Missions with Monty

Hello researchers! 👋 Welcome to Wildlife University Wednesday. We are heading to Training Camp to meet one of the experts that teaches students the different strategies to understand science texts in Missions with Monty. Today’s spotlight is Peli! 📚

Peli is a Pel’s Fishing Owl. 🦉 She greets students in Training Camp and also teaches students about monitoring. She explains how to monitor and why it’s good to monitor while reading. Meet Peli in the beginning of your journey! 🦎

Welcome back to another ! Today, we want you to meet Missions with Monty alum Mike Lewis. Mike graduated with a Masters from NC State. Mike made many excellent contributions to Missions with Monty. We are very grateful for all of Mike's hard work! 🦎🎉😁

Today is ! 🧪 We met Myla the Ornate Eagle Ray in Mission 3 of . 🪸 Did you know that ornate eagle rays are some of the largest rays, growing up to 7 feet in length? Their tails are usually as long as their bodies! 🌊

Photo credit: Emilie Ledwidge, oceanographic

Hey researchers! 👋 Welcome to Wildlife University Wednesday. 🔍 Today we are diving into ocean to spotlight one of the researchers at Wildlife University–Myla! 🌊 Myla is an ornate eagle ray who inhabits the beautiful coral reef🪸 She studies photosynthesis, digestion and respiration, and food and energy. Myla is ready to share her research with students and help them along their journey in Mission 3 of Missions with Monty!🦎

Happy ! Today we want you to meet Dr. Ying Wang! Dr. Wang is a alum who earned her PhD in Educational Psychology from Penn State. Dr. Wang was a valuable member of our team and we are so thankful for her lasting impact on ! Can you spot Dr. Wang in the zoom call from one of our Monty team retreats?! 📚🎉

Welcome to ! 🦎 Last week, we shared the two major problems that students work to solve in the game- why all the animals are getting sick at Wildlife University and who took Monty. But how exactly do students solve these problems?

Throughout the game, students use their missions journal to keep track of science content from the game, including important highlights and summaries, and other clues from the enviornment, like newspapers. Using the detective board app, students decide which information is relevant and select hypotheses for these two problems, which they likely change as they learn more!

Today is ! 🧪 On Wednesday, we met Doug the Dugong. Did you know that dugongs are also known as “sea cows”?! Dugongs are marine animals though- they only live in oceans! 🌊

Photo credit: Andrey Nekrasov / WWF

Meet Dr. Joseph Tise! Dr. Tise is a alum who earned a PhD in Educational Psychology from Penn State. Dr. Tise was a valuable member of our team and we are thankful for his lasting impact on !📚🎉

Today is ! 🧪 We met Donna the Whale Shark in Mission 3 of on Wednesday. Did you know that whale sharks are filter feeders? These massive sharks filter organisms from the water. They really like to eat plankton! 🌊🦈

It's ! Today we are introducing you to alum- Marcie Laird. Marcie graduated from NC State with a Masters in Graphic Design. We appreciate all of Marcie's efforts and hard work on ! 🦎🥳

Welcome to ! 🦎 Today we want to overview the science content that students learn while playing . The science content can be broken down into three main groups: interactions in ecosystems, energy flow in ecosystems, and dynamics in ecosystems. Learn more about the content covered in the game by visiting our website www.missionswithmonty.com 🧪📚