The Climate game

Consequently, young people are a main target group. According to the school´s curricula, students must gain knowledge about ecosystem services, how conditions for sustainable development are created and the complexity of environmental issues. Furthermore, the school emphasizes students´ digital competence and the use of digital tools in teaching.

The Climate-game is a serious game that will combine questions about the environment and food supply based on a map of Sweden´s counties / regions. The goal is to make scientific information available through a serious game, which uses the medium´s ability to characterize, visualize and concretize complex issues in an engaging way for players. SLU and RISE have expertise in food production, environmental impact, consumer aspects and food waste.

The University of Skövde (HS) researches game-based learning, game development, the societal benefits of games and gender equality in games. A national survey with upper secondary school teachers as the target group in 2020, showed great interest (average 4.1 out of a maximum of 5) for a learning game from SLU concerning food production and global goals on climate and other environmental issues.

Relevance, communication and distribution to schools, both primary and secondary school, are ensured on the one hand through practical tests with teachers and students during development and on the other through collaboration with organizations and authorities linked to the school. The National Agency for Education is contacted and positive. Collaboration has begun with Naturvetenskap och teknik för alla (NTA; https://ntaskolutveckling.nu/) and Nationellt resurscentrum för biologi och bioteknik (NRBB; https://bioresurs.uu.se/).

Globala skolan is part of the Scientific Council for the Game. NTA works with compulsory school with science and technology and NRBB works with both compulsory school and upper secondary school in biology. Skansen´s Baltic Sea Science Center wants to include the game in its exhibition. The Climate-game will be developed from an existing prototype, which has attracted a great deal of attention in media, schools and scientific contexts. It was on the Swedish Engineering Academy´s 100 list in 2020.