Summer Web Activities for Kids: Power UP: Ecology Website

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Save the planet Helios from ecological disaster and SmogGobs in PowerUp, a free online game that draws an emotional connection to our newly refreshed ecological awareness. The three-dimensional game, from IBM's TryScience initiative, is designed to engage students in learning about engineering and energy while trying to supply solar, wind, and water power before an ecological disaster hits. PowerUp offers classroom lesson plans that cover energy transformation, as well as an interactive module so students learn about the technologies required to build virtual worlds.

Source: Edutopia Magazine http://www.edutopia.org/media-for-educators-june-july-2008
Credit: William Duke , photo