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Teacher Earth Science Education Programme PARTNERS
PRINCIPAL
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Teacher Earth Science Education Programme PARTNERS
Teacher Earth Science Education Programme PARTNERS

• BRONZE
• Anglo Coal
• Australian Nuclear Science and Technology
  Organisation
• CS Energy
• Department of Sustainability and Environment, Vic
• Essential Petroleum
• Flinders University
• Gordon Wakelin King
• Great Artesian Basin Coordinating Committee
• Hot Dry Rocks
• Macquarie University
• Sandy Menpes
• Monash Energy
• Museum Victoria
• Our Water Our Future, Vic
• Petroleum Geo-Services
• Primary Industries and Resources SA
• Stanwell Corporation
• Velseis

• SILVER
• The Australian National University
• Department of Primary Industries, Vic
• Earth Science Western Australia
• Pitney Bowes Business Insight
• PowerWorks
• Queensland Resources Council
• Rob Kirk Consultants
• The University of Sydney
• The University of Tasmania

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Teacher Earth Science Education Programme
Wet Rocks Learning about Groundwater
Using Tectonic Island game as a teaching tool
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Tectonic Island a water balance game

• Key concepts
• A tropical coral or sand island has a finite
  water balance
• You need to balance development (and profit!)
  with maintaining your water supply

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Game framework
Build houses, and improve their water efficiency
Money, time and salinity meter
Rainfall replenishes the fresh water
Supply bore
Tourists arrive on the island to spend money!
Fresh water
Salt water
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Groundwater Dynamics Unconfined Aquifers
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Fresh water
Salt water
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Ghyben-Herzberg relation
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Salt water
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Fresh water
Salt water
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Use in the class room

• Unstructured observation10 to 15 minutes of
  play, recording and or discussing observations
  at the conclusion. Some observations may be

• The faster the development, the faster the water
  goes saltyIts really random it just depends
  when it rains!Improved water efficiency helps
  keep the island going longer

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Use in the class room

• Structured gamesWhat is the sustainable limit
  of development for the island?Set up a
  sustainability concept say use a 10 minute time
  period as your sustainable horizon (another
  activity is to use longer time periods but this
  may be more a project than a class room
  activity). Break the class up into groups to
  evaluate different development scenarios 2,
  4, 6, 8, 10 houses, with or without water
  efficient upgrades.Run the game at 10 minutes
  (or whatever you decide), get the students to
  report on which scenarios where still running,
  which had failed (and when) and how much money
  was made.Collectively analyse the class
  information and determine what would be
  sustainable developments.Note It is a game
  it is built with random functions, so there will
  be variation even between similar scenarios!

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Use in the class room
Competitive gamesWho can make the most money
in 5 minutes!
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Links to other topics

• Permeability and porosityRechargeContamination
  (a really BIG issue on a tropical island)
  things like septic tanks, sewerage run-off,
  chemicals for food growing (fertilizers,
  pesticides), petrol / fuel storage,