Beta testers sought for Find Tahoe Tessie app

After over a year of planning and development, the Tahoe Environmental Research Center's (TERC) new Find Tahoe Tessie app is almost ready to debut! But before launching a wide-scale promotion for Find Tahoe Tessie they are looking for people to help in the final stages of formative evaluation.

Find Tahoe Tessie is a new app developed by UC Davis TERC and partners to educate players about the effects of climate change on Lake Tahoe's aquatic ecosystem. The result is a series of interactive games, videos, and quizzes in which players use scientific reasoning to deduce how climate change affects Lake Tahoe's temperature, clarity, dissolved oxygen, and algae concentration — and how all these changes impact aquatic organisms. Find Tahoe Tessie not only teaches people about the effects of climate change on Lake Tahoe’s famously pristine ecosystem but also lets them snap a photo with an adorable sea monster.

Now that the app is released to the public, TERC is welcoming players to download Find Tahoe Tessie and provide feedback for the next version. You can help them by providing feedback in three easy steps:

(1) Download the app to your phone or tablet (simply search "Find Tahoe Tessie" in the app store or Google Play store, or use the links below):
Download it from the Apple App Store
Get it on the Google Play Store

(2) Play through the game and pay attention to any technical challenges or difficulties you encounter.

(3) After you've completed the game, submit your feedback in this Google Form.

We hope you enjoy meeting Tahoe Tessie and learning about the changes to Lake Tahoe's aquatic ecosystem as you play Find Tahoe Tessie. If you'd like to learn more, visit the Find Tahoe Tessie webpage.