Universidade Federal do Rio Grande

Abstract—With the technological advancement and the level of immersion that technology represents in our lives, new teaching methodologies must be developed. The use of serious games in education gains more space among researchers and educators, because of their immersive and playful power, facilitating the cognition of basic and advanced concepts. In this context, the focus of this paper is the development of an educational serious game to be used with high school and first years undergraduate students. It deals with elementary topics on modeling, operation and maintenance of industrial plants. Keywords-serious games; industrial plants: modelin