Key points:
- Immersive learning experiences are highly engaging and give students another way to grasp key STEM concepts
- Roblox and Project Lead The Way are offering 3D immersive learning with a new STEM experience
- See related article: Are you teaching with Roblox? You should be
Immersive learning experiences are all the rage, and for good reason—they engage students and help make challenging concepts–particularly STEM concepts–a bit easier to learn thanks to they way they are presented.
Pathogen Patrol, a new 3D immersive learning experience from Project Lead The Way, brings important STEM learning content to life. These learning experiences give students another way to learn educational concepts, such as space exploration or different processes in the human body, which are typically challenging to teach with traditional methods.
An added bonus? Pathogen Patrol is available on Roblox.
The experience was developed with support from the Roblox Community Fund, which offers investments, grants, and advances to exceptional education organizations and developers to help them create free, curriculum-based educational experiences on Roblox for immersive and collaborative learning, including for underserved communities. The initiative is part of Roblox Education’s goal to engage 100 million students in high-quality learning on Roblox by 2030. Pathogen Patrol was created by instructional developers at PLTW and brought to life on Roblox through the creative minds at Tipping Point Media.
In Pathogen Patrol, students and users are transported into the body of a sick patient to help defend their patient against invading pathogens. Students take on the roles of five different white blood cells, discovering each cell’s unique abilities. They collaborate as a team and learn how the cells function together to protect the health of the host. Through fun and collaborative gameplay, students gain a deep and enduring understanding of the human body and its response to infection. Pathogen Patrol™ aims to spark students’ interest in learning and engage audiences who might not typically identify with STEM.
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