Specific Activities of SiMErgency I
A summary of specific activities are below:

• Design 10 emergency response scenarios for use with high school students in the SiMErgency Simulation/Game
• Design the player interactions and scoring for the SiMErgency Simulation/Game
• Develop the scenarios, the player interactions and scoring using Forterra’s OLIVE development platform
• Conduct formative evaluation of the scenarios to assess realism and engagement with small groups of high school students in California and Sweden
• Conduct summative evaluation with classes of high school students in California and Sweden —half get the traditional approach, the other half get the SiMErgency game.  Conduct both quantitative and qualitative assessments of their learning outcomes and emotional reactions to the learning experience.
• Analyze data, write final report, and publish results