The Museum of Human Evolution (MEH) has developed an online escape game to find several missing hominins from its gallery. The player lives the experience of going through the different rooms of the MEH from his own home, solving puzzles and tests to find the homo antecessor or heidelbergensis, hidden by the “evil Dr. Katiuskas”. ‘MEHescape on-line’ is designed for children over 12 years of age and adults, and can now be enjoyed through the Museum’s website, as reported by the museum center this Wednesday.
In order to promote new technologies applied to the field of education in museums, the Museum of Human Evolution has developed a game through the Genially platform that is now available for free on its website and social networks. It can be accessed here.
The project, created by the MEH’s educational attention staff, is an online ‘breakout’ or escape game, in which the player lives the experience of going through the different rooms of the MEH from his own home. It is intended for children over 12 years of age, although its manageability and content make this game a popular science tool of interest to all ages.
The main objective of this project is to offer an overview of the museum and its most relevant content, related to some of the most important discoveries of the Sierra de Atapuerca sites, with essential concepts about human evolution and with aspects of daily life. in prehistory, collects Ical. In addition, through the game, the participants will learn additional information that is not relevant to completing the mission, but it does provide extra knowledge, and allows access to the museum to those who cannot visit it.
