Mad City Mystery

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Description

Mad City Mystery is a place-based augmented-reality environmental-science curriculum/game developed by Squire and colleagues for students to investigate environmental mysteries and construct scientific arguments.

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Claims

• The authors of three case studies (roughly 28 students) argue that a place-based augmented reality game, Mad City Mystery, holds potential for engaging students in scientific argumentation [+M]

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Key Sources

• Squire, K.D., Jan, M. (2007). Mad City Mystery: Developing Scientific Argumentation Skills with a Place-based Augmented Reality Game on Handheld Computers. J Sci Educ Technol 16, 5–29. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10956-006-9037-z

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Field	Value
type	product
id	mad-city-mystery
title	Mad City Mystery
description	Mad City Mystery is a place-based augmented-reality environmental-science curriculum/game developed by Squire and colleagues for students to investigate environmental mysteries and construct scientific arguments.
status	review
product_kind	curriculum
generated	by process:settle-candidates on 2026-10-15
trust	unverified — no one has confirmed this page's content

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