Gresswell - Online Games and Simulations

A Bug's Life - Billy Bug and his all new quest for grub (for Primary students)

Billy Bug for Primary students - Click on the arrow keys to guide Billy to the coordinates of the hidden grub. When he arrives click "feed" and he will feed himself. How long will it take you to feed Billy in ten minutes?

A Bug's Life - Billy Bug and his all new quest for grub (for Secondary students)

Billy Bug for Secondary students - Click on the arrow keys to guide Billy to the coordinates of the hidden grub. When he arrives click "feed" and he will feed himself. How long will it take you to feed Billy in ten minutes?

Bug catcher - Explore, sort or catch bugs for the Museum of Victoria's collection. To play Bug Catcher you will need free Flash 6 Player. Note: The Bug Catcher may not run properly on slow connections or older computers.

Bird count - Test your estimation skills as flocks of birds fly past. You are provided with level of accuracy. Can you show continuous improvement? Compete with your friends.

Frog pond habitat - Students are immersed in a virtual investigation to determine the likely causes of decline in a frog population. Students test, analyse and synthesise a range of ecological graphic and statistical data to investigate their hypothesis.

Croak - Read the interactive mystery... unravel the science-based clues. Email your answer -
find out if you're right!

The Case of the Disappearing Frogs - Help detectives at the Rain or Shine Detective Agency find out why frogs are vanishing from Jack and Joey's pond.

Amazing plants board game - Use the dice and move along the path, answering questions along the way. To play this interactive you must have Shockwave installed.

Amazing plants maze - Guide Spike through the maze using your arrow keys, answering questions along the way. To play this interactive you must have Shockwave installed.

Power plant - The beauty and symmetry of plants has attracted the attention of mathematicians for centuries. Use mathematical rules to organise plant structures, and therefore contribute to their beauty. To use this interactive you must have Shockwave installed.

Build a water bug - This game lets you create hundreds of crazy critters. Using the real-life parts of super-cool bugs, you can create your own little monster, deciding what look would suit you best!

Ponding in the wetlands - Go virtual ponding
Virtual ponding - Move your net around the pond, and try and catch an animal by clicking your mouse. You can then check information about your new creature, or put it back in the pond. To play this interactive you must have Shockwave installed. Instructions are available to build your own virtual pond.

The OC project - Waterworks Adventure NEW!

Waterworks Adventure - Get under the skin of the water supply, stormwater and sewerage systems of a big city and play the game.

Waterwatch - Clean the creek

Clean the creek - Can you make the creek healthy by taking out the things that do not belong? You can check your progress by using the Waterwatch Testing kit.

A Bug's Land - Help Flik in his journey to the city by guiding his dandelion seed and gathering extra nuts and leaves for the colony.

Bird watch - This bird watching game pits you with a camera. Your goal is to take pictures of birds as they fly across the screen. Each of the birds moves at a different speed. Download the game: Bird watching game (EXE, 8.51MB)

Tree Frog - The object of the game is to eat as many bugs as possible. Be careful of the tree frog's enemies (the alligator, racoon and heron). Good luck and get hopping!

Leap frog - Play leap frog until only one frog is left in the pond. You will receive 10 points for each frog jump and 50 bonus points if the last frog lands in the centre of the pond.

The frog puzzle - Click on the lily pads to make the frogs move across the pond by hopping or sliding. Can you work out how many moves you would need to shift any number of frogs?

Froggy Memory Game. Do you have a good memory? There are 12 pairs of frogs hidden on this board. Click on the cards to see them. See how much time you need to find them all.

ButterFlight - At every round, you have to collect a certain number of butterflies of a particular colour on the glade. You can flip and rotate the butterflies sitting there - try to bring those of the same colour together. They will fly away, freeing the place that will be filled with the new butterflies. Download the game: ButterFlight (EXE, 1948KB)

Butterfly jigsaw - Race the clock to solve the puzzle. Determine your own level of difficulty.