KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 9 -- The Influenzer Initiative’s online game VaxHunt: The Quest to Prevent the Next Pandemic, has earned the STEM.org Authenticated™ Educational Product Trustmark.
According to a statement, the Influenzer Initiative, led by the Sabin Vaccine Institute, is engaging creative thinkers from diverse sectors, working to accelerate the development of a universal influenza vaccine.
Students, teachers, and life-long learners can play the online game with confidence that each module has been thoroughly reviewed by STEM.org Educational Research™(SER) and awarded its STEM.org Authenticated™ trustmark.
VaxHunt is an online game featuring trivia and puzzle challenges where players explore the threat and history of influenza pandemics, why we need a vaccine to prevent an influenza pandemic and the challenges of developing influenza vaccines, among others.
Educational resources bearing the STEM.org Authenticated™ trustmark conform to vetted STEM standards, including criteria for support materials, diversity and inclusion, socialisation and communication, imagination and cognition, and STEM careers.
The trustmark assures students, educators, parents, and others that these products will integrate seamlessly into STEM-friendly classrooms and homes; Align to Science, Technology, Engineering, and/or Math standards; support the development of 21st century skills; and engage users through hands-on learning and collaboration.
Introduced in December last year at the annual conference of the European Scientific Working Group on Influenza, VaxHunt also engaged the BioBus New York City Virus Hunters student programme in game development review and testing.
More details at https://www.influenzer.org/vaxhunt.
-- BERNAMA
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