SimQuabbin Project

SimQuabbin is a game-based environmental simulation generated from over four decades of research data collected in the Quabbin Reservoir management area. Quests will take the form of a problem in the ecosystem that players are recruited to help solve. Players collect and analyze data, and generate hypotheses about possible solutions to the problem. Proposed changes to the ecosystem are implemented through the collective action of all members of the group. Players travel into the future to view the state of the forest resulting from alterations they have made to the environment. The goal of SimQuabbin is to teach scientific thinking and integrate online learning, field research, and classroom-based instruction.