Little Botany: a Mobile Educational Game for Gardening

摘要

Mobile devices are rapidly becoming the new medium of educational and social life for young people, and hence mobile educational games have become an important mechanism for learning. To enhance plant science learning, we present a mobile educational game called Little Botany, where players can create their own dream gardens virtually in any location on earth. The virtual gardens created in Little Botany are augmented with real-world information. More specifically, Little Botany is using real-time weather data for the garden location to simulate how the weather affects plants growth. The game also teaches users how to care for the plants on a daily basis. With this game, users can also learn plant structure and track plant growth.