WallCology Phenomena

WallCology is a computer simulation designed to support elementary and middle school curricular goals in life science and population ecology. WallCology situates students within a complex virtual ecosystem, where they may conduct investigations focusing on topics such as the identification and classification of species, habitat selection, population estimation, food chains, predator-prey relationships, life cycle phases, adaptation, and response to environmental change.

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CURRENT VERSION

2.0

Version deployed for the WallCology run in Chicago in May 2012. List of new features:

• Cleaned up all the unused code
• Fixed the simulation state save. Now it is a command and can be enabled or disabled

VERSION HISTORY

1.0

Version deployed for the WallCology pilot in Toronto in October - November 2011. List of new features:

• Saving the state of the simulation everytime it is updated
• Switchable population calculators
• Phases have been separated into their own class

0.2

• Introduced the concept of phases and the ability to move across them

0.1

• Initial release uses a very basic population engine