WHAT IS A GAMESCAPE

NUTRITION GAMESCAPE Faculty Guide

EPISODES FEATURES ASSESSMENTS MENU SUPPORT

WHAT IS A GAMESCAPEGameScapes combine visual storytelling with game-based learning elements to

stimulate curiosity and introduce course content in a way that helps you connect key concepts to the real world. At the foundation of this approach is the use of highly

authentic, photorealistic environments brought to life with an interactive technology overlay and an embedded “natural assessment” infrastructure.

The Nutrition GameScape includes five episodes that take roughly 20 minutes to complete. Available via a web browser, you can access these modules anytime, anywhere and can replay them multiple times in order to improve your score.



EPISODE 1 – Nutrition – A Key to HealthEPISODE 2 – Nutrient Sources and

SignificanceEPISODE 3 – Energy Balance, Vitamins, Minerals, and WaterEPISODE 4 – Fitness and Food Safety

EPISODE 5 – A Focus on Life Stages



LEARNING OBJECTIVES1.1 Define nutrition

1.2 Recognize the role of metabolism in the utilization

of nutrients1.3 Explain the connection

between nutrition and health

EPISODE 1Nutrition – A Key to Health



EPISODE 2

LEARNING OBJECTIVES2.1 Recognize how

carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and fiber

contribute to health promotion and disease

prevention2.2 Recognize the

nutritional impact of varying diets such as

DASH, Atkins/Paleo diet, and the Mediterranean

diet2.3 Examine the inter-relationships between

personal diet and health issues

Nutrient Sources and Significance



LEARNING OBJECTIVES3.1 Rate energy balance

to weight management

3.2 Describe/Identify rich sources and functions

of vitamins and minerals

3.3 Determine how the metabolism of

vitamins, minerals, and water promote

health3.4 Identify problems resulting from nutrient deficiency and excess

Energy Balance, Vitamins, Minerals, and WaterEPISODE 3



LEARNING OBJECTIVES4.1 Analyze how fitness affects

health 4.2 Recommend guidelines for achieving/maintaining physical

fitness4.3 Identify potential safety

issues in food handling, purchasing, storage, and

preparation4.4 Determine credible sources of

nutritional information

Fitness and Food SafetyEPISODE 4



LEARNING OBJECTIVES5.1 Identify nutritional

requirements for each stage of life

5.2 Describe how nutrition and metabolism affect growth, development and learning

5.3 Identify health nutrition strategies for the future

5.4 Relate the role of poor nutrition to childhood obesity and increased

propensity for diseases later in life

A Focus on Life StagesEPISODE 5



EXPERT CORNER – As this GameScape unfolds, Amy provides information, feedback, and remediation to scaffold the learning process.

FEATURESEXPERT CORNER RESOURCES RESPONDERSPROFILE



PROFILE – The Profile resource is a helpful reference on the background of some of the characters.




RESOURCE CENTER – The Resource Center contains Digital Learning Objects (DLOs) containing instructional text and graphics. The Instructor Score Report tracks whether learners take the time and initiative to review all of the optional resources.




RESPONDERS - Responders are interactive elements that allow learners to “speak” to GameScape characters and answer questions.

DialogueResponder




ASSESSMENTSHEALTH METERGAMES INSTRUCTOR REPORTREFLECTIONS PERFORMANCE SUMMARY

GAMES – Short games and SimApps (Simulation Applications) embedded in each episode test learner knowledge. They come in a variety of forms and contribute to the game score.



ASSESSMENTS

HEALTH METER – The Fuel 4 Success Health Meter is a dynamic graphic that provides a real-time indication of the learner’s performance.

Fuel 4 Success Meter

HEALTH METERGAMES INSTRUCTOR REPORTREFLECTIONS PERFORMANCE SUMMARY



ASSESSMENTS

REFLECTIONS - At various times within each episode, learners are asked to respond to short reflection questions. At the end of the episode, these

will be saved to a PDF and sent to the instructor for grading.




ASSESSMENTS

PERFORMANCE SUMMARY - At the end of the episode, the Performance Summary provides learners immediate feedback on their performance across a range of activities.




ASSESSMENTS

INSTRUCTOR REPORT - After reviewing the Performance Summary, learners will save their responses to a PDF and send this to their instructor.




INSTRUCTOR REPORT - After reviewing the Performance Summary, learners will save their responses as a PDF and send this to their instructor.

Student Name

PerformanceSummary

ASSESSMENTS

ActivityBreakdown




INSTRUCTOR REPORT - After reviewing the Performance Summary, learners will save their responses as a PDF and send this to their instructor.

Reflection Questions

ASSESSMENTS

Learning Objects Viewed




Volume

Replay

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Settings

Play/Pause

Closed Captioning

Notepad

Help

Allows learner to hide the Control Panel

Restarts the current scene

MENU FUNCTIONSCONTROL

PANELSETTINGS CLOSED CAPTIONING NOTEPAD HELP



SETTINGS - Allows learners to customize their settings.

MENU FUNCTIONSCONTROL PANEL SETTING

SCLOSED CAPTIONING NOTEPAD HELP



MENU FUNCTIONS

CLOSED CAPTIONING - Toggles Closed Captioning on and off.

CONTROL PANEL SETTINGS CLOSED CAPTIONING NOTEPAD HELP



MENU FUNCTIONS

NotesAllows learners to type their own

notes.

Key Take-awaysAutomatically provides learners with

key concepts.

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TranscriptsProvides learners with a transcript based on the choices they make.




MENU FUNCTIONS

HELP - Answers to questions about technical specifications & features.




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suggest that instructors include the support information below in their course syllabi.

WHAT IS A GAMESCAPE

Documents

health nutrition strategies

role of poor nutrition

health episode

health promotion

health issues nutrient

metabolism of vitamins

life stages episode

role of metabolism