Wake: Tales from the Aqua Lab

• This interactive game lets students explore ocean ecosystems, provides virtual experiments and models, and helps them gain skills in using data to write persuasive arguments.
• There is a teaching guide provided and students can save their progress to make it easier to incorporate the game into class activities or downtime.
  

Positives

• Students will enjoy operating the submarine and virtually visiting the different locations.
• The game encourages inquiry and highlights diversity in the characters.
  

Additional Prerequisites

• Students should have a basic understanding of pH, food webs, and the scientific method.
• A device and access to the Internet are required to play this game.
• Students will need to write down their player identification name so they can return to their game.
• Students must zoom out or click on the sides of the screen to get back to the sub for new assignments, and they must hold down the button to scan an object.
  

Differentiation

• Although the game suggests students play individually, they could be paired up and tasked with different jobs that could include operating the game and keeping a written log of their activities, data, and results.
• Use this game in sections as virtual labs for lessons about predator-prey interactions, population dynamics, or food webs.
• Have students take turns with the different assignments as they work in pairs, then have them present their findings from the assignments in a short written log that identifies the species they discovered and the interactions observed.

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