Kay Yeung (FOS), Lee Jue Rui (FASS), Lim Yuan Zheng (FOS), Seah Tzu Yu, Brandon (FOE), Wang Ri Zhao (SDE)
Academic Advisor: Dr. Florence Ng
97% of local primary school students surveyed (n=60) lack knowledge about ecosystem resilience. Understanding ecosystem resilience is essential because a collapse of ecosystems will cause humans to lose access to natural resources. Cultivating awareness of ecosystem resilience early can nurture students to adopt more sustainable lifestyles. Games are a more engaging form of learning as compared to structured teaching. Hence, we hope to use a card game to teach primary school students ecosystem resilience. We designed a 1-hour session with 15 students consisting of i) a pre- and post-survey; ii) a focus group; and iii) our “Eco-Web” game. From our pre-and post-surveys, there is a five times increase in correct answers for the question asking for the definition of ecosystem resilience. This suggests that students have successfully learned the concept of ecosystem resilience. Hence, “Eco-Web” is useful in teaching primary school students the concept of ecosystem resilience.