Project Title

Adventure Fantasy STEM TRPG

Project Description

Can we use roleplay gaming experiences to change students’ self-reported identity concept in relation to STEM professions? Students will solve problems set in an imaginary environment using characters that they generate based on jobs in the STEM field

Learning Objectives

• Collaboration and Leadership– Inclusion 
• Innovation and Problem Solving– Creative Expression, Inquiry Processes, Reflection
• Personal Agency– Personal Development
• Sense of Community– Social and Global Actions, Community Development

Driving Question

How can students use the role or STEM career they have chosen to solve problems (social, environmental, chemical etc.)  and address situations dealt to them through a series of sessions of the tabletop roleplaying game Dungeons and Dragons, modified with a STEM twist.

Grade Levels

• 6th