Assignment: Seafloor Spreading and Subduction MS-ESS1.C-2 Assignment

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7 activities: 5 games, 2 assessments

56 min

Activity 1: Question Game. Estimated duration: 14 min

Seafloor Adventure (Mid)

You haven't lived until a dinosaur with a hat has tried to sell you ocean seafloor! Learn about the tectonic processes that form and destroy the seafloor, then take your scuba diving dinosaur through the seafloor while collecting coins and answering questions. Look out for dangers that are everywhere! Try to miss obstacles including fish, volcanoes and trenches through five levels of play.

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Teacher Ratings (124) 4.2 stars.

Student Ratings (19396) 3.4 stars.

Activity 2: Assessment. Estimated duration: 3 min

Assessment with 3 questions from Seafloor Spreading and Subduction.

3 questions assessment

Activity 3: Question Game. Estimated duration: 14 min

Dizzy Lava (Mid)

You help a volcano skip across hot lava while you collect points and try not to fall. In each level, you will move the volcano from one spinning wheel to another. Be careful, it is trickier than it sounds. Don't worry! If you fall, you can use your knowledge of tectonic movement and the sea floor to answer questions and get back on track.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (84) 3.9 stars.

Student Ratings (17631) 3.5 stars.

Activity 4: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 6 min

Seafloor Secrets

In this game, you will learn about the structures and functions of oceanic landforms. You will explore the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and its forms. Learn how the mantle makes a new crust and pushes out of the center of the mid-ocean ridge and match sea-floor land forms to their functions. Click on the correct answer to move forward in the game. Have fun recreating the ocean.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (90) 3.8 stars.

Student Ratings (20981) 3.1 stars.

Activity 5: Assessment. Estimated duration: 3 min

Assessment with 3 questions from Seafloor Spreading and Subduction.

3 questions assessment

Activity 6: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 11 min

Seafloor Explorer 9

In this game you are a deep sea explorer. You have sonar and a drill so you can take samples of rock. You will be able to obtain sonar images within each rock. With each sample and each sonar reading you interact with your team at headquarters. With the help of your team, you'll understand what you are seeing and learn about deep sea rock, plate tectonics, sedimentation, and trenches.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (34) 4.3 stars.

Student Ratings (20157) 3.5 stars.

Activity 7: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 5 min

Search For The Seafloor (Mid)

In this game you will learn more about the many features of the deepest parts of the world: the seafloor. Help Jacques navigate his sub in the deep seas. Use his sub to take important pictures of the seafloor, but you will need to be careful. You will have to look out for sea mines and look for energy to increase your area of visibility. Good luck Mr. Cousteau! In this game you will learn more about the many features of the deepest parts of the world: the seafloor. Help Jacques navigate his sub in the deep seas. Use his sub to take important pictures of the seafloor, but you will need to be careful. You will have to look out for sea mines and look for energy to increase your area of visibility. Good luck Mr. Cousteau! Note: When playing this game on iPad, it should be played in a Chrome Browser rather than Safari.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (72) 4.1 stars.

Student Ratings (23808) 3.7 stars.