United States Interactive Games and Projects

LearnAboutAmerica.com offers a wide variety of engaging USA geography games designed to help students learn about states, capitals, landmarks, and regions through interactive play. These games combine fun challenges with educational value, allowing players to test their knowledge of U.S. maps, locations, and facts. From identifying states and capitals to exploring national parks and geographical features, LearnAboutAmerica.com’s geography games make learning about America exciting and accessible for students of all ages.
 
Collage America

Collage America

This innovative United States game is actually an art project which allows students to construct the United States by dragging and dropping the states to the map. States are illustrated with themes relative to each state. Students can choose from three different themes for each state, thereby making each collage different.


Postcards Across America

Postcards Across America

The Digital Postcard Creator is an interactive web tool that lets students color digital images of American landmarks, national parks, and city skylines while writing their own postcard messages beside them. It encourages creativity, research, and writing skills by combining art, geography, and technology into one engaging activity.


GPS Master

GPS Master - Chellenging!

GPS Master is an interactive mapping game where students plan road-trip routes between assigned U.S. cities without GPS, choosing contiguous interstates and directions. Using a draggable, rotatable map scale, they estimate total mileage, then compute time (at 60 mph), fuel use (25 mpg), cost ($3.50/gal), and fuel stops (400-mile range). The app grades route accuracy and estimates, giving a report card and side-by-side comparison to the actual values to reinforce map reading, measurement, and real-world math.


Mailroom Madness

Mailroom Madness!

In Mailroom Madness, you pick your home state and rapidly sort letters and boxes—each with a full fictional address—into the correct one of two regional bins (E/W or N/S). Race the three-minute clock, earn bonus time for streaks, watch trucks swap out every 20 correct, and avoid the big red ✕—five mistakes and you’re fired. Finish to receive a printable certificate showing deliveries, errors, percent correct, and your Mail Sorter Grade (up to “Supreme Leader of All Mail Carriers A++”).

Word Search Wars

50 States Word Search Wars

These interactive five-level word searches challenge players to find all 50 U.S. state names (or capitals) hidden in a colorful red, white, and blue grid. Each level increases in difficulty and urgency, with a countdown timer, celebratory screens, sound effects, and click-and-drag word highlighting that makes learning geography fun and engaging.

State Capitals Version


Conquer the States

Conquer the States

This fun game United States geography game challenges students to identify as many states on the United States map as possible in 60 seconds.


Ameriquake

Ameriquake

In this game, an "Ameriquake" occurs resulting in the state name becoming jumbled. Students must drag and drop the correct names back to their states. Students can customize the number of state names that become jumbled. 


Draw America

Draw America!

This awesome game tests how well you can draw the continental United States from memory. It's really fun. Click to start. An outline of the United States will appear for about 5 seconds. Then, four red dots will appear to guide you. When you're done, click "check" to see your accuracy score. Don't sweat the accuracy score. We've found the average person gets about 15 percent. When you're done, you'll be able to make an awesome collage out of USA-themed images and colors.


State Detective

State Detective

This fun United States game requires students to "guess" the state the computer is "thinking" of by asking it questions about its location and its color. Students get six questions. 


Flag Game

50 State Flag Reveal

Think you know your state flags? Put your knowledge to the test as flags appear before your eyes! Type the correct state name for each flag as quickly as you can—every second counts. Earn bonus lives for accuracy streaks of 10, and track your progress by printing your personalized results at the end. How many can you get right?


Coast to Coast

Coast to Coast

This games challenges students to make a road trip across America by answering trivia questions about the states they pass through. Perfect for students interested in geography bees.


Where in the USA is Mr.N?

Where in the USA is Mr. N?

This United States geography game challenges students to identify the state locations of as many USA Landmarks, Capitals, or Cities as possible in two minutes. Students can choose from the three aforementioned categories.


Alabama

State, or No State?

How well do you know the a particular state? You'll see 25 terms or statements. If the terms or statements apply to the state, drag them into the correct container. If they don't, drag them to the other container. Go to the individual state page to play, or, choose from some options below:

California, or Not California? | New York, or Not New York? |


Alabama

By the Numbers

Analyze 10 false statistics about any state and determine if the actual statistic is more or less than the false one shown. See if you know your state well enough to score 100 percent. Go to the individual state page to play, or, choose from some options below:

Virginia | Texas | Pennsylvania | Ohio | Iowa


Correct-me Passages

In these activities, you’ll read a short paragraph about a U.S. state that contains 10 hidden factual errors. Click on any word or phrase you think is wrong, choose the correct answer from four options, and keep fixing until the entire paragraph is accurate! Go to the individual state page to play, or, choose from some options below:

California | Nevada | Alaska | South Dakota | Oregon


Online/Printable State Word Searches

Find all 10 state-themed words hidden horizontally, vertically, diagonally — forwards or backwards. Click and drag to highlight words, or, print it out to complete offline. Go to the individual state page to play, or, choose from some options below:

Hawaii | Washington | North Dakota | California | West Virginia


50 States Word Search

50 States Word Search - Printable

This epic word search requires students to find all 50 states!