Assignment: Gravity and the Birth of our Solar System MS-ESS1.B-3 Assignment

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6 activities: 3 games, 3 assessments

41 min

Activity 1: Assessment. Estimated duration: 10 min

Assessment with 10 questions from Gravity and the Birth of our Solar System.

10 questions assessment

Activity 2: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 5 min

Space Creator: Solar System

In this game, you will explore the creation of a solar system. You have the opportunity to control the variables that lead to the formation of the universe. In each level, you get to adjust the condition that may or may create a viable solar system. Tips are available to guide you, but you may have more fun experimenting with what works and what doesn't.

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Teacher Ratings (23) 3.6 stars.

Student Ratings (7486) 3.4 stars.

Activity 3: Assessment. Estimated duration: 5 min

Assessment with 5 questions from Gravity and the Birth of our Solar System.

5 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.

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Teacher Ratings (395) 4.4 stars.

Student Ratings (92019) 4.0 stars.

Activity 5: Assessment. Estimated duration: 3 min

Assessment with 3 questions from Gravity and the Birth of our Solar System.

3 questions assessment

Activity 6: 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.

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Teacher Ratings (84) 4.2 stars.

Student Ratings (15083) 4.1 stars.