{"id":561,"date":"2021-03-05T21:40:22","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T21:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/edge\/?page_id=561"},"modified":"2026-10-01T13:49:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T13:49:51","slug":"zoombinis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/edge\/games-for-learning\/zoombinis\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoombinis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-highlight\"><strong>Zoombinis<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Zoombinis<\/strong>, an award-winning game, engages players in guiding little blue Zoombinis on a \u201cfun but perilous\u201d journey featuring 12 logic puzzles, each with 4 levels of difficulty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Playing <strong>Zoombinis<\/strong> brings mathematic content alive. Players grapple with sets and logical relationships; dimensions, graphing, and mappings; and a mixture of sorting, comparing, algebra, and algorithms. Zoombinis is shown to build <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/info.terc.edu\/computationalthinkingebook\" target=\"_blank\">Computational Thinking (CT)<\/a> practices\u2014problem decomposition, pattern recognition, abstraction, and algorithm design\u2014as well as organizing data, systematic testing, reasoning based on evidence, and much more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The game is designed for play in both schools and homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"348\" src=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/edge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2021\/03\/Zoombinis_Title_Image.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/edge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2021\/03\/Zoombinis_Title_Image.jpg 530w, https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/edge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2021\/03\/Zoombinis_Title_Image-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-highlight\"><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"348\" src=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/edge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2021\/03\/Zoombinis_Map.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/edge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2021\/03\/Zoombinis_Map.jpg 530w, https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/edge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2021\/03\/Zoombinis_Map-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-highlight\"><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-highlight\"><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Get the Game<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can purchase and download the game for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/zoombinis\/#forsale\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">iPad, Android Tablet, Kindle, or computer desktop<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you\u2019re an educator interested in purchasing Zoombinis for a school or other education organization:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fablevisiongames.com\/game\/zoombinis\" target=\"_blank\">FableVision Games<\/a><\/strong> hosts a browser-based version with class and school licenses, as well as education and professional development materials.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fablevisiongames.com\/game\/zoombinis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"409\" src=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/edge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2021\/03\/FableVisionGamesLogo.png\" alt=\"Fable Vision Logo\" class=\"wp-image-573\" style=\"width:136px;height:72px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/edge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2021\/03\/FableVisionGamesLogo.png 768w, https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/edge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2021\/03\/FableVisionGamesLogo-300x160.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>Education sets of the desktop version of the game are also available. Contact Encore: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.encore.com\/contact-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.encore.com\/contact-us&nbsp;<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zoombinis<\/p>\n<p>Zoombinis, an award-winning game, engages players in guiding little blue Zoombinis on a \u201cfun but perilous\u201d journey featuring 12 logic puzzles, each with 4 levels of difficulty.<\/p>\n<p>Playing Zoombinis brings mathematic content alive. Players grapple with sets and logical relationships; dimensions, graphing, and mappings; and a mixture of sorting, comparing, algebra, and algorithms. Zoombinis is shown to build <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/info.terc.edu\/computationalthinkingebook\" target=\"_blank\">Computational Thinking (CT)<\/a> practices\u2014problem decomposition, pattern recognition, abstraction, and algorithm design\u2014as well as organizing data,  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/edge\/games-for-learning\/zoombinis\/\">&nbsp;&raquo;&nbsp;Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":536,"menu_order":41,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"878,1117,1913,882,1083,1883","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-561","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/edge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/edge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/edge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/edge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/edge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=561"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/edge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2976,"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/edge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/561\/revisions\/2976"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/edge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/edge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}