A Simulated World

Every Eco world runs online in the cloud 24/7, simulating a vast landscape full of plants and animals, living out their lives in a sophisticated ecosystem and climate simulation. Together, your students must make a home in this world, taking natural resources from an environment affected by everything they do.

Students Save The World

Students will need to develop technology to shoot an incoming meteor off course. However, with all the resources coming from the natural environment, students can destroy the ecosystem before the meteor event hits. The world is theirs to save or lose in Eco, thus providing a strong social relevance to their studies, an answer to ‘why do I need to learn this’ in a world they come to care about.

STEM Skills For Society

We’ve created Eco as a multiplayer, online world where students must solve global challenges or risk virtual destruction. In order to build a thriving society and prevent catastrophe, they’ll need to obtain and apply STEM skills, using their understanding of science, statistics, civics, economics, ecology and more. They’ll collaborate to build governments (electing leaders, passing laws, levying taxes) and develop economies (harvesting, processing, trading, and transporting natural resources).

Next Generation of Learners

Our future needs inspired, life-long learners, capable of navigating complex societal issues, that require a deep understanding of scientific principles, all while achieving action within an environment of conflicting opinions. Eco asks that of students today, placing them in a simulation where the knowledge they’re learning and their ability to come to agreements with their peers has world-saving importance.