National STEM Video Game Challenge 2013
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Inspired by the Educate to Innovate Campaign, President Obama’s initiative to promote a renewed focus on STEM education, the National STEM Video Game Challenge is a multi-year competition whose goal is to motivate interest in STEM learning among America’s youth by tapping into students’ natural passion for playing and making video games.
CALLING ALL TEACHERS with STUDENT GAMERS! ENCOURAGE your students to ENTER THE CHALLENGE!
BrainPOP is once again a proud outreach partner for the challenge and our site is a terrific starting place for you to prepare your students to participate. Use our STEM Spotlight to introduce key concepts that might inspire your students as entry points for developing game content. In addition, check out GameUp for examples of STEM-based educational games and begin thinking about turning content knowledge into games. We’ve got lesson plans to help get you up and running, or listen to a webinar and read our blog posts that can help you consider the best ways to bring game design into your classroom.
