• Dr. Ritesh Kumar Jain
• Garvita Mangrora
• Titiksha Sharma
• Chinmay Singhvi

It is essential to encourage scientific understanding of water resources. However, how to achieve this for different objects needs to be researched further. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to analyze the impact of game-based teaching on elementary school students’ learning satisfaction in water resources science applications. Groundwater is one of the most challenging common pool resources to govern, resulting in resource depletion in many areas. We present an innovative use of collective action games to not only measure propensity for cooperation, but to improve local understanding of groundwater interrelationships and stimulate collective governance of groundwater, based on a pilot study in Andhra Pradesh , India. The games simulate crop choice and consequences for the aquifer. These were followed by a community debriefing, which provided an entry point for discussing the interconnection of groundwater use, to affect mental models about groundwater. A slightly modified game was played in the same communities, one year later. Our study finds communication within the game increases the likelihood of groups reaching sustainable extraction levels in the second year of play, but not the first. Individual payments to participants based on how they played in the game had no effect on crop choice. Either repeated experience with the games or the revised structure of the game evoked more cooperation in the second year, outweighing other factors influencing behavior, such as education, gender, and trust index scores. After the games were played, a significantly higher proportion of communities adopted water registers and rules to govern groundwater, compared to other communities in the same NGO water commons program.

Game-Based Learning for Groundwater Conservation: Enhancing Student Engagement and Sustainable Practices

"Game-Based Learning for Groundwater Conservation: Enhancing Student Engagement and Sustainable Practices", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.12, Issue 6, page no.494-501, June-2025, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRGW06081.pdf

"Game-Based Learning for Groundwater Conservation: Enhancing Student Engagement and Sustainable Practices", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.12, Issue 6, page no. pp494-501, June-2025, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRGW06081.pdf