Assignment: Conductors and Insulators of Thermal and Electrical Energy 4.6b Assignment

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4 activities: 4 games

51 min

Activity 1: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 9 min

Hazard Watch

Welcome to the National Hazard Network. It's your job to help scientists evaluate weather data and determine what hazard warning should be in place for each area. You will read descriptions about current weather readings and assess which natural disaster might occur and to what level of intensity. If you need help, look at the lexicon to describe the types of natural hazards for you.

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Teacher Ratings (46) 3.8 stars.

Student Ratings (12731) 3.1 stars.

Activity 2: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 9 min

Temple of Light

Do you dare to enter the Temple of Light? The crystal in the temple must be displayed in a museum because it is so rare. You are the only one who can retrieve it. Are you up to the challenge? As you search the levels of the temple for the crystal you will learn so much about the properties of light. Search the temple well and you will achieve a high score.

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Teacher Ratings (108) 4.3 stars.

Student Ratings (38671) 3.9 stars.

Activity 3: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 13 min

Flow of thermal energy (Mid)

You are a young engineer in a lab, and it is your day to learn about thermal energy. Each level imparts a new task related to heat transfer. Most of the tasks require you to heat up different materials like bricks, aluminum or plastics and measure or watch the change in temperature of each. You will try out fifteen different experiments to understand thermal energy.

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Teacher Ratings (165) 4.3 stars.

Student Ratings (53069) 3.6 stars.

Activity 4: Question Game. Estimated duration: 20 min

Galaxy Escape

10 Bright Monsters have been captured in space and they need your help to cross the galaxy jumping between platforms, finding them, and releasing them by correctly answering each question. Each monster that you release and unlock will be available to play with in the next level, in the search for the next monster. In your journey, you’ll be able to find power-ups, like ‘Double points’ and ‘Slow down’, which can be activated by finding gems, and their duration can be extended by correctly answering a question. Unlock and release the 10 different monsters and a spaceship along 10 different levels, while you make the most possible points.

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Teacher Ratings (543) 4.4 stars.

Student Ratings (285989) 3.9 stars.