Crystal Island: Uncharted Discovery
Shipwrecked students learn science to escape a volcanic island.
Crystal Island: Uncharted Discovery is an educational video game developed by a team of educators and computer scientists at the Center for Educational Informatics. It is designed to teach upper elementary science, focusing on landforms, navigation, and modeling. The game was created by the same team behind Crystal Island: Lost Investigation.
Quick Facts
- Developer
- Center for Educational Informatics
- Engine
- Unity
- Subject
- Upper elementary science (landforms, navigation, modeling)
- Related game
- Crystal Island: Lost Investigation
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Did You Know?
- The game begins with an introductory scene showing characters struggling at sea before reaching a volcanic island.
- Players start a new life in a village after being stranded.
- The final quest grants access to a communication device to call for rescue.
Gameplay
Crystal Island features a virtual tablet with several applications to assist students during quests. These include IslandPedia for scientific concepts, a Problem-solving app for the scientific method, a Text Message app with scripted reminders, a Camera app for photographing landforms, a Note-taking app for text and image notes, a Quest app to track progress, and a Map app with a scale, compass, and grid showing the player's location.
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