Assignment: Kinetic Energy

Created by Trevor C on

5 activities: 5 games

51 min

Activity 1: Question Game. Estimated duration: 10 min

Kinetic Aim

It's time to take a step at learning about kinetic energy, literally! Use your squirt soaker to aim at the flying objects that will cross your screen. Some of the objects that you hit will provide you with facts. You will see other objects that will give you questions to answer that will boost your score. As the levels advance, the objects will move more quickly! Good luck!

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (92) 4.0 stars.

Student Ratings (18589) 3.5 stars.

Activity 2: Question Game. Estimated duration: 15 min

Kinetic Combat (Mid)

Can you save the Universe? You'll need a lot of energy to do so! When you play this game, you will learn about kinetic energy. You will use your knowledge and your ability to dodge obstacles to defeat the invaders. Collect as many points as you can and move through the levels as you learn about motion and kinetic energy.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (180) 4.2 stars.

Student Ratings (27216) 3.7 stars.

Activity 3: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 10 min

Collision

This game starts with a short tutorial about kinetic energy. Once you go into the control room for asteroid destruction, you have to click the incoming asteroids to determine the mass and velocity of the rocket you will launch to destroy it. Make good decisions with your calculations, because you're also on a budget! The less money you spend helps you gain more points on the scoreboard.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (39) 3.6 stars.

Student Ratings (8499) 3.4 stars.

Activity 4: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 5 min

Blueprint Bash: Kinetic Energy

You will solve "blueprints," or word problems, centered around the equation for kinetic energy. The questions have a diagram illustrating the problem that you need to solve. You will have to solve for mass, velocity, or kinetic energy. You will earn points for every question you answer correctly, and when you finish each question you'll see an animation of what happened in the problem.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (31) 3.8 stars.

Student Ratings (6545) 2.7 stars.

Activity 5: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 11 min

Mr. Genius Kinetic Energy

You've got the best teacher around to teach you about kinetic energy. Professor Genius's science class is going to take you through a series of visualizations to help explain kinetic energy and its relationship to mass and velocity. You will learn about the various forms of kinetic energy and see how each type of kinetic energy is applied.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (97) 4.0 stars.

Student Ratings (32036) 3.6 stars.