This week I was introduced to an engaging weather site called Stop Disasters. This site lets the user choose a natural disaster and then is given money to make preparations for the town. The user becomes a sort of city planner. The game allows the user to choose their disaster such as flood, earthquake, tsunami, hurricane, or wildfire.
I showed my daughter and she started playing it. She is in tenth grade. She enjoyed the game and it soon became one she could not stop playing. The best part about the game is that she is learning what it is like to start preparations to protect an area from a natural disaster. You can make the game as easy or as hard as you want. I have to admit, when I played I chose the easy level and still had trouble winning but I am not giving up. I plan to try again until I succeed.
You can make this game a part of a lesson or even make it a part of free time on the computers. Check it out and let me know what you think.
