Understanding climate change is crucial, but making it engaging for students can be challenging. Our study explores how gamification—turning learning into an interactive experience—can boost interest and knowledge. We designed Finding Gaia, a virtual treasure hunt where students solve challenges related to climate and geophysics. Results show increased awareness, motivation, and knowledge retention. This highlights the power of game-based learning in making science more accessible and impactful.

We developed an educational protocol on seismic risk dedicated to high school students combining a seminar with a serious game. By using an evaluation protocol, we managed to assess the impact of our protocol when communicating and teaching the concept of seismic risk on both risk perception and interest in science and geophysics. The results are very encouraging and show that the students perceived the protocol as effective both in the basic concepts of seismology and in risk perception.