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Bet the Farm

Bet the Farm

This is an online game about the complexities of farming. Learners will "draw" cards and make decisions about how to take care of their farm. Through this process, they will learn farming is a subtle mix of intelligence, skill and luck. At the end of the game, they will see results in terms of how much money their farm made for the year.

Keywords:
Business, Social Sciences, Life Science, Decision Making, Public Policy, History/Policy/Law, Geoscience, NSDL, Technology and the Environment, Ecology, Ethics, Risks and Benefits, Engineering, General Science, Technology, Impacts of Technology, Weather, Farming, Agriculture, Science and Society, Forestry and Agriculture, Agriculture and Biotechnology
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Material Type:
Simulation
Date Added to MERLOT:
July 27, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:
August 30, 2017
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Submitter:
Barbra Bied Sperling
Hispanic Serving Institution
Primary Audience:
Grade School, Middle School, High School
Technical Format:
Website
Mobile Compatibility:
Not specified at this time
Language:
English
Cost Involved:
No
Source Code Available:
No
Creative Commons:
Unknown

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