Educational games are, in my opinion, an oxymoron, or a experiment doomed to fail (Parents still buy Math Blaster, though). They can try, I suppose.
Derek
Two words: Oregon Trail.
Dan MacDonald
Yeah, I remember that game. I gave up on westward expansion and only moved when I had hunted the animal population in my area to extinction. I think my wagon train single handedly put the buffalo on the endangerd species list.
http://www.mawsoft.com/blog/ Impossible
Dopetrail is much better! It teaches kids about the war on drugs ;)