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Introducing SimLandia
Welcome to the SimLandia Project!
With funding from the Mary Lou Fulton College of Education Research Fund, we have developed an interactive computer simulation for middle grades science students to learn disease transmission and scientific method. SimLandia has the look and feel of a videogame but contains content developed from National Science Education Standards, National Educational Technology Standards, and 21st Century Skills.
As visitors to SimLandia, students travel back in time, bringing their modern dayskills and technology to address mid-20th century healthproblems. Based on authentic historical, sociological, and geographical conditions, SimLandia is a town besieged with health problems. Students work together in small research teams to help the town understand why residents are becoming ill. Students use technology to keep track of clues that hint at causes of illnesses, form and test hypotheses, develop controlled experiments to test their hypotheses, and make recommendations based on the data they collect, all in an online environment.
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