Assignment: 4th Grade--Natural Resources

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6 activities: 6 games

80 min

Activity 1: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 11 min

RESOURCE

Move around the globe consuming renewable and non-renewable resources to reach a goal, but be careful to not make a significant, harmful impact on the environment!

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Teacher Ratings (89) 3.5 stars.

Student Ratings (20130) 3.9 stars.

Activity 2: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 16 min

Wealthy City

Building cities is hard work! In this game, you will collect natural resources to help build a city -- but not all resources replenish at the same rate. You'll need to manage your resources wisely in order to have enough. Learn about renewable and nonrenewable resources and prove your knowledge on quizzes after each level. Can you help this city be successful?

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Teacher Ratings (74) 3.9 stars.

Student Ratings (32882) 4.1 stars.

Activity 3: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 15 min

Popo's Power Park

Help Popo turn on all of the electronic devices in his home by activating five power plants (wind power plant, coal power plant, nuclear power plant, water power plant, and solar power plant). Players need to explore a forest, cave, and lake to get to the power plant. Players also need to collect natural resources on the way to the power plant to get coins for installation costs.

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Teacher Ratings (16) 4.3 stars.

Student Ratings (13632) 3.9 stars.

Activity 4: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 15 min

Dig and Craft

Dig through the underground and find natural resources to build useful things for daily life.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (32) 4.3 stars.

Student Ratings (26925) 4.1 stars.

Activity 5: Simulation Game. Estimated duration: 10 min

Waves Intro - Sound

Make sound waves with a speaker, and hear the tone it produces. Adjust the frequency and amplitude, and observe the changes in the wave. Design experiments to measure wavelength and wave speed. Note: Students will automatically move through this simulation after 10 minutes of playtime.

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Teacher Ratings (44) 4.0 stars.

Student Ratings (24347) 3.5 stars.

Activity 6: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 13 min

Wave Master

A fun puzzle game where you must match a target wave by tweaking the properties of your waves. You manipulate the wavelength, amplitude, and phase of your waves with knobs and sliders. Playing with the wave properties and immediately see the result encourages intuitive hands-on understanding!

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Teacher Ratings (134) 4.1 stars.

Student Ratings (27204) 3.7 stars.