MOBILE APPLICATION FOR EDUCATING SCHOOL CHILDREN ON THE ENDANGERED SPECIES IN MALAYSIA

Knowledge about endangered species is an urgent knowledge for us human to learn about it for the balance of nature. It is very important to have the knowledge on the endangered species from the very early age to give awareness and prevent species to go on extinction. Identified on a study that students still lack of understanding towards wildlife conservation even more some applications fail to assist and increase children knowledge on the subject they studied. The urgencies of studying about the endangered species also comes from the rate of extinction occurring 1,000 to 10,000 times faster because of human activity. Therefore, this research was made to educate the school children on endangered species with developing a mobile game application. This aims to fill the gap by create visual interface that suitable with the target audience in children education mobile application. Data were collected using quantitative method targeting parents from Malaysia and Indonesia specifically in Shah Alam and Jakarta. A significant percentage of surveyed children lacked prior knowledge or education about endangered species, yet the majority recognized the importance of learning about them and believed that a mobile game could generate greater interest in the topic. The researcher recommends including a pre-game learning section, conducting thorough testing and debugging, and ensuring the absence of bugs and glitches. This study concludes that learning through a mobile game could be more efficient and engaging, fostering awareness among school children about endangered species.

Keywords: Endangered Species, Awareness, Children Education, Mobile Game Application.