Core Reaction

Teachers

Core Reaction is an engaging, story-based game that lets students explore careers in nuclear energy – while at the same time, practicing and perfecting their understanding of middle school science!

Imagine Education and the EnergySolutions Foundation are currently developing the game, with an anticipated release date of spring 2013. Sign Up today to learn more about the game and to be one of the first to know when it is available!

Core Reaction will compliment a wide range of science curriculum for grades 6 through 8. It‘s unique use of scientific exploration, within a story-based, role-playing game, has been carefully designed to both teach and inspire students!

Core Reaction offers your classroom:

• Free online game play, where students work together to create the energy demanded by a futuristic city.
• Multi-player and single-player game features, so that an entire class, a small study group or a single student can play.
• Easy-to-use assessments to measure student knowledge, along with supplemental activities and resources (provided online).
• Flexible scheduling: Students can play the game once, in one role, in approximately 18 minutes for a comprehensive experience – while having the option to play up to four more times in different roles!
• A fun format, with meaningful results. Research regarding online science games found that students showed significant knowledge gains after as little as 30 minutes of exposure to the game.¹

Educational benchmarks will include:

• An authentic and accurate overview of nuclear energy and the nuclear fuel cycle;
• Science content aligned to National Science Education Standards.

And, it’s a critical career exploration opportunity.

Nuclear energy provides nearly 20% of the nation’s electricity² and 70% of the nation’s zero-emission electricity.³ Core Reaction allows students to understand how nuclear energy is created and the role it plays in our nation’s energy mix.

At the same time, Core Reaction introduces students to a wide range of career opportunities in a growing industry that most students know very little of. Current estimates indicate that the nuclear energy field will need 25,000 more employees by 2015 just to maintain its current workforce.⁴ Core Reaction has the potential to motivate students to pursue STEM careers and spark interest in working in the nuclear energy industry.