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Europa Prime: A STEM-based Virtual Reality Game<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In a futuristic space station on Europa, an icy moon of Jupiter, players are tasked with completing STEM-based puzzles, fixing the station, and communicating with the alien life found in the moon\u2019s subsurface ocean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Play now! Give us feedback! Have fun, learn, and explore!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Europa Prime<\/em> Website<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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With funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) as part of the UniVRsal Access<\/a> project, EdGE collaborated with Landmark College<\/a>, MXTreality<\/a>, and other partners to design, develop, and research the STEM-based virtual reality (VR) game Europa Prime<\/a><\/em>, as well as a wealth of related digital assets and education materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

STEM in Europa Prime<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Europa Prime<\/em> is a STEM-based game, but it contains a lot of science fiction elements. Many of those sci-fi elements were designed by extrapolating and speculating based on what is known and\/or what there is evidence to suggest, but they are still science fiction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no base station on Europa, and Minos don\u2019t exist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most sophisticated mission to Europa is the Europa Clipper, a flyby mission \u2014 no landing on Europa, let alone building anything there \u2014 launched in October 2024 and not scheduled to arrive until 2030!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earth is the only place in the entire universe known to have life. Europa is a strong candidate for the possibility of life beyond Earth, but we\u2019re still only at the stage of studying whether it has the conditions necessary for life. Scientists speculate about possible life there, including the possibility of cephalopod-like life forms, but for now, we don\u2019t know if there is any life there, let alone anything about such life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To explore the science in the game, use the interactive ThingLink below, do your own checking, and consider:<\/p>\n\n\n\n