Activity 1: Assessment. Estimated duration: 10 min
Assessment with 10 questions chosen from Role of Gravity in Outer Space.
10 questions assessment
Activity 2: Question Game. Estimated duration: 5 min
Solar Nebula
In this game, you begin by using the arrow keys to manipulate a dust cloud in space. You will try to run into smaller masses so that you can gain mass and move through the stages of solar system formation. As mass is gained to complete each stage of formation, you can earn additional points by correctly answering relevant multiple choice questions.
Ratings
Teacher Ratings (84) 4.2 stars.
Student Ratings (15083) 4.1 stars.
Activity 3: Assessment. Estimated duration: 10 min
Assessment with 10 questions chosen from Role of Gravity in Outer Space.
10 questions assessment
Activity 4: 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 (396) 4.4 stars.
Student Ratings (92027) 4.0 stars.
Activity 5: 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.
Ratings
Teacher Ratings (85) 3.7 stars.
Student Ratings (32146) 3.5 stars.