Solving+Ecologial+Challenges+in+a+Virtual+Aquatic+Park

Quest Atlantis

Students are challenged to work in groups and solve problems that they encounter in a virtual water ecosystem. To solve these problems the student collect information from characters they meet around the park, analyze results of various test they conduct in the virtual game, and other any other data collected during this game. Students look at the effect of acid rain, oxygen levels, and pH could effect various speices of river fish. Students are exposed to the scientific vocabulary of ecosystems and challenged to come up with solutions that have the most positive impact. However, just as in the real wold, the students encounter situations that may sovle one problem but bring the rise of another problem, another problem that they may not have anticpated. (Barab et al., 2007).

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