Cleanopolis VR

Students will:

• Be able to experience virtual reality while planning the Cleanopolis game. 
• Understand what climate change is and how they can help lessen CO2 emissions. 

Vocabulary Words:

1. Virtual Reality: Virtual reality is an artificial environment that is created with software and presented to the user in such a way that the user suspends belief and accepts it as a real environment. 

To prepare for this lesson:

• Download the Cleanopolis App on your device and then on your student devices. 
• Decide whether or not to obtain VR (Gyroscope for iOS, Google Cardboard, 3D glasses Android) for the students. 
• Watch the video on Cleanopolis. 

This is a description from the website of Cleanopolis:

Captain Clean needs your help. Your mission if you accept it is to fight against climate change and make sure the city of Cleanopolis get rid of its CO2 cloud.

Assisted by your faithful companion named Tobby, explore the 3D city and discover its districts. They shelter some mini-games, some quizzes and even a movie theatre! Thanks to your actions, you will reduce the CO2 emissions and beautify the city. 
For an even more immersive experience and a wow effect, play with 3D glasses!
Features: 
- Four districts to explore
- Eight fun mini-games to improve your reflexes and reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases
- Some quizzes to evaluate your ecological footprint and to learn how to improve it 
- One movie theatre with an educational film starring Igloo the penguin who explains climate change 
- Some objects to be unlocked to beautify the city of Cleanopolis 
- Compatible with 3D glasses (cardboards)

See Accommodations Page and Charts on the 21things4students.net site in the Teacher Resources. 

Directions for this activity:

1. Introduce the game of Cleanopolis when students are studying the environment. The game will also introduce Virtual Reality if the students have 3D glasses. 
2. Show the video Cleanopolis to the students. 
3. After the students have played the game, have a discussion with them about environmental changes and how they can affect plants and animals. 
   1. What did they learn as they went through the game? 
   2. How can they and their families make personal changes to help the environment?

Different options for assessing the students:

• Observations
• Check for understanding
• The teacher will have a discussion with the students to find out what they have learned while playing the game. 
• The students can create a project or write a story related to the game and be assessed on it.