GoldieBlox and Discovery Education are teaming up to launch Maker High, a Roblox experience and resource for educators to teach chemistry in middle and high school classrooms.
In Maker High, kids can learn through Chem Lab Escape, a virtual escape room set in a lab where high school students explore core concepts of chemistry. Different challenges include combining elements and solutions to create chemical reactions and adding and removing heat energy to water to navigate an obstacle course.
GoldieBlox has over a decades worth of experience making STEM fun and inclusive, especially for girls who have been traditionally excluded from STEM fields, says Debbie Sterling, CEO and Founder of GoldieBlox. Maker High empowers students to understand and master STEM concepts. Maker High makes learning fun by meeting students where they already are: on Roblox. Every detail of these resources is thoughtfully designed to strike that hard-to-reach balance of entertainment and academic rigor, all while delivering the learning content in an accessible, inclusive way.
Maker High is also supplemented by student-driven activities and investigations that comply with Next Generation Science Standards and help teachers educate kids on particle motion and types of chemical reactions.
Research shows that game-based learning proves an effective teaching tool in an educators toolbox, says Amy Nakamoto, General Manager of Social Impact at Discovery Education.
Downloadable lesson plans inspired by Maker High will be available at makerhigh.discoveryeducation.com to go with the new game.
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GoldieBlox and Discovery Education Combine 'Roblox' with Chemistry Class - The Toy Book
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