‘Losing the Lake’ GameFebruary 14, 2012

Nevada Infrastructure for Climate Change Science,Education and Outreach

Interdisciplinary Science Grant (2009-2011)Losing the Lake

Goals:Scientific: Link water supply

and demand models to global climate models

Educational: Use game to teach about water and climate change

Conduct formative and summative research on game

Household: Select Best Conservation Options

Community: Select Best Conservation Options

Climate Change: What it is; effect on snowpack, river, lake

Lake Mead Simulation(s): What policy options buy the most time

Game OrganizationBackground Knowledge Quiz

Losing the Lake

http://www.cse.unr.edu/~fredh/LosingTheLake/LosingTheLake_V2.swf

Losing the Lake Outputs

Research conducted on teachers and studentsResource manual writtenNSF REESE grant prepared and submittedGame to be installed in informal learning sites

(e.g., Lake Mead, Springs Preserve) Game to made available to schools over webTo be used by project’s Summer Institutes