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Nevada Infrastructure for Climate Change Science, Education and Outreach. ‘Losing the Lake’ Game. February 14, 2012. Interdisciplinary Science Grant (2009-2011) Losing the Lake. Goals: Scientific: Link water supply and demand models to global climate models
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Nevada Infrastructure for Climate Change Science,Education and Outreach ‘Losing the Lake’ Game February 14, 2012
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
Game OrganizationBackground Knowledge Quiz 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
http://www.cse.unr.edu/~fredh/LosingTheLake/LosingTheLake_V2.swfhttp://www.cse.unr.edu/~fredh/LosingTheLake/LosingTheLake_V2.swf Losing the Lake
Losing the Lake Outputs • Research conducted on teachersand students • Resource manual written • NSF REESE grant prepared and submitted • Game to be installed in informal learning sites (e.g., Lake Mead, Springs Preserve) • Game to made available to schools over web • To be used by project’s Summer Institutes