Game Quest

Game Quest

Play games and solve puzzles in a larger-than-life board game!

Virtual Exhibit
3D Field Trip Coming Soon
Ages
5+
Admission
Included with General Admission
Perfect For
Creative Thinkers
Energetic Explorers
Techies & Gamers
Location
First Floor
Accessibility
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Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) are the state standards for Texas public schools from kindergarten to year 12.
TEKS
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About the exhibit

Adventure through this board game with your friends and family by solving puzzles, competing head-to-head, or working together towards a common goal. In Game Quest you can choose your own path and make your own rules for endless ways to play. Learn about classic games that come from all over the world, or some new ones you have never seen before.

Educators

Math is the core of Game Quest as kids sharpen problem-solving skills with mathematics-focused games and puzzles. As students explore the exhibit, they will discover both classic games from around the world as well as games we’ve created that exercise mathematical concepts and skills like algebraic thinking, measurement, probability, numbers and operations, and more.

Virtual Exhibit
3D Field Trip Coming Soon
Ages
5+
Admission
General Admission
Perfect For
Creative Thinkers
Energetic Explorers
Techies & Gamers
Location
First Floor
disability Accessibility
See Accessibility
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) are the state standards for Texas public schools from kindergarten to year 12.
TEKS
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CONSIDER WEARING A MASK
Please consider wearing a mask. Feeling sick? Come back when you feel better. Exposed to someone with COVID in the last 7 days? Please visit us another day. We remain committed to the safety of children, visitors, and our staff and follow CDC guidelines.
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Exhibit Features

There’s a lot to see and do in this exhibit—check out some of these unique activities!‍

Puzzles

Try your hand at one of our brain teasing puzzles.

Games

Play one-on-one or with the whole family at our many game stations.

Challenges

Test your skills with one of our many larger-than-life game pieces.

What Can My Family Do?

Here are activity suggestions for specific age groups in this exhibit.

Toddler Activities

  • Explore the Finger Maze
  • Watch the ball drop down the Plinko Wall
  • Recognize numbers everywhere

Preschooler Activities

  • Explore probability with the giant coin flipper
  • Play the floor is lava

Lower Elementary Activities

  • Challenge each other at Super Tic-Tac Toe
  • Decorate your very own stick dice

Upper Elementary Activities

  • Solve perplexing puzzle boxes
  • Race your friends at solving the tower of Hanoi

Exhibit Guidelines and Rules

Thank You to Our Exhibit Sponsors
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Thank You to Our Exhibit Sponsors

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