Sport$ Tycoon Extreme

So what’s it about? Experience the thrills of extreme sports Teaches physics of falling bodies, projectile motion, springs, and centripetal force Appeals to non-gamers and non-academically inclined students

So what’s it about? Players Bungee Jump, BASE jump, street luge … Event booths set up by players Massively multiplayer web based game

How do you play? [Insert screenshot here] Simple control scheme – setup, calculate and estimate –Setting up a booth = drag and drop and entering values –Using a booth = entering values and one or two button presses Balance Thrill and Risk to gain Money and Rep

What do players do?

What do players learn? EventContent Bungee Jumping Multi-dimensional kinematics chaining into a spring problem; Newton’s Second Law BASE Jumping Multi- dimensional kinematics chaining into another multi-dimensional kinematics problem; Newton’s Second Law BMX Jumping Projectile motion Freefall Rope Jumping Multi-dimensional kinematics; Newton’s Second Law; Friction Ski Jumping Multiple instances of projectile motion; Friction Ice Luge One dimensional kinematics and uniform circular motion Snowboarding Projectile motion; Friction

Pedagogy Students learn through experimentation Opportunities for reflection Players get feedback from test runs and watching other players Fits into several teaching plans Interactivity much more interesting than textbook word problems

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