What is ChemCaper?

ChemCaper is a role playing adventure game for learning about the basics of chemistry.

It teaches the properties of different elements and their chemical reactions by providing a rich game world and a large number of different challenges which are based on chemistry concepts and the periodic table.

ChemCaper is targeted for students who play a lot of games and it is suitable for after-school use, when students have time to explore the game at their own pace.

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Age Range	5-7, 8-10, 11-13, 14-16
Languages	English
ChemCaper Pricing Pricing Plans One-Off Fee ChemCaper pricing starts from £14.99 / one-off

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Pedagogy

Certified by Education Alliance Finland

EAF Evaluation is an academically-backed approach to evaluating the pedagogical design of a product. EAF evaluators assess the product using criteria that covers the most essential pedagogical aspects in the learning experience.

Passive

Active

Familiarizing with the properties of elements happens as a natural part of the game play and the players adopt new information with a “learning by doing” method.

Rehearse

Construct

All game tasks are built around chemistry concepts. The Chempendium feature links the game world and real life chemistry phenomenons.

Linear

Non-linear/Creative

The game world and the amount of challenges is wide. Users have a lot of freedom to explore the game world at their own pace and learn through exploration.

Individual

Collaborative

ChemCaper is a single player game where the user can make all decisions independently.

Learning goals

Certified by Education Alliance Finland

The supported learning goals are identified by mapping the product against the selected reference curriculum and soft skills definitions most relevant for the 21st century.

Learning to acquire, modify and produce information in different forms
Using technology resources for problem solving
Learning to find the joy of learning and new challenges
Practicing persistent working
Practicing to use imagination and to be innovative
Creating requirements for creative thinking
Developing problem solving skills
Practicing to look things from different perspectives
Familiarizing with chemistry terminology and apparatus
Learning to face failures and disappointments

Learning to combine information to find new innovations

Learning to build information on top of previously learned

Practicing to notice causal connections

Understanding properties of elements

Remembering chemical symbols and formulae for elements and compounds

Practicing to observe chemical reactions through experiments

Understanding particulate nature of matter

Practicing scientific thinking: collecting, evaluating, analysing and applying information

Exploring and explaining properties of chemical substances that surround us

Practicing to understand and explain chemistry phenomenons in nature

Understanding the meaning of chemistry in sustainability

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