Aquation: The Freshwater Access Game

Choice, strategy, balance, and . . . water equity? Parts of the planet are struggling to get enough water. Use each region's wealth to build pipes, desalinate water, and conduct research to bring water where it's needed most.

  • In Aquation: The Freshwater Access Game, players explore the real-world challenges of global water equity and resource management. As certain parts of the planet struggle to maintain freshwater access, players make strategic choices to build pipelines, conduct research, set policy, and allocate resources so that no one region becomes completely arid.

    Players will:

    • Learn and apply concepts of resource distribution, environmental science, and economics

    • Develop strategic thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills

    • Practice balancing limited resources, adapting to unexpected events, and reflecting on high-impact choices in a game-based context

  • Watch the trailer here

  • Link to curriculum

  • Smithsonian Science Education Center