Share Paper: Air Potato Invaders: Scenario-Based Digital Games for Science Inquiry Learning and Assessment

  1. Luanna Prevost, University of South Florida, United States
  2. Lucille Moon-Michel, University of South Florida, United States
  3. Margaurete Romero, University of South Florida, United States
  4. Yiping Lou, University of South Florida, United States

Abstract: This game centers on the air potato, a deceptively attractive plant that threatens the livelihood of Floridian forests. Situated in the Warm and Fuzzy Friendship forest, the user is guided by Karl the raccoon to learn about the food chain and how it is affected by the air potato. After reviewing the three methods for combating the air potato (herbicide, cutting, and the lily beetle), the user must construct a ten-year plan to eradicate the air potato while maintaining the native plant population of the forest. If the ten-year plan results in a less than ideal outcome, the user is ...