“Let the Games Begin: Students and Teachers Dive Into SimCityEDU” http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/10/let-the-games-begin-students-and-teachers-dive-into-simcityedu/

SimCityEDU is built on the code for the popular city building game SimCity and has the same graphics. The difference is that SimCityEDU asks players to accomplish environmental science missions that are based on the Common Core State Standards.