South Carolina Students Learning About Life Science Careers, Lining Up to Win Prizes

GREENVILLE, S.C. - Nov. 2, 2022 - PRLog -- In response to an unprecedented initiative rolling out across the Palmetto State, tens of thousands of South Carolina middle and high school students are learning about the state's fastest-growing industry – life sciences – even as they play an exciting new mobile video game and compete to win great prizes.

SCBIO (https://www.scbio.org/) and its partner Skillionaire Games^TM (https://skillsgapp.com/games/) strategized about ways to develop a next generation workforce pipeline by creating and stimulating tomorrow's workforce. They chose Rad Lab, a rewarding mobile game that middle and high schoolers love to play. Whether at home, on the bus, in rural regions or inner cities, the more students play, the more they learn, and the more it pays off for them in attaining higher point levels and a chance to win prizes.

The result has been phenomenal in the early going.

After initial beta testing with a few hundred students, SCBIO and Skillionaire Games^tm launched Rad Lab (https://www.scbio.org/programs/community-education/) this fall, rolling it out in regions across the state, much to the delight of students.

Collaborating with partner schools across the state and promoting the gaming app at student Career Fairs and Expos, early results show more than 25,000 students reached in 14 counties across the state – and the main promotional schedule is yet to begin in November and early Spring 2023. Already, organizers have visited STEM events and student career gatherings in Piedmont, Anderson, Greenwood, Columbia, Laurens, Newberry, Charleston, and more communities, with dozens of events still on the schedule for the 2022-2023 school year.

The game provides organizers with trackable geographic data and customizable incentives based on a player's location, performance and proficiencies as they compete to gain ever-higher levels of skill in various STEM-based life science areas.

With states, regions and industry all seeking the same thing – a qualified workforce pipeline extending into the future – the Rad Lab initiative transforms skills development and career pathway exploration into mobile gaming technology. It revolutionizes how the next generation engages in and views skills-based careers at an early age and encourages their consideration of life sciences as a career path.

November kicks off the program's introductory "Who Wants to be a Skillionaire?" Rad Lab Prize Month with weekly prizes being announced each week to students who have downloaded and played the game. Prizes will be awarded to students at various levels of participation and accomplishment, and include Apple Air pods, iPads, Xboxes, Nintendo Switches, and much more. There is no cost to download the app or to participate in any of the programs.

For information on SCBIO, visit https://www.scbio.org/.