Commons game
In a classroom simulation game with changing conditions students develop strategies for the use of a common resource so that the profit for the entire group is maximized.
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NetLogo: Two communities
This NetLogo computer model extends the model Two Foresters and introduces a bigger and more complex population structure.
It is a model of a simple social-ecological system consisting of a population of foresters, subdivided into two communities, and a regrowing resource (trees). The foresters harvest from the trees at sustainable/modest or at greedy rates. Students observe how outcomes for individual foresters and for communities are influenced by the different compositions of modest and greedy foresters within communities, making them reflect on the dilemma between individual short-term benefit and long-term community benefits.
- Teaching material type Computer Model, Full lesson plan
- Concepts Common Pool Resource, Cooperation, Social dilemma, Sustainable resource use
- Subject areas Civics, ESD, Math, Social Studies
- Suitable Grade Levels 6-8, 9-12, Undergraduate
