Assignment: Gravity and the Birth of our Solar System MS-ESS1.B-3 Assignment

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5 activities: 5 games

59 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.

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Teacher Ratings (52) 3.9 stars.

Student Ratings (10026) 3.4 stars.

Activity 2: 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.

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Teacher Ratings (200) 4.3 stars.

Student Ratings (138625) 3.8 stars.

Activity 3: Question Game. Estimated duration: 5 min

Solar Nebula

In this game, you begin by using the arrow keys to manipulate a dust cloud in space. You will try to run into smaller masses so that you can gain mass and move through the stages of solar system formation. As mass is gained to complete each stage of formation, you can earn additional points by correctly answering relevant multiple choice questions.

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Teacher Ratings (84) 4.2 stars.

Student Ratings (15083) 4.1 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!

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Teacher Ratings (51) 3.7 stars.

Student Ratings (16220) 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.

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Teacher Ratings (395) 4.4 stars.

Student Ratings (92019) 4.0 stars.