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🧭 Guided Classroom Activities

Step-by-step activities that guide students through scientific concepts using interactive simulations.

▸ Why do predator-prey populations oscillate?
▸ Can predator-prey populations remain constant?

🖥️ Educational Simulators

Beer fermentation

Beer Fermenter v1.0 FREE

Chemical Processes

Beginner Level

Intercontinental ballistic missile launch with Soviet and USA flags

Arms Race Simulator v1.3 FREE

International Relations Economic Game

Intermediate Level

Fishing boat

Fisheries Management v1.0 FREE

Ecosystem Management Business Management Renewable Resource Management

Advanced Level

Tritophic ecosystem schema

Tritrophic v1.1 FREE

Ecosystem Management

Intermediate Level

Hare and fox in a forest

Extended Volterra Lotka v2.0 FREE

Ecosystem Management

Beginner Level

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Since Jan 1, 2026

✨ Benefits of Guided Classroom Activities

Discover how ready-to-use guided activities make interactive simulations easier to use in the classroom:

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Ready to use: Each activity provides a structured learning path, allowing teachers to introduce simulation-based learning without designing an exercise from scratch.
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Less preparation time: Clear instructions, suggested parameters, questions, and learning objectives reduce the time required to prepare a meaningful classroom activity.
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Guided exploration: Students are not left alone with an unfamiliar simulator. Step-by-step tasks help them explore variables, compare scenarios, and identify relevant patterns.
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Active learning: Instead of only reading about a system, students change conditions, make predictions, observe results, and explain what happens.
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Focus on understanding: The activities direct attention toward the concepts and relationships being studied rather than the technical operation of the simulation tool.
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Real-world scenarios: Students investigate realistic systems such as ecosystems, resource management, population dynamics, and international relations in a controlled environment.
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Repeatable experiments: Scenarios can be repeated with different parameters, making it easy to test hypotheses, compare outcomes, and correct mistaken assumptions.
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Flexible classroom use: Activities can be completed individually, in pairs, or in groups, and can be used for classroom work, homework, or online learning.
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Discussion and reasoning: Open questions encourage students to justify their conclusions, discuss unexpected results, and connect their observations with the underlying concepts.
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Free and accessible: The activities and their associated simulations can be used directly in a web browser without installing specialist software or purchasing licenses.

🖥️ Why Use Interactive Simulations?

Interactive simulations allow students to experiment with complex systems, test ideas, and observe the consequences of their decisions.

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Learn through experimentation: Students change variables, compare scenarios, and discover relationships through direct observation.
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Explore complex systems: Simulations make it possible to investigate systems that would be too large, slow, expensive, or complex to reproduce in the classroom.
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Run safe, repeatable experiments: Students can test different conditions, repeat experiments, and learn from unexpected results without real-world risks.
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Access from any browser: The simulations are available online without installation, specialist equipment, or software licenses.

📚 Case Study

Why do fisheries collapse?