# Starship Arcade

> Starship Arcade (https://starshiparcade.com/) is a set of arcade learning games for grades 3 to 6 (ages about 8 to 12), played in a desktop or laptop browser with a keyboard. 12 games on the Arcade Deck are free for everyone with no account, no sign-in and nothing to install. Ten member rooms on the Promenade hold 160 more games.

The home page is an interactive 3D starship drawn on a canvas, so its text is not readable by crawlers. The pages below are the plain-text versions.

Key facts:
- Audience: grade 3-6 students, their teachers and parents. Built for keyboard and mouse, not for touch.
- Free tier: the 12 Arcade Deck games listed below. Free to play, no account, no ads.
- Every game has a Teacher Setup screen (which facts, speed, number of rounds).
- Word Warp (spelling) opens with any word list from a link, so a teacher can share one link with a class: https://starshiparcade.com/play/spelling-list/
- Meteor Math (times tables) opens with any set of tables from a link, e.g. only the 7s, or as division facts: https://starshiparcade.com/play/times-tables/
- Time Pilot (analog clocks) opens with any clock step from a link, e.g. only quarter past and quarter to, or only elapsed time: https://starshiparcade.com/play/telling-time/
- Fraction Fleet (fractions) opens with any skill and set of denominators from a link, e.g. only equivalent fractions with thirds and sixths: https://starshiparcade.com/play/fractions/
- Geo Storm (2D shapes) opens with any shape family and plate label from a link, e.g. only quadrilaterals with their names, or a no-labels shapes quiz: https://starshiparcade.com/play/2d-shapes/
- Money Run (Canadian money) opens with any coin set, amount range and job from a link, e.g. only nickels, dimes and quarters under a dollar, or giving change from a bill: https://starshiparcade.com/play/canadian-money/
- Atom Smash (periodic table) opens with any element range and question type from a link, e.g. only the first 20 elements name to symbol, or atomic numbers only: https://starshiparcade.com/play/periodic-table/
- Cell Dive (parts of a cell) opens with any set of organelles and an animal, plant or switching cell from a link, e.g. only plant cell parts, or a no-names organelle quiz: https://starshiparcade.com/play/parts-of-a-cell/
- Grammar Blaster (grammar) opens with any set of error types and sentence length from a link, e.g. only their / there / they're and the other homophones, or a subject-verb agreement quiz: https://starshiparcade.com/play/grammar/
- Star Charts (world map) opens with any set of continents, question types and map names from a link, e.g. only European capitals, or a whole-world map quiz with no names: https://starshiparcade.com/play/world-map/
- Privacy: no student accounts, no ad trackers. https://starshiparcade.com/privacy
- Made by a small independent studio in Ontario, Canada. The games are built with AI and tested before they ship.

## The 12 free games

- [Meteor Math](https://starshiparcade.com/games/meteor-math.html): Math, grades 3-6. Times tables. Each meteor carries a multiplication fact; type the answer before it reaches your base.
- [Fraction Fleet](https://starshiparcade.com/games/fraction-fleet.html): Math, grades 3-6. Fractions. Shoot the ship carrying the fraction that matches the order.
- [Time Pilot](https://starshiparcade.com/games/time-pilot.html): Math, grades 3-6. Telling time and elapsed time on analog clocks.
- [Money Run](https://starshiparcade.com/games/money-run.html): Math, grades 3-6. Making exact amounts and change with Canadian coins and bills.
- [Geo Storm](https://starshiparcade.com/games/geo-storm.html): Math, grades 3-6. 2D shapes, sides and rotation. Patch each hull breach with the matching plate, then turn it until it fits.
- [Word Warp](https://starshiparcade.com/games/word-warp.html): Spelling, grades 3-6. Spelling. A word flashes on the warp gate, vanishes, and the student types it from memory. A teacher can load their own word list from a link.
- [Grammar Blaster](https://starshiparcade.com/games/grammar-blaster.html): Grammar, grades 3-6. Sentence repair. One word in each sentence is wrong (tense, homophone, capital, plural); find it and blast it.
- [Star Charts](https://starshiparcade.com/games/star-charts.html): Geography, grades 3-6. World geography. Find the country, capital city, continent or landmark the order names on the map.
- [Atom Smash](https://starshiparcade.com/games/atom-smash.html): Science, grades 3-8. The periodic table. Smash the element nucleus the panel names as it races around the collider ring.
- [Cell Dive](https://starshiparcade.com/games/cell-dive.html): Science, grades 3-6. Cell biology. Steer a tiny submarine into the organelle that does the job named at the top.
- [Code Breaker](https://starshiparcade.com/games/code-breaker.html): Logic, grades 3-6. Logic and deduction. Crack a secret shape code from the lock's LOCKED and LOOSE clues.
- [Memory Core](https://starshiparcade.com/games/memory-core.html): Memory, grades 3-6. Working memory. Watch the pattern light up, then play it back in the same order.

