Assignment: Our Solar System S6E1.c Assignment

Created by Lavonne M on

8 activities: 8 games

115 min

Activity 1: Question Game. Estimated duration: 8 min

Solar Timeline

Build a solar system! In this game, you are guided through a lesson describing the formation of the solar system. Collect the necessary atoms for the collapse of the solar nebula, land your ship by entering the gravitational field of a planet, and place the steps of galaxy formation in order. Earn extra lives in each game by correctly answering content relevant questions correctly.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (52) 3.9 stars.

Student Ratings (10097) 3.4 stars.

Activity 2: Question Game. Estimated duration: 13 min

Around and Around

Travel around the solar system in this game. Using gravity to propel you from one planet to another, hop from planet to planet by answering questions about solar system bodies like the sun, moons, and asteroids. However, if you don't judge gravity correctly, you may miss the next planet! Alas, you can answer questions correctly to get back on track.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (127) 3.8 stars.

Student Ratings (26341) 3.7 stars.

Activity 3: Question Game. Estimated duration: 20 min

Educagent

You are tasked with infiltrating the headquarters of a corrupt corporation. You must make it to the mainframe computer on the top floor to collect evidence for an investigation.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (215) 4.2 stars.

Student Ratings (153241) 3.8 stars.

Activity 4: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 13 min

Explore: My Space Ride (Mid)

Climb aboard, space explorers! It's time to take a journey through our solar system. Use the arrow keys to control the spaceship as you maneuver through space. You'll ride right by the sun and all our planets. Your space adventure will reach you about the formation of our solar system from beginning to end. Keep a steady path but avoid the asteroids as they will cause you to lose points!

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (51) 3.7 stars.

Student Ratings (16259) 3.4 stars.

Activity 5: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 13 min

Gravity and the Birth of Our Solar System

In this game, you will go on a time travel journey from the formation of our solar system all the way into the distant future up until death of our sun. You will learn how the solar system began to form, how the sun and the planets formed, and how the sun will eventually die. Along the way, you will play mini-games to simulate different stages of the process.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (409) 4.4 stars.

Student Ratings (101965) 4.0 stars.

Activity 6: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 13 min

Stellar Robots - Amazing Space Adventure

Choose your favorite Stellar Robot and go through the Solar System in a fascinating and fun adventure. Each planet requires you to recognize and collect its main features while dodging the wrong ones and turning dangerous asteroids into stardust with your laser ray. Don't forget to also recycle space junk with your special beam. Action, learning, and lots of fun! Are you Stellar enough to save the entire Solar System?

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (18) 4.3 stars.

Student Ratings (3907) 3.2 stars.

Activity 7: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 22 min

Otto Visits Our Solar System

OTTO is an alien teacher and explorer. He comes from a galaxy far far away in his school bus spaceship to share knowledge that he discovered in our solar system.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (5) 3.6 stars.

Student Ratings (4118) 3.4 stars.

Activity 8: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 13 min

Ms. Rose and Our Solar System! (Mid)

A narrator, Ms. Rose, teaches about the solar system through a collection of interactive puzzles. You will play several mini-games to explore the solar system and methods of space exploration. There are several components including putting together a telescope, matching dwarf planets, exploring gravity and Earth's orbit, identifying man-made space craft, and putting planets in the correct place in relation to the sun.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (88) 3.7 stars.

Student Ratings (33450) 3.5 stars.