I was thinking of trying to use Zoo Tycoon 2 as part of an ES project on animals. As well as the normal investigation into different animals and categories etc I was planning a bit of a project on looking at animals in captivity. Is it good is it the end of the world, that sort of thing. Planned on visiting a couple of places which keep animals, having some people out too, maybe designing an enclosure also. Was wondering if this could enable the class to get a bit more insight into how a zoo is run and all that goes on behind the scenes… not sure how it would work though – working as a class on the IWB maybe, or giving different people time slots to make progress… maybe leave it for another time until I know the workings of it…
Hi,
As an ex zookeeper I’ll be interested in following your progress, please blog about how the project goes. If I can help out let me know although it has been a while since I left to become a teacher.
I think this is a great idea – I used to use Sim City a lot to teach Settlement to Standard Grade Classes. A pupil lent me Zoo Tycoon once and we played it as a class on the last day of term – I quickly learnt that it wasn’t a great idea to put the crocodiles in with the giraffes! Will be really interested to find out how you get on. Ollie
Cheers guys. I just need to spend an evening getting to grips with the interface! Long time since Rollercoaster Tycoon featured on my 486! Just need to get an idea of how the dynamics would work – obviously it’s not multi-player.
Cheers for the offer John – maybe even a video conference or some sort of ongoing wiki discussion?
Ollie – will be posting my Buzz write up as soon as ,so look forward to your comment on that too!