University+of+Maine+watershed+project+with+students

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Reviewed by Elizabeth Anderson

This module is not so much of a module as more of a computer-based exercise that will give middle school students a hands-on experience with "the effects of climate change on watershed sustainability in their own municipalities". It is an ongoing project that allows students to learn first-hand what sort of impact we humans are on the environment involving a computer game.

I think that this module is creative and would probably be fun for the kids who really enjoy computer games. Personally, I am not too interested in computer games and never really was, but I know that lots of kids are. Hopefully, they would see it as entertainment as well as take away I think that it would teach children more about sustainability than just reading about a similar project.

The module was created by the University of Maine. While I do not have a lot of information from the article about it, it is more of a science-based project and would likely not involve many things that would be open to interpretation.

I think that a similar module could be used at RPI, especially since this module is designed to be able to be used in different localities. RPI could probably create or modify the software, since there is definitely that expertise here.