Assignment: Force of External Fields 8.PS.1 Assignment

Created by Stephen D on

9 activities: 9 games

145 min

Activity 1: Question Game. Estimated duration: 12 min

Nervous Apple (Mid)

Help this apple defy gravity. Instead of falling from trees, this apple needs your help jumping across platforms. Hop from column to column while collecting coins. You will occasionally land on a special column where you need to answer questions related to gravity. If you fall, you'll have the chance to answer questions and keep going! Can you get the apple to the party?

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (70) 4.2 stars.

Student Ratings (11415) 3.4 stars.

Activity 2: Question Game. Estimated duration: 12 min

Nervous Apple (Mid)

Help this apple defy gravity. Instead of falling from trees, this apple needs your help jumping across platforms. Hop from column to column while collecting coins. You will occasionally land on a special column where you need to answer questions related to gravity. If you fall, you'll have the chance to answer questions and keep going! Can you get the apple to the party?

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (70) 4.2 stars.

Student Ratings (11415) 3.4 stars.

Activity 3: Question Game. Estimated duration: 13 min

Magnetic Getaway

Help the magnet escape from the knights! To do this, you need to collect knowledge, keys, and coins to unlock the doors that holds you hostage. You will learn about electromagnetic forces and magnets before you enter your maze. In the maze, your first step is to find batteries for your flashlight so that you can see!

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (126) 4.2 stars.

Student Ratings (29928) 3.6 stars.

Activity 4: Question Game. Estimated duration: 12 min

The Force Escapes

Help your character escape! In this game, you are a spaceman super hero and must travel to collect supplies so that you can open a door. You must collect three batteries so that you can light your flashlight. Once you've lit your flashlight, you will be able to find the key to the door to reach the next level. You'll answer questions about forces and force fields along the way.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (34) 4.3 stars.

Student Ratings (12679) 3.7 stars.

Activity 5: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 10 min

Gravitron 5000 (Mid)

In this game, you will learn about the force of gravity and its role in the solar system. Your mission is to protect the Earth from incoming asteroids. You will receive intel that will alert you of new strategies and provide you with tidbits of new information. While manning the space shuttle, you will have to correctly answer questions about gravity. Correct answers will upgrade your spacecraft so that you can better protect our planet.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (89) 4.0 stars.

Student Ratings (34975) 3.6 stars.

Activity 6: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 16 min

Star Mission

A learning game to teach what gravitational force is and how it works.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (4) 4.0 stars.

Student Ratings (1496) 2.9 stars.

Activity 7: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 29 min

Force Fields!

In this game, you will use a planet's force field to send asteroids into a different direction. After practice, you will do the same with magnets. The goal is to get your asteroid or marble into the hole. You must use knowledge of force and magnitude to guide your marble around obstacles and to the hole.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (44) 3.8 stars.

Student Ratings (7835) 3.5 stars.

Activity 8: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 16 min

Star Mission

A learning game to teach what gravitational force is and how it works.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (4) 4.0 stars.

Student Ratings (1496) 2.9 stars.

Activity 9: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 25 min

Magnet Maze

Play as a scientist who uses their tool to move objects around with magnetic forces in order to solve puzzles

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (24) 3.8 stars.

Student Ratings (8692) 3.7 stars.