do? is a collection of three free, online games that present real-life scenarios to players. In The New Kid, "You and your best friend Chris are hanging out after school when the new kid in your geometry class walks by. Sam just moved here and you know how hard it is to be the new kids so you wave him over." Players must make decisions that affect the outcome of the situation and will witness the positive or negative consequences of their decisions.

Colgate Kid’s world is a collection of free, online mini-games and fun activities for children about proper dental hygiene. These games address important teeth cleaning habits and how diet and nutrition can affect players’ teeth.