## Teacher pages

- [What is Starship Arcade? (the 12 free games)](https://starshiparcade.com/play/free-games/): plain-text overview with FAQ
- [Fractions game](https://starshiparcade.com/play/fractions/): equivalent fractions, comparing, simplifying, adding and subtracting with like denominators and fraction-decimal matches, each a one-click Fraction Fleet link on the denominators you pick, plus a picker that makes a class link for any mix
- [Periodic table game](https://starshiparcade.com/play/periodic-table/): element symbols and names, atomic numbers, element families and the elements in everyday compounds, on the first 10, first 20 or all 36 elements, each a one-click Atom Smash link, plus a picker that makes a class link for any mix
- [Grammar game](https://starshiparcade.com/play/grammar/): homophones, verb tense, subject-verb agreement, capital letters, plurals or a / an, alone or mixed, as a lesson that shows the repair and the rule or as a quiz, each a one-click Grammar Blaster link, plus a picker that makes a class link for any mix
- [Parts of a cell game](https://starshiparcade.com/play/parts-of-a-cell/): animal cell parts, plant cell parts or both, the core six or the protein path, with organelle names on or as a shapes-only quiz, each a one-click Cell Dive link, plus a picker that makes a class link for any mix
- [World map game](https://starshiparcade.com/play/world-map/): countries, capital cities, continents and landmarks on six continents, with names on the map or as a no-names quiz, each a one-click Star Charts link, plus a picker that makes a class link for any mix
- [2D shapes game](https://starshiparcade.com/play/2d-shapes/): triangles, quadrilaterals, polygons and rotation braces, with shape names, side counts or no labels, each a one-click Geo Storm link, plus a picker that makes a class link for any mix
- [Canadian money game](https://starshiparcade.com/play/canadian-money/): counting nickels, dimes and quarters, all the coins, or coins and bills up to $50, making the amount or giving change, each a one-click Money Run link, plus a picker that makes a class link for any mix
- [Ontario math games by grade](https://starshiparcade.com/play/ontario-math/): Grades 2 to 6: the 2020 Ontario math expectations a free game really practises (B Number, E Spatial Sense, F Financial Literacy), each quoted with an honest close-fit or part-of-it note and one-click game links
- [Telling time game](https://starshiparcade.com/play/telling-time/): o'clock, half past, quarter past and to, five-minute marks, to the minute and elapsed time, each a one-click Time Pilot link, plus a picker that makes a class link for any mix
- [Times tables game](https://starshiparcade.com/play/times-tables/): every times table 1 to 12 (and its division facts) as a one-click Meteor Math link, plus a picker that makes a class link for any set
- [Turn your spelling list into a game](https://starshiparcade.com/play/spelling-list/): paste a word list, get one link that opens Word Warp with those words loaded
- [Dolch sight words game](https://starshiparcade.com/play/dolch-sight-words/): every Dolch list (pre-primer to grade 3, plus nouns) as a one-click Word Warp link
- [Halloween spelling game](https://starshiparcade.com/play/halloween/): two Halloween word lists for grades 3-4 and 5-6, one click each
- [Halloween math game and word problems](https://starshiparcade.com/play/halloween-math/): twelve Halloween word problems for grades 3-6 with a printable answer key, plus Meteor Math links for the facts behind them
- [Thanksgiving spelling game](https://starshiparcade.com/play/thanksgiving/): two Thanksgiving word lists for grades 3-4 and 5-6, one click each
- [Thanksgiving math game and word problems](https://starshiparcade.com/play/thanksgiving-math/): twelve Thanksgiving word problems for grades 3-6 with a printable answer key, plus Meteor Math links for the facts behind them
- [Winter spelling game](https://starshiparcade.com/play/winter/): two winter word lists for grades 3-4 and 5-6 (December to February, no holiday), one click each
- [Winter math game and word problems](https://starshiparcade.com/play/winter-math/): twelve winter word problems for grades 3-6 with a printable answer key, plus Meteor Math links for the facts behind them
- [Indoor recess games](https://starshiparcade.com/play/indoor-recess/): four ways to run the 12 free games on an indoor day (computer lab, one game on the projector with the class calling out answers, pairs, a class high-score board), plus one-click starts
- [Add a free game to your class website](https://starshiparcade.com/play/embed/): copy-paste embed code (iframe) for each of the 12 free games, with steps for Google Sites, Weebly, WordPress and Blogger

## Optional

- [All 160 member games by room and subject](https://starshiparcade.com/play/): one page per game describing what it practises
- [Privacy](https://starshiparcade.com/privacy)