Imagining Your Game

Who am I designing it for:
I'm designing it for all ages to play, but mainly for middle school kids because I feel that they will learn most from what I plan on putting in my game.
What will my game teach about the topic:
My game will teach about Ancient Greek mythology and ancient architectural sites that have Greek God and Goddess stories behind them.
Where does my game happen: 
The setting should take place in Ancient Greece back when the Earth was just created and new and it will add to the learning experience by putting the player where it all started, In Ancient Greece.
How does my game teach the player about the topic:
It teaches the player about my topic by using many different resources and comparing them and then adding them to the ancient architecture in Greece.
What happens in the game helps the player better understand more about this topic:
 By making it easy enough to understand while puzzling their mind. The player could use the information in the game if they have to write a paper about Greek mythology and they need some more information about their topic. Also if the player is studying ancient architecture from Greece, this would be a good resource.
Why is the game a better way of understanding the topic then a quiz:
The game is a better way because the fact that it's not pressuring you to get the RIGHT answer, but to learn about these topics in a fun way, with color and animation along with unique drawings of all the ancient Greek architectural sites. Or at least most of them.

Playing to Learn

From the games I played, I learned that some genres are hard to work an educational game around. Like Racing: It's complicated to incorporate education into a racing game because it's difficult to put information about Science or History in besides just facts. The game that stood out to me and have always stood out to me, were advanced graphics and the fact that their art looks so realistic. I would like to learn how to do this and be original when drawing in Flash.
What would be the best genre to incorporate Greek Mythology in?

Choosing a Topic

I chose Greek mythology because, I feel that there aren't too many games about this topic. Plus it's fun to learn about the Gods that so many people in Greece believed in and some even that believe in them now. Some of the most famous architectures in Greece are God influenced, such as the Parthenon in Athens. I feel that it's important to know about this history because so many of our words come from Greek roots. Such as Arachnophobia, Arachnid: meaning spider and Phobia: meaning fear of. This is why I chose this Topic.
I got my Information from In2Greece, Ancient Greece, and Wikipedia's Greek Architecture 

Emperor Penguins in Antarctica

   What challenges do the penguins have to overcome?

They have to overcome predators in their habitat, such as seals and even the freezing temperatures are a predator. Also going without food for three months at a time because of breeding.

   How does their habitat challenge their livelihood each day?

Their habitat is 70 degrees below 0 and it affects them by the way they have to keep warm, they have to huddle up and stay together so they can give off body heat.

    What adaptions do penguins need in order to survive brutal winters and predators?

They need to be able to adapt to temperature decreasing, so they stay together in a tight pack and give off body heat. Also they are very fast swimmers and they are able to out swim seals, which are their main predator.

     Why is there a period of time in which there is practically no sunlight? How does this affect the climate?

The reason there is hardly any sunlight is because Antarctica is located in the south pole and the Earth is on a tilt, so while we rotate each day and revolve around the sun at the same time, there is a part of the Earth that will be facing away from the sun every revolution.

  * Why is it important that ground be solid during the months of breeding?

Because in order to keep the egg warm during the winter, the penguin stores it atop his feet and under a thick layer of extra skin and if the ground wasn't solid then the penguin would break through and the egg would freeze in the ice cold water.

   *How could climate change negatively impact the mating ritual of the Emperor  penguin?

It could make it where there would be no firm ice to stand on and keep an egg warm. If there aren't any eggs being hatched then the population of the Emperor Penguin will decrease and soon become extinct.