ED53F:
Amazing Games and Superb Simulations for Science Education II


Session ID#: 8244

Session Description:
Interactive computer-based simulations, serious games, and virtual labs are being developed and used with growing frequency in many science education disciplines at all age levels. These resources are employed across formal and informal educational settings. Scientific concepts in a broad range of Earth and space science disciplines can be more readily learned or more fully appreciated via the experience of manipulating variables to explore various "what if" scenarios in visually rich environments. This session will showcase simulations, games, and virtual labs designed to assist the teaching and learning of concepts in the realms of the Earth, planetary, and space sciences and related disciplines.
Primary Convener:  Randy M Russell, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
Conveners:  Erin L Wood, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, Jessica Brunacini, Columbia Climate Center, New York, NY, United States and Randy M Russell, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
Chairs:  Jessica Brunacini, Columbia Climate Center, New York, NY, United States, Erin L Wood, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States and Randy M Russell, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Randy M Russell, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • A - Atmospheric Sciences
  • OS - Ocean Sciences
  • P - Planetary Sciences
  • V - Volcanology, Geochemistry and Petrology
Index Terms:

0815 Informal education [EDUCATION]
0825 Teaching methods [EDUCATION]
0845 Instructional tools [EDUCATION]
1952 Modeling [INFORMATICS]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Emotional engagement with participatory simulations as a tool for learning and decision-support for coupled human-natural systems: Flood hazards and urban development (83323)
Jonathan M Gilligan, Vanderbilt University, Earth and Environmental Science, Nashville, United States, Brady Corey, Northwestern University, Learning Sciences, Evanston, IL, United States, Janey V Camp, Vanderbilt University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nashville, TN, United States, John J Nay, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States and Pratim Sengupta, University of Calgary, Learning Sciences, Calgary, AB, Canada
Novel Web-based Education Platforms for Information Communication utilizing Gamification, Virtual and Immersive Reality (61651)
Ibrahim Demir, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States
Humber-in-a-Box : Gamification to Communicate Coastal Flood Risk in the Face of Rising Seas (72045)
Christopher James Skinner, University of Hull, Hull, HU6, United Kingdom and Johannes D van Rij, University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom
Interactive Sea Level Rise App & Online Viewer Offers Deep Dive Into Climate (68305)
Margie Turrin, LDEO of Columbia University, Marine & Polar Geophysics, Palisades, United States, David Felton Porter, Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States, William B F Ryan, Lamont -Doherty Earth Observatory, USA, Palisades, NY, United States and Stephanie L Pfirman, Barnard College and Columbia University - Earth Institute, New York, NY, United States
Games and Simulations for Climate, Weather and Earth Science Education (71133)
Randy M Russell and Sharon Clark, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
Fourteen Thousand Solar Systems and Growing: Results From the Starchitect Online Game at One Year (73331)
James B Harold, Space Science Institute Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
Interactive investigations into planetary interiors (71026)
Ian Rose, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States
Developing, deploying and reflecting on a web-based geologic simulation tool (85636)
Rowan Cockett, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

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