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I do not know if this is the same game as Brian's. Ours is a modified version from a old lab manual. Students form corporations and then buy information and or drilling rights to lease blocks. The corporations that make the most money, do the best. We modified the game to include the option of combining with other corporations, if you go broke. We also use the instructor/banker as a consultant; providing suggestions about what a corporation might want to do (drill, by some geophysics, strat well data, etc).

Our online bonus work involves stream gauges and comparisons to the historic record, petroleum prices and the relation to current events, volcanic eruption data, and NOAA information on hurricanes and coastal damage.

Cheers, Sam]]> Sam Swanson 1208880960 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/games/workshop08/swanson.html#post2460 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/games/workshop08/swanson.html#post2463 I mostly consider games that last a lab period or two. What would you think of a game that augmented some of the content of your course but lasted all semester? ]]> Mike Kelly 1208881500 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/games/workshop08/swanson.html#post2463 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/games/workshop08/swanson.html#post2466 Cathy Manduca 1208882040 http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/games/workshop08/swanson.html#post2466