#  Summer Science Week: Island Hopping: Evolutionary Game Design 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **August 4, 2025** 

 09:30AM - 12:00PM EDT 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Harvard Museum of Natural History**  

 [26 Oxford Street  
Cambridge, MA 02138  
United States



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 ![A stock photo of an island.](/sites/g/files/omnuum4986/files/2025-03/AdobeStock_272201854_island%20copy.png)

 

**Monday, August 4th through Friday, August 8th**

Time: 9:30 am–12:00 pm

*For children entering grades 6–8*

Have you ever wondered where islands come from or how plants, animals, and fungi get to a new island once it has formed? It might be easy to imagine how a bird or a floating coconut could make their way to a faraway island, but what about a spider or a deer? Join us for a week of island exploration where we'll use tools from science and game design to think deeply about the forces that shape island biodiversity. In this program we will use microscopes to investigate micro structures that help plants and animals survive in the open ocean, design our own islands with thriving ecosystems, and put it all together by creating a board game that models the fascinating dynamics of island biogeography.

[Register](https://reservations.hmsc.harvard.edu/Info.aspx?EventID=10)

$210 members/$235 nonmembers.

Advance registration required.



 

 



 

 See also:- [ Summer Science Weeks ](/programs-audience/summer-science-weeks)
 
 

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