Fragile Earth Studios Backgrounder
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303.497.6831 [email protected] fragileearthstudios.com We can foster a new age of global creativity If we can make real-world challenges as engaging as games Fragile Earth Studios NOAA’s Community and Communication NOAA’s Fragile Earth Studios has investigated the use of game and virtual world technologies in learning communities with widely dispersed audiences and found that games and simulations provide powerful tools for educators to teach and share knowledge effectively. Evaluation Both students and teachers reported that NOAA’s games were: Educational while focused on specific concepts; interesting and engaging while effective for learning concepts; and successful in helping stu- dents to feel that their actions made a difference. “Sit still and listen” is an outdated teaching style. We need to provide content delivery methods that can better serve students in the digital age. Games have the power to provide environments that encourage autonomous learning exploration. Games Make People Care People play games not just for fun, but also for the satisfaction of solving complex problems requiring reasoning and perseverance. If we made solving real-world challenges as engaging as video games, we could harness a new age of global creativity. Why Games? Earth’s Shadows In this multi-player setting, continents are projected as shadows on the walls blending data, science, and art.
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Fragile Earth Studios is a project sponsored by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that leverages data visualizations, simulations, and games to better understand real-world challenges.
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303.497.6831
fragileearthstudios.com
We can foster a new age of global creativity
If we can make real-world challenges as engaging as games
Fragile Earth Studios
NOAA’s
Community and CommunicationNOAA’s Fragile Earth Studios has investigated the use of game and virtual world technologies in learning communities with widely dispersed audiences and found that games and simulations provide powerful tools for educators to teach and share knowledge effectively.
EvaluationBoth students and teachers reported that NOAA’s games were: Educational while focused on specificconcepts; interesting and engaging while effective for learning concepts; and successful in helping stu-dents to feel that their actions made a difference.
“Sit still and listen” is an outdated teaching style. We need to provide content delivery methods that can better serve students in the digital age. Games have the power to provide environments that encourage autonomous learning exploration.
Games Make People Care
People play games not just for fun, but also for the satisfaction of solving complex problems requiring reasoning and perseverance. If we made solving real-world challenges as engaging as video games, we could harness a new age of global creativity.
Why Games? Earth’s Shadows
In this multi-player
setting, continents are
projected as shadows
on the walls blending
data, science, and art.
TerraViz
A four dimensional high performance visualization environment for NOAA’s information.
ReGenesis Travel through time seeing the result of player choice on the Earth’s climate.
NEISInstantly access data from the distant past to the distant future located anywhere on Earth from a single application.
Virtual HawaiiVoyage across the open ocean in an adventure to learn about Polynesian culture and celestial navigation.
products
Who We Are
Fragile Earth Studios isa project sponsored by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that leverages data visualizations, simulations, and games to better understand real-world challenges.
Solutions
Fragile Earth Studios’ designers, scientists, and educational experts provide unique access and experience to design interactive media solutions.
What We Offer
We seek out beneficial partnerships providing consulting on game, visualization, and simulationdevelopment.
We provide unique access to science content and scientists.
Experience
Started in 2005, Fragile Earth Studios represents one of the first concerted efforts within government to develop material for games, simulations, and virtual worlds.
Conferences
‘Science came to play’ at the NOAA Games and Simulation Summit held on January 11-12, 2011.
Participants attended from 10 federal and state agencies and universities.
Topics included best practices and reviewing evaluation methods for gaming and simulation.
Online
Fragile Earth Studios provides development services for a variety of projects both internal and external to NOAA.
We provide curricula and resources for students interested in a better understanding of the power of games. fragileearthstudios.com
Who we are PortfolioROV Exploration
Navigate though a
detailed underwater
ecosystem using a
remotely operated
vehicle.
