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Whose Fault Is It Anyway? part of Examples
This game has students simulate the propagation of P and S waves after an earthquake and to use the lag between these to determine where in the simulation the earthquake occurred.

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Subject: Geoscience:Geology, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes

Rock/Mineral Scavenger Hunt part of Examples
Take students into the field and give each team a list of rocks or mineral types you want found and brought back within the time limit.

Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy:Physical Properties

Virtual Oil Well part of Examples
This strategy game has players prospect for oil using seismic profiles on limited budgets.

Subject: , Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics, Environmental Science:Energy:Fossil Fuels

Allosaur Survival Game part of Examples
In this online computer game, players must figure out how to keep an Allosaurus from starving or being eaten until it grows to adulthood.

Subject: Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Biogeochemical cycling, Ecology, Biology:Ecology:Principles

Wheel of Geology part of 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.

Subject: Geoscience:Hydrology, Lunar and Planetary Science, Oceanography, Geology, Atmospheric Science, Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Geoscience, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Biogeochemical cycling, Education:Assessment:Exam, Biology

Fossil Identification Board Game part of Examples
The instructor uses a series of games to help students identify and answer questions about fossils. The game grows more complex over time as the instructors add rules and phyla to identify.

Subject: Geoscience:Paleontology, Geology:Historical Geology

GPS Treasure Hunt part of 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.

Subject: Geoscience:Geology, Biology, Geography:Geospatial, Environmental Science

Correlation Guessing Game part of Examples
In this game activity, students match correlation values with plots generated by the applet. Competition in this game setting encourages students to become more involved in the classroom and attainment of learning objectives.

Subject: Mathematics:Statistics:Statistical Inference and Techniques, Mathematics, :Statistics:Data Presentation, Mathematics:Statistics

NADS Scum Run part of Examples
This exercise consists of a relay race in which students must identify specimens or answer questions at various stations.

Subject: Geoscience:Geology, Biology:Zoology

Planet Oit! part of Examples
This is an online adventure game in which players prospect for minerals on a virtual geologically realistic world.

Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Sedimentary Textures , Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Igneous Rocks, Metamorphic Rocks, Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy:Physical Properties

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