These sites are not subject specific, they contain games addressing multiple academic areas.

Helpful Links:

www.arcademicskillbuilders.com -arcade type games that cover basic math facts, LA concepts, and geography

www.professorgarfield.org great site, be sure to visit the teachers lounge this stuff is standards based!

www.softschools.com math and la games available, divided by grade level through middle school

www.poptropica.com This site is more fun than academic, however it does require a student to read and follow clues to solve a problem.

The Jefferson Lab Some cool math and science games, who wants to be a millionaire, hangman, and neat videos in the Frostbite theater playing with liquid nitrogen!

www.learninggamesforkids.com Exactly what it says, learning games for reading, math, social studies, science and more:)

Wordplay Great site with lots of word games. I loved hang mouse, you better guess the right letters or the cat will eat your mouse!

www.funbrain.com more academic arcade games

Game Goo Earobics animated games.

http://pbskids.org These games and interactive videos definitely have an instructional element. The games I tried actually taught vocabulary
or a concept as you played.

www.knowledgeadventure.com all sorts of games, the menu at the top of the page allows you to select based on subject, age, or grade.

www.spikesgamezone.com lots of arcade games

www.coolmath-games.com no really, the games are cool!

Games for ages 3-5 it says three to five, but I had fun playing some of these games. Give it a try if you are five or fifteen!

www.thekidzpage.com all different types of games, sports games, memory games, arcade games, brain games, puzzle games....

www.theproblemsite.com challenging brain games

www.harrysbigadventure.com this site has two basic games and lots of fun facts about different insects.

www.freetypinggame.net -arcade style games that helps improve typing skills, is actually fun

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/ cute site with more typing fun, the games are interactive with talking characters to help you learn typing skills