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GPS Treasure Hunt part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Games:Examples
Students are divided into teams, each of which is given a list of instructions and a GPS unit, and sent to find certain locations. At each stop, they identify a particular building stone or a plant. -

Topics: Earth surface, Biosphere

Virtual Oil Well part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Games:Examples
This strategy game has players prospect for oil using seismic profiles on limited budgets. -

Topics: Solid Earth, Human Dimensions/Resources

Wheel of Geology part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Games:Examples
This quiz game is intended to help students review for an upcoming exam. Topics of questions are randomly determined by spinning a wheel. Teams answer questions using electronic CPS handhelds. -

Topics: Solar system, Ocean, Time/Earth History, Education:Assessment:Exam, Solid Earth, Hydrosphere/Cryosphere, Atmosphere, Human Dimensions/Resources, Climate, Biosphere, Earth surface, Energy/Material cycles

Planet Oit! part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Games:Examples
This is an online adventure game in which players prospect for minerals on a virtual geologically realistic world. -

Topics: Earth surface, Solid Earth

NADS Scum Run part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Games:Examples
This exercise consists of a relay race in which students must identify specimens or answer questions at various stations. -

Topics: Earth surface, Biosphere, Solid Earth