Clean up marine debris, restore a food web and fight the pollution monster

River Meets the sea

Where Rivers Meet the Sea takes place in a west coast estuary and follows a human as she encounters Oscar the sea otter.


You and your fellow players are the leaders—citizens, policymakers, business leaders, nonprofit leaders, and researchers—of a coastal city. Your job is to make smart decisions that will increase the city’s resilience to climate change.

Visit Recycle City! There's lots to do here - people and places to visit and plenty of ways to explore how the city's residents recycle, reduce, and reuse waste.

Bacteria is getting into the water from trash. Help Ty D Turtle clean up the beaches from bacteria.

Sharks play a vital role in the intricate balance that makes the oceans' ecosystem. Swim with the sharks and experience the threats they face, striving to keep the ocean in balance by staying alive.

Lear about marine debris, where it comes from and how it affects wildlife. Collect marine debris from above and below the water on Kure Atoll.

Investigate what energy is and why some sources are running low while designing renewable energy systems for major cities based on real data models.

If coral reefs are under too much stress, like in these conditions, they can eject the algae living on them and turn completely white. This is known as coral bleaching.

If you throw a plastic bottle in the trash today, that bottle will sit in a landfill—or worse, float in the ocean—for thousands of years.

Capture clean energy from the wind and the Sun to produce enough electricity to run the town. Move your wind turbine up and down to keep it in the strongest, fastest winds. Keep your solar panels in the bright sunlight and out of the rain. See if you can light up the whole town. Win the clean energy Platinum Award!

In this game, you see a map of a city, with a grid of streets, and various buildings. For each turn, you are given a list of things to do. This is your mission.

Each part of your mission will take you to a different location. Your job is to decide what mode of transportation you will use to get from one place to another. Try to pick the form of transportation that will have the least impact on the environment, while getting you where you need to go, and on time.

Games selected and organized by Lincoln ES Students