Category: simulation
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Bio Inc. – Biomedical Plague
Bio Inc. is a simulation game in which players assume the role of a disease that is trying to kill a patient. Select diseases, risk factors, and factors that inhibit recovery to make your victim as ill as possible. The Windows PC version also allows you to role-play the doctor that tries to save the…
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Plague, Inc. – Ndemic
In Plague, Inc. the player takes on the role of a disease and attempts to infect and wipe out the entire population of the world before humans can develop a cure. Creator: Ndemic Creations Cost: $1 for the app for mobile devices; $15 for the computer or console version
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Infection Bio War
Players become the disease in Infection – Bio War as they try to wipe out the world’s population before a cure is found. This app for iOS mobile devices (iPads and iPhones) allows players to choose traits for their disease, helping it to spread.
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Annenberg Disease Lab
The Habitable Planet curriculum includes an interactive Disease Lab simulator. The lab includes four diseases: Kold, a caricature of the common cold; Impfluenza, which resembles influenza; Neasles, with the high transmission rate of measles; and Red Death, a fast-spreading epidemic with a high mortality rate.
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PhET
PhET hosts a collection of dozens of interactive simulations. Originally focused on physics education, PhET now includes sims for chemistry, math, Earth science and biology as well. Creator: University of Colorado at Boulder Cost: free
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Monash Simple Climate Model
A full climate model, simplified for educational use. Includes numerous example scenarios and challenge exercises for students; some involve depictions of alien worlds from science fiction movies and books! Developed by Dr. Dietmar Dommenget at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.
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Gizmos by ExploreLearning
ExploreLearning has created hundreds of simulations for math and science, primarily for students in grades 3-12 (also some college-level). Science simulations cover a range of subjects, with the largest collections in physics.
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Extreme Event Role-Playing Simulation
Extreme Event is a role-playing simulation for groups in which players assume roles as city leaders to prepare for and react to a natural disaster. Two scenarios: coastal city struck by hurricane or inland city with river flooding. Low-tech and high-tech (using laptops or tablets) variants available; also uses cards. Developed by LabX (formerly the…
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Concord Consortium
The Concord Consortium has various educational simulations and data analysis tools, including: Molecular Workbench, Energy2D (physics) and Energy3D (green buildings), Tectonic Explorer, Global Climate Change Model, Hurricane Explorer Model, Air Pollution Model (aerial), Air Pollution Model (cross-section), Hydraulic Fracturing Model, Water Model, Density, Land Management Model, Sunlight, Infrared, CO2 and the Ground, SageModeler, SmartGraphs, CODAP,…
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Climate Change Mitigation Simulator
Choose your priorities and select mitigation strategies to meet your goals with this simple climate change mitigation simulator.