Educational Potential

This is a simulation game that locates the simulation in Mars. The player is in charge of establishing a colony and must manage the colony.
There are many aspects of the game that promotes learning, from science to management. The player is exposed to know about chemical elements, technology (present and expected to be in the future), planning, financial management, technology exploration,
The difference in this game is that the game, though being a science fiction game, it takes serioulsy most of the game mechanics.
As such the game doesn't promote learning on a specific school subject to a valuable point. The player will learn, for sure. But the risk is devoting too much time with no specific learning goal or direction.
The linguistic of the games is worth value. The game is beatiful and there is a lot of skilled vocabulary that the player needs to grasp

Learning Object / Suggested activities with students

The best scenario would be the lasts levels of secondary school in matters like chemistry, physics or biology, to promote the willingness to know more science

Skills and competences acquired
- Resource management
- Planification
- Appreciation for technology development,
- Astronomy, Culture about planetary exploration
The player, once the game has been played for some hours, could give a personal point of view and prediction about the exploration of mars, evaluating the game as a tool to anticipate how it will be