Launched alongside and featuring characters from PBS KIDS’ Hero Elementary animated series, we partnered with Twin Cities PBS (TPT) to create a suite of accompanying educational games. Made possible thanks to a generous Ready to Learn Grant from the U.S. Department of Education, each game challenges players to solve real-world problems by applying their STEM knowledge and harnessing the Superpowers of Science. Since launching in 2020, these games have been played more than 5 million times across PBS KIDS’ website and mobile app.

Science puzzle games for young learners set in PBS KIDS’ TV Properties

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Sound It Out!

career preparation
adolescents
mobile
web

Sound It Out! is an audio literacy learning game developed with Twin Cities PBS that focuses on listening skills and sound identification. Players collect environmental sounds, edit and modify them, and select appropriate effects to match scenes within a creative production workflow. By focusing on these core listening skills and sound identification tasks, players learn to effectively edit, modify, and select the appropriate effects required to match various scenes within a creative production workflow.

Learning focus:

Audio Literacy, Sound Engineering, Environmental Perception, Narrative Soundscapes

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Flavor Finder

career preparation
adolescents
mobile
web

Developed with Twin Cities PBS, Flavor Finder is a career awareness and cognitive skills learning game that focuses on working memory within the context of food science. Players take on the role of a flavor scientist to recreate target taste profiles through structured experiments. By combining ingredients and recalling specific ratios, players strengthen their working memory while experiencing the creative production workflow of a professional scientist.

Learning focus:

Working Memory, Food Science, Experimental Design, Ratio & Proportion

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Beeple Elementary

career preparation
adolescents
mobile
web

Developed with Twin Cities PBS, Beeple Elementary is a career awareness and executive function learning game that focuses on teaching, learning differences, and cognitive flexibility. Players take on the role of a classroom teacher and must adjust their instructional approaches to help all students understand the lesson. This process challenges players to use cognitive flexibility as they encounter different learning needs and adapt their teaching strategies to ensure every student succeeds.

Learning focus:

Cognitive Flexibility, Differentiated Instruction, Pedagogy Awareness, Empathy

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Works of Heart

career preparation
adolescents
mobile
web

In this arts learning game developed with Twin Cities PBS, players take on the role of a professional artist to explore self-expression through painting. By identifying emotions through guided prompts, players create unique artwork using a diverse range of tools and colors to represent those feelings. This creative process allows players to focus on how different artistic elements can be used to effectively communicate personal emotions within a creative profession.

Learning focus:

Emotional Literacy, Self-Expression, Color Symbolism, Introspective Art

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Super Seasons Snapshots

science
young learners
mobile
web

Super Seasons Snapshots is a life science learning game developed with Twin Cities PBS that focuses on seasonal changes and their effects on ecosystems. Players observe environments across different times of year and capture photographs of plants, animals, and human activity to document how conditions shift over time. By capturing photographs of plants, animals, and human activity, players document how conditions shift over time and observe environments across different seasons.

Learning focus:

Seasonal Phenology, Ecological Observation, Evidence Gathering, Classification

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Push Pull Puzzles

science
young learners
mobile
web

Push Pull Puzzles is a physical science learning game developed with Twin Cities PBS that focuses on forces and motion. Players move objects through puzzle environments by pushing and pulling while observing how shape, size, and weight influence movement. By moving objects through these puzzle environments, players observe how physical characteristics like shape, size, and weight directly influence movement and the forces required to successfully push and pull items.

Learning focus:

Force and Motion, Newton’s Laws, Mass/Weight Dynamics, Physical Problem Solving

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Toad Road

science
young learners
mobile
web

Toad Road is a physical science learning game developed with Twin Cities PBS that focuses on how material properties affect function. Players select and place bridges made from different materials to help characters cross obstacles, observing how properties influence performance. By observing how these material properties influence performance, players learn how to select and place bridges made from different materials to help characters successfully cross various obstacles.

Learning focus:

Material Properties (Strength/Durability), Engineering Constraints, Evidence-Based Selection

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AJ’s Recycle Rescue

science
young learners
mobile
web

AJ’s Recycle Rescue is an environmental science learning game developed with Twin Cities PBS that focuses on recycling and resource conservation. Players collect discarded materials and repurpose them into useful equipment, observing how reuse and upcycling can reduce waste and support community needs. By repurposing these materials into useful equipment, players see firsthand how the processes of reuse and upcycling reduce waste and support the specific needs of their community.

Learning focus:

Upcycling, Waste Reduction, Material Science, Environmental Stewardship