Real science, disguised as the games kids beg to play.
In Arludo, kids form hypotheses, run experiments, and interpret real data - because thinking like a scientist prepares kids for any future.
Designed by a UNSW Professor. Trusted by 1,200 Australian schools.
Think Duolingo - but for real science.
You know how Duolingo turns language into a daily habit - the “just one more” Arludo does that for STEM. With one difference that matters: the game isn't quizzes dressed up with points. The game is the science. As kids play, they gain real science skills.
The science shows that building positive habits leads to better learning outcome.
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Not a gamified quiz. The game is the science.
Most “educational games” bolt points and badges onto worksheets. Arludo is built the other way around: every game is designed so the only way to succeed is to think like a scientist.
Kids notice a pattern, form a hypothesis, test it, and change their mind when the data disagrees. The play isn't a reward for learning. The play is where the learning actually happens.
Our founder's research shows commercial games mostly mark who's already interested. Designed game-based learning builds the thinking. Arludo is the designed kind.
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Kids discover. The conversation makes it stick.
In the game, your child discovers something surprising and real. Afterwards - at the dinner table, or in the classroom - one good question turns that discovery into understanding.
Arludo gives kids the discovery and grown-ups the questions. That loop is how learning actually happens, and it's why parents and teachers aren't optional extras: they're half of how Arludo works.
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Game creates the discovery
Kids experiment, notice a pattern, form a hypothesis - because that's how you win.
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Your question makes it stick
One good question turns what they discovered into something they know.
Four worlds, one habit of mind.
Every world is designed to feel like discovery, not homework.
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Learning Islands
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Explore
Short lessons where kids run experiments and test their ideas. Each island is a different scientific concept — biology, physics, chemistry, earth sciences.
Arcade
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Arcade
Dozens of games, each teaching a new concept. The more they play, the more intuitively they understand the science. Thinking like a scientist isn't the tutorial — it's how you win.
Videos
Meet Real Scientists
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Videos
Short clips with working scientists, engineers, and game designers from across Australia. Kids see what scientists actually look like and how they became who they are.
Challenges
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Challenges
Structured, multi-lesson projects: investigate, design, build, submit. Full working-scientifically investigations with real submissions.
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Short lessons where kids run experiments and test their ideas. Each island is a different scientific concept — biology, physics, chemistry, earth sciences.
Arcade
Dozens of games, each teaching a new concept. The more they play, the more intuitively they understand the science. Thinking like a scientist isn't the tutorial — it's how you win.
Videos
Short clips with working scientists, engineers, and game designers from across Australia. Kids see what scientists actually look like and how they became who they are.
Challenges
Structured, multi-lesson projects: investigate, design, build, submit. Full working-scientifically investigations with real submissions.
Explore
Learning Islands
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Every world, the same habit of mind — thinking like a scientist.
See inside the app →The science behind the platform
Built on a decade of research — and it shows in the data.
Arludo was created by Professor Michael Kasumovic, an evolutionary biologist at UNSW Sydney, and grew over ten years in real classrooms. In Arludo's own data, children don't just play — they apply and self-correct real science (99% apply the physics of friction in what they build), and boys and girls learn equally.
App data from early cohorts — learning-applied measures, not test-score outcomes. We do not claim games raise test scores or cause STEM career choice.
Read the research →1,200 Australian schools · from Darwin to Hobart and Sydney to Perth
“I used to feel guilty every time I handed over the iPad. This is the screen time I actually feel good about — she comes off it telling me what she worked out.”
“The weekly questions are gold. My son actually explains his experiments at dinner now — I've never seen him this into science.”
“It's not another points-and-badges app. He's genuinely reasoning things through — and he begs to play it.”
“Even the kids who say they hate science are hooked. They're forming hypotheses without me having to ask.”
“I can see who's getting it live on the dashboard — it's assessment without the marking pile.”
“No logins, no installs — they open a browser and they're doing real science with their own data. It just works.”
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For families
See what your child discovers, and get the questions that turn it into dinner-table conversation. Free to start.
For families →For teachers & schools
Real science your whole class wants to play — no prep, no marking. Free 30-day trial.
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