Teaching Plan: Natural Resources ES-ESS3.A-1 - Free Games and Assessments

Activity 1: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 5 min

Pipe Mechanic: Natural Resources (Elem)

Work quickly to save the day by fixing the broken and leaky pipes in your community! You must choose the correct pipe to reconnect the pieces before water goes everywhere. Fix the pipe by reading the sentence and finding the correct word that would fit in the broken pipe's space. Hurry to fix all 15 broken pipes using your knowledge of natural resources.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (94) 4.0 stars.

Student Ratings (36658) 3.7 stars.

Activity 2: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 16 min

Wealthy City

Building cities is hard work! In this game, you will collect natural resources to help build a city -- but not all resources replenish at the same rate. You'll need to manage your resources wisely in order to have enough. Learn about renewable and nonrenewable resources and prove your knowledge on quizzes after each level. Can you help this city be successful?

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (74) 3.9 stars.

Student Ratings (32794) 4.1 stars.

Activity 3: Assessment. Estimated duration: 5 min

Assessment with 5 questions from Natural Resources.

5 questions assessment

Activity 4: Video. Estimated duration: 3 min

3 min video on Natural Resources

Activity 5: Question Game. Estimated duration: 13 min

Whirling World (Elem)

The whirling world has lots of hidden resources that are being used up! This game will teach you about the world's resources! After your lesson, you will jump between natural resources. Try not to fall! If you can't land on a resource, you will be asked a question about natural resources. Answer correctly to keep playing and make it to the party!

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (139) 4.2 stars.

Student Ratings (26507) 4.2 stars.

Activity 6: Assessment. Estimated duration: 5 min

Assessment with 5 questions from Natural Resources.

5 questions assessment

Activity 7: Video. Estimated duration: 2 min

2 min video on Natural Resources

Activity 8: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 15 min

Popo's Power Park

Help Popo turn on all of the electronic devices in his home by activating five power plants (wind power plant, coal power plant, nuclear power plant, water power plant, and solar power plant). Players need to explore a forest, cave, and lake to get to the power plant. Players also need to collect natural resources on the way to the power plant to get coins for installation costs.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (16) 4.3 stars.

Student Ratings (12693) 3.9 stars.