Assignment: Rock Formation 8.ESS2.3 Assignment

Created by Samantha S on

6 activities: 6 games

88 min

Activity 1: Question Game. Estimated duration: 16 min

Energy Bubble (Mid)

Oh no! Can you save the monkey? In this game, you will learn about energy. You have to balance your gaming skills with content knowledge skills. To progress, you need to throw balls up in the air to remove the balls blocking the coins. If you hit three colors in a row, you will get the coins you need to free the monkey. Good luck!

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Teacher Ratings (47) 4.4 stars.

Student Ratings (12734) 3.8 stars.

Activity 2: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 5 min

Changes Of Earth (Mid)

You will match pictures to definitions of Earth's processes. Many processes change the size and shape of the Earth's structures. In this game, you will identify which card represents the answer to each of fifteen questions. You will be given three cards with picture to choose from and you will have to match a scenario to those cards. Choose wisely. You only have four lives in the game.

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Teacher Ratings (60) 3.7 stars.

Student Ratings (23594) 3.5 stars.

Activity 3: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 17 min

Lisa's Time Travel

Ms. Lisa a young explorer on a journey to learn about rocks! She travels with her time machine to unlock the secrets of the past. She experiments on rocks' properties and shares her findings. This game is an adventurous travel through time. Will you join her as a rock explorer?

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Teacher Ratings (115) 3.7 stars.

Student Ratings (30520) 3.5 stars.

Activity 4: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 24 min

Super Gnomatic Rock Cycler

Go on a deep underground adventure with a gnome to learn about the rock cycle, and its three main groups: igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic.

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Teacher Ratings (180) 4.1 stars.

Student Ratings (44450) 3.7 stars.

Activity 5: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 6 min

Memoria: Weathering and Erosion

This game is a geologically themed memory matching game. You will try to find matching pairs in a group of cards. After each match that you make in the game, you are given a different fact about the geological process of erosion and weathering. In between levels, you can use some of the points that you gathered to purchase power-ups for the next level.

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Teacher Ratings (111) 3.7 stars.

Student Ratings (51485) 3.7 stars.

Activity 6: 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.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (539) 4.4 stars.

Student Ratings (284842) 3.9 stars.