What Is Election Lab Online (ELO) The Swing-State Strategy Game?
Election Lab Online (ELO) is a web-based Swing States strategy learning game designed to explore key civic issues such as voting and the role of the Electoral College in U.S. Presidential Elections. Cross-disciplinary Approach ELO uses the STEAM (Science-Technology-Engineering-Art-Math) framework to foster: • Statistical Literacy • Data Visualization • Evidence-based Argumentation • Ethical Data Use This approach informs players about […]
Master the Electoral College: Interactive Learning with Election Lab
Election Lab comprises two types of products: How It All Started The journey began with a math lesson called “Electoral College Swing State Bingo” which has been part of our curriculum since 2012. The course’s popularity inspired us to develop a board game during the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election. Over the years, we’ve tested various election […]
Election Lab now has 8 swing states
Changing the swing-state map from 10 states to 8 does make the race between Red and Blue closer, but the effects it has on campaign strategies is not obvious. Players who tried this new map showed us how their strategies changed.
Learning With Election Lab 2024 At The ED Games Expo
In competitions and games, you cannot have two winners: one wins and the other one loses.
But independent of winning or losing, it is most important that every time we learn. And if we lose, we get up, try again, play again, test different approaches and different strategies, and try to win next time.
Election Lab Strategy Game: Big Success At The Future Physicians For Change
By Dr. Jasminka M. Vukanovic-Criley
“Thank you for taking the time to make this game”, one attendee said. Her words had an additive effect. Hearing: “Thank you for making this. It is helpful. It makes a difference” was beyond gratifying.
Dr. Criley to Inspire at Future Physicians for Change Conference
Are you coming to Washington DC to the Future Physicians for Change (FP4C) Convention? Future Physicians for Change (FP4C) Convention will be held in Washington DC, from May 30th to June 1st, 2024. This is a yearly conference hosted and organized by American Medical Student Association (AMSA). At the conference, medical student and other future […]
Voting Is One of The Social Determinants Of Health
Voting is one of the social determinants of health. This connection between voting and health works both ways: health influences the ability to vote, but voting also influences health.
Elections: Why Doctors Do Not Vote … or Do They?
There are over a million licensed physicians in the United States and the District of Columbia Voting, as a social determinant of health, impacts individual and community health outcomes.
Electoral College Swing State Bingo For Gifted Education
We finished our final week of the Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) Electoral College course. The students were amazing! Here are a few snippets of learning and engagement our course created in these classrooms. Playing for Keeps, Grades 5-8 Students were unbelievably well informed about the election, quick studies for new and challenging scenarios, and […]