Assignment: Reflection, Absorption, and Transmission of Light MS-PS4.B-1 Assignment

Created by Melissa B on

9 activities: 9 games

118 min

Activity 1: Question Game. Estimated duration: 16 min

Sound Victory (Mid)

Get ready to go to battle! After learning information about sound waves, you will control your spaceship to do battle and destroy the obstacles that come your way and threaten the universe. You must answer questions to earn bonus points and get more flying time in your space ship. Your understanding of sound waves and how they travel through different media will help you master each level.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (39) 4.1 stars.

Student Ratings (6861) 3.6 stars.

Activity 2: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 6 min

Eureka - Resounding Wave

You will start this game by looking for hidden objects in a picture. As each object is found, you will read information about sound waves and play a mini-game. The mini-games include matching and multiple choice questions. If you are successful in the mini-games, you will earn puzzle pieces that you will use at the end of the game to complete a picture.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (55) 3.7 stars.

Student Ratings (13708) 3.8 stars.

Activity 3: Question Game. Estimated duration: 24 min

Refraction Playground

Get in the lab! What is the difference between refraction and reflection? Find out by comparing the differences in action. The virtual lab will teach you about the difference between reflection and refraction. It will then allow you to virtually try using reflection and refraction to complete different tasks to advance to the next level of the lab.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (30) 4.2 stars.

Student Ratings (1759) 2.8 stars.

Activity 4: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 10 min

Gali's Lab - Refraction of Light

Welcome to Gali's Lab, a forensic science laboratory, where you will be the detective. Your first case involves detecting real stones from fake ones. You will learn detailed information about light and refraction. You will then you put your skills to the test by using a light refraction machine to calculate the refractive index and compare it to the known materials in the data base.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (61) 4.0 stars.

Student Ratings (10406) 3.7 stars.

Activity 5: Question Game. Estimated duration: 8 min

Super Reflector

You will use a mirror to reflect the incoming light to hit gold coins, but you must avoid hitting the three eyed monsters! As you collect points for gold coins, you learn about electromagnetic waves and the light spectrum. Pay close attention to the teaching screens as there will be a quiz at the end where you will need to use your extensive knowledge of electromagnetic waves to boost your score.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (18) 3.7 stars.

Student Ratings (5732) 3.1 stars.

Activity 6: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 24 min

Game of Light

It's the game of light! Step right up and line up your reflectors and refractors and get the light to the appropriate color receivers. Open up gates to help get to some of the receivers and be prepared for the level that goes invisible. Make sure you track the light you are sending to the receivers too. So much to manage with so little time!

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (74) 4.1 stars.

Student Ratings (5547) 3.4 stars.

Activity 7: Question Game. Estimated duration: 15 min

Prism Momentum

At the start of this game, you will learn about light reflection, transmission, and absorption. After a series of facts, you will race through a tunnel in a spacecraft. You must soar through barriers and collect coins. If you do not navigate around the barriers, you must answer a question correctly to continue. The start of each level gives you a new piece of information.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (39) 4.4 stars.

Student Ratings (10394) 3.6 stars.

Activity 8: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 6 min

Lumus Journey

This game will help you learn more about light and its properties. You'll befriend a lightbulb who will take you on a journey. This lightbulb will help you discover how: light travels in waves, the different ways light is transmitted, and how light is absorbed or reflected. This game is a fun way to learn about the transmission of light.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (67) 4.2 stars.

Student Ratings (28221) 3.5 stars.

Activity 9: 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.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (108) 4.3 stars.

Student Ratings (38267) 3.9 stars.