The Climate Trail - Climate Education for Schools
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The Climate Trail is bringing climate education into schools nationwide.
Here's why this is important: Big Oil is pouring millions of dollars into creating pro-fossil fuel classroom content for children across the country.
This is why I applied my decades of experience in video and educational games and produced The Climate Trail game. The game is 100% free, non-violent and ad-free. Let's stop the Fossil Fuel Industry's take over of public education.
Inspired by the most successful educational game of all time, The Oregon Trail, which sold 65 million copies, the game is about climate refugees fleeing ever-worsening conditions after inaction on climate has rendered much of the USA (and the world) uninhabitable. The game combines the adventure and play of the journey north with visual novel elements, where characters reveal how and why this climate apocalypse unfolded.
Last week I released a significant update. With the cooperation of Climate Communication, the game now incorporates over 50 screens of climate information organized in an e-book format and accessible at any time during the game.
Here's some recent coverage of the game by The Weather Channel:
What the funding will do:
1. Create supplemental materials for classroom activities. This would include writing activities, experiments and example climate lesson plans.
2. Enhance the game with in-game quizzes and other relevant activities.
2. Reach out to schools and get this into classrooms by publicizing the game and presenting it to educators. For example, I will be speaking at the Serious Play event this summer.
3. Replace Fossil Fuel Industry climate misinformation and make a difference in climate education.
More Information about The Climate Trail:
Yale Climate Communications:
'The Climate Trail': Survival game pits players against climate catastrophe
"The developer wants to tap into people's emotions to teach them about the risks of unchecked climate change. "
KPBS Interview
The Climate Trail Game.
Join me in this effort to bring accurate climate education into classrooms across the USA and beyond.
Here's why this is important: Big Oil is pouring millions of dollars into creating pro-fossil fuel classroom content for children across the country.
This is why I applied my decades of experience in video and educational games and produced The Climate Trail game. The game is 100% free, non-violent and ad-free. Let's stop the Fossil Fuel Industry's take over of public education.
Inspired by the most successful educational game of all time, The Oregon Trail, which sold 65 million copies, the game is about climate refugees fleeing ever-worsening conditions after inaction on climate has rendered much of the USA (and the world) uninhabitable. The game combines the adventure and play of the journey north with visual novel elements, where characters reveal how and why this climate apocalypse unfolded.
Last week I released a significant update. With the cooperation of Climate Communication, the game now incorporates over 50 screens of climate information organized in an e-book format and accessible at any time during the game.Here's some recent coverage of the game by The Weather Channel:What the funding will do:
1. Create supplemental materials for classroom activities. This would include writing activities, experiments and example climate lesson plans.
2. Enhance the game with in-game quizzes and other relevant activities.
2. Reach out to schools and get this into classrooms by publicizing the game and presenting it to educators. For example, I will be speaking at the Serious Play event this summer.
3. Replace Fossil Fuel Industry climate misinformation and make a difference in climate education.
More Information about The Climate Trail:
Yale Climate Communications:
'The Climate Trail': Survival game pits players against climate catastrophe
"The developer wants to tap into people's emotions to teach them about the risks of unchecked climate change. "
KPBS Interview
The Climate Trail Game.
Join me in this effort to bring accurate climate education into classrooms across the USA and beyond.
Organizer
William Volk
Organizer
Carlsbad, CA