Assignment: Earth Features and the Processes that Change It 3.3.7.A1 Assignment

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5 activities: 5 games

82 min

Activity 1: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 24 min

Super Gnomatic Rock Cycler

Go on a deep underground adventure with a gnome to learn about the rock cycle, and its three main groups: igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic.

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Teacher Ratings (171) 4.1 stars.

Student Ratings (41829) 3.7 stars.

Activity 2: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 19 min

Benit The Explorer

Explore a colorful mysterious island and complete challenges around it. Discover different rock types and experiment with them using a portable lab! Hint: Benit is an abbreviation of Benitoite, a rare blue metamorphic rock, found in hydrothermally altered serpentinite. It forms in low temperature, high pressure environments typical of subduction zones at convergent plate boundaries.

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Teacher Ratings (7) 3.3 stars.

Student Ratings (768) 3.1 stars.

Activity 3: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 25 min

The Stones Fest

Your rock band has been kidnapped by Lord Borem who wants to steal your mates talent to become the best guitarist on Earth. Help Marble, the guitarist, to rescue his friends using your rock cycle knowledge. This game features a full story and a practice mode. In story mode, your students will go over a complete lesson about rock formation and geological processes. You'll rescue your friends by creating rocks of each type, collect all the patches for your vest, and defeat Lord Borem in an epic rock cycle knowledge battle. The practice mode offers a summary of the same rock cycle topics in a shorter gameplay -- it's perfect to prepare your students before an assessment.

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Teacher Ratings (8) 3.1 stars.

Student Ratings (4117) 3.7 stars.

Activity 4: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 7 min

Cycling of Matter and Energy on Earth (Mid)

Learn about matter cycles and energy flow in this illustrated walkthrough. You will learn about how Earth's four spheres interact with each other, and you will help maintain Earth's energy balance between its four spheres. You will use arrows to move clouds that will either absorb the sun's rays or let them pass and warm the Earth.

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Teacher Ratings (115) 4.0 stars.

Student Ratings (37390) 3.4 stars.

Activity 5: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 7 min

Cycling of Matter and Energy on Earth (Mid)

Learn about matter cycles and energy flow in this illustrated walkthrough. You will learn about how Earth's four spheres interact with each other, and you will help maintain Earth's energy balance between its four spheres. You will use arrows to move clouds that will either absorb the sun's rays or let them pass and warm the Earth.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (115) 4.0 stars.

Student Ratings (37390) 3.4 stars.