Science fiction & games for climate change education

• In Event: ELT - Games in Education

Short Description

This project, Climate Change Narrative Game Education (CHANGE), helped high school students learn Global Climate Change (GCC) science by making it personally relevant and understandable. CHANGE created a prototype curriculum, integrated it into elective Marine Sciences high school courses, and tested its efficacy. CHANGE used: (a) scientifically web-based science fiction novel with computer games, about future Florida residents and (b) hands-on science laboratory activities, local, place-based approach grounded in Florida Gulf Coast using scientific data.

Authors

• Glenn Gordon Smith, University of South Florida

• Metin Besalti, University of South Florida

• Yiping Lou, University of South Florida