Game to spark interest in Civil Engineering

Time Engineers (www.timeengineers.com) is a video game that teaches principles in civil engineering where students can time-travel to build pyramids, irrigate farm land, build a catapult, and much more.

Time Engineers teaches engineering, science, and math without leaving the fun of gaming behind. Students travel in a cool time machine to three different time periods and encounter typical engineering problems to be solved in order to build pyramids, irrigate farm land, command a WWII submarine, raise and lower medieval drawbridges, and much more.

Produced in conjunction with the College of Engineering at Valparaiso University, Time Engineers was designed to help middle and high school students explore and apply some of the fundamental principles of engineering. In Ancient Egypt, students experiment with ramps, workers, and the type of stone to build pyramids. During World War II, they help design a submarine or a radar system. During the Middle Ages, students help design a drawbridge and a catapult. In each, there are several factors that students can adjust to be successful. The content, delivered through narration, text and interactive exercises, includes binary numbers, boolean logic, weirs and water flow, force balance and trajectory.

To learn more please visit www.timeengineers.com. Civil engineers can purchase the game for their kids for only $9.95 and teach them key civil engineering principles.