Assignment: Models of the Solar System SC.8.E.5.8 Assignment

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5 activities: 5 games

52 min

Activity 1: Question Game. Estimated duration: 15 min

Newton Pool

The game consists of hand-crafted levels where the player controls a white ball. The goal of each level is to get the white ball to the end of the level in as few moves as possible, while racking up points by bumping golden balls into obstacles on the way! The game does not have any instructional math content, it simply has math review questions spread throughout.

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Teacher Ratings (751) 4.0 stars.

Student Ratings (259393) 4.0 stars.

Activity 2: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 13 min

Ms. Rose and Our Solar System! (Mid)

A narrator, Ms. Rose, teaches about the solar system through a collection of interactive puzzles. You will play several mini-games to explore the solar system and methods of space exploration. There are several components including putting together a telescope, matching dwarf planets, exploring gravity and Earth's orbit, identifying man-made space craft, and putting planets in the correct place in relation to the sun.

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Teacher Ratings (88) 3.7 stars.

Student Ratings (33450) 3.5 stars.

Activity 3: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 5 min

Science Fair: Patterns of Motion (Mid)

You will help a fellow student create a science project about how the Earth, moon, and sun move around each other. You will help the student design his model, learn the cause of the seasons, and identify different types of solar and lunar eclipses. This game might help you create your next science fair project or just help you visualize how the Earth, moon, and sun interact.

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Teacher Ratings (72) 4.1 stars.

Student Ratings (27617) 3.4 stars.

Activity 4: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 6 min

Patterns of Apparent Motion (Mid)

Take a journey into space and learn how the motion of the Earth impacts our seasons, the way we see the moon, and how we measure time. You will begin this game in the learning phase, where you will watch different simulations of the Earth in space. In the mastering phase, you can manipulate the simulation to achieve different seasons and moon phases.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (285) 4.2 stars.

Student Ratings (78709) 3.5 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.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (409) 4.4 stars.

Student Ratings (101965) 4.0 stars.