High School Student Interest and Learning of Climate Change Science via Local, Place-Based Narrative Games

• In Event: 33.026 - Learning and Engagement Through Gaming

Abstract

The Climate Change Narrative Game Education (CHANGE) project is developing an innovative prototype curriculum on Global Climate Change (GCC) science. GCC is a complex topic involving numerous factors and uncertainties making teaching this extremely important topic very difficult. The prototype employs a place-based futuristic gaming that uses: scientifically realistic narrative stories; local, place-based approach; simulations and games based on scientific data. Two pilot studies were conducted with 159 students in three schools. The results show that this innovative model had positive impacts on: helping high school students learn complex climate change science; engage in scientific and engineering practices, and increase interest in science and engineering.

Authors

• Yiping Lou, University of South Florida

• Glenn Gordon Smith, University of South Florida

• Allan Feldman, University of South Florida

• Ping Wang, University of South Florida

• Ora D Tanner, University of South Florida

• Denise Davis, University of South Florida

• Molly Trendell Nation, University of South Florida

• Lucille Moon-Michel