Assignment: Positioning and Relationships between the Sun, Earth, and Moon SC.8.E.5.9 Assignment

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4 activities: 4 games

41 min

Activity 1: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 5 min

Science Fair: Patterns of Motion (Mid)

You will help a fellow student create a science project about how the Earth, moon, and sun move around each other. You will help the student design his model, learn the cause of the seasons, and identify different types of solar and lunar eclipses. This game might help you create your next science fair project or just help you visualize how the Earth, moon, and sun interact.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (72) 4.1 stars.

Student Ratings (27430) 3.4 stars.

Activity 2: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 7 min

Science Fair: Eclipse and Seasons (Mid)

You will have the extraordinary power to move the skies in this game! Manipulate the Earth and moon positions to clearly demonstrate the seasons and eclipses. Move the Earth to show positions of winter, summer, spring and fall in both the northern and southern hemispheres. The second screens allow you to move the Moon and determine lunar positions for a full or a partial lunar and solar eclipse.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (128) 4.2 stars.

Student Ratings (40499) 3.4 stars.

Activity 3: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 6 min

Patterns of Apparent Motion (Mid)

Take a journey into space and learn how the motion of the Earth impacts our seasons, the way we see the moon, and how we measure time. You will begin this game in the learning phase, where you will watch different simulations of the Earth in space. In the mastering phase, you can manipulate the simulation to achieve different seasons and moon phases.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (285) 4.2 stars.

Student Ratings (78470) 3.5 stars.

Activity 4: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 23 min

Moon Quest: A Moon Exploration Platformer Game

In this game, you will travel to the moon to gather important information to take back to Earth. Once you've landed on the moon, you will explore dangerous terrain to collect lunar pieces and other clues. After each level, you will get back into your spaceship to travel to a new spot and learn even more. You'll have to complete eight levels of the game to win!

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (93) 3.9 stars.

Student Ratings (12341) 3.7 stars.