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Educational Games
Insect Ecology Simulation Card Game
Inspired by the board game Wingspan, the Insect Ecosystem Simulation Game is a collaborative classroom card game designed to help students explore insect ecology through ecosystem-level interactions and population dynamics.
Players build and manage insect communities composed of major insect guilds (e.g., decomposers, pollinators, herbivores, predators, and parasitoids) while responding to environmental disturbances and balancing ecosystem stability.
Through gameplay, students investigate concepts including trophic interactions, maintaining biodiversity, ecosystem services, disturbance ecology, and the consequences of ecological imbalance in different habitat types. The game was developed as an active-learning resource for undergraduate students in Introductory Entomology (EPP321).
You can access the game materials here:
Choose Your Own IPM Adventure
“Choose Your Own IPM Adventure” is an interactive teaching game developed for the Introductory Entomology (EPP321) undergraduate course. Players work through a series of management decisions in an agricultural system and aim to balance ecological, economic, and practical considerations while responding to changing pest pressures and stakeholder priorities. The activity is designed to reinforce core IPM concepts through active learning and decision-making.
Play the game using the link below!
