Assignment: 7th Grade Science Spring Break Challenge

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8 activities: 8 games

118 min

Activity 1: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 14 min

Caveman Joe and the Conservation of Energy

This game begins with a tutorial on conservation of energy and the types of energy. After the tutorial, it is your duty to guide a caveman across the ground. Along the way, you will learn about energy conversions. As he moves, your caveman will encounter a variety of obstacles, and each level is more challenging to complete. Beat the monster in the final level to win.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (142) 3.9 stars.

Student Ratings (45394) 4.0 stars.

Activity 2: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 8 min

The Story of Natural Resources

You will take a journey through a small community and see how they used and abused their resources, but you will also see how they fixed their resource problems. Your guide, Ferguson, will explain how things went wrong so you have the knowledge to make a difference! As you progress in the game, you will see the needs of your community change. Follow Ferguson so that the community can find harmony with the environment.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (194) 4.0 stars.

Student Ratings (81417) 3.8 stars.

Activity 3: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 10 min

EcoKingdoms: Friends and Enemies

You have a new job as a park manager. You will make choices that impact the number of visitors in the park, the plants, animals, and park funds. You need to keep everything in balance in order to keep your job. The meters will show you the impact of your choice. Watch the meters because if you mismanage the park, you will be fired.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (28) 3.7 stars.

Student Ratings (6447) 3.5 stars.

Activity 4: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 14 min

Potential Match

How much do you like puzzles? In this game, you aren't just putting puzzle pieces together. You will be using your knowledge of the relationship between kinetic and potential energy to solve physics puzzles. You will use pendulums, ramps, slingshots, and other devices to hit a target. You get to control each tool with what you know about energy! Good luck!

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (94) 3.9 stars.

Student Ratings (19565) 3.4 stars.

Activity 5: 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?

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (115) 3.7 stars.

Student Ratings (30520) 3.5 stars.

Activity 6: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 16 min

Mendel's Pet Ranch

In this game, you are in control of a pet breeding business at Mendel's Pet Ranch. You will explore how inheritance and dominance work with Punnett squares while trying to breed offspring with specific characteristics. You will need to breed pets that are exact copies of what your customers ask for. Some challenges will involve multiple steps before you can complete your customer's order.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (77) 4.2 stars.

Student Ratings (14400) 3.5 stars.

Activity 7: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 15 min

Adrian's Fossil Collection

Adrian is a mole, who likes to explore and loves to learn. He is very curious about fossils and how to find them. This is why he works in a mine where he can explore and collect rocks, shells, bone, impressions, molds and tracks.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (12) 4.3 stars.

Student Ratings (1109) 3.0 stars.

Activity 8: 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.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (180) 4.1 stars.

Student Ratings (44538) 3.7 stars.