Assignment: Gravity and the Solar System 6.11B Assignment

Created by Meredith P on

4 activities: 4 games

48 min

Activity 1: Question Game. Estimated duration: 13 min

Around and Around

Travel around the solar system in this game. Using gravity to propel you from one planet to another, hop from planet to planet by answering questions about solar system bodies like the sun, moons, and asteroids. However, if you don't judge gravity correctly, you may miss the next planet! Alas, you can answer questions correctly to get back on track.

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Teacher Ratings (127) 3.8 stars.

Student Ratings (26292) 3.7 stars.

Activity 2: Question Game. Estimated duration: 12 min

The Force Escapes

Help your character escape! In this game, you are a spaceman super hero and must travel to collect supplies so that you can open a door. You must collect three batteries so that you can light your flashlight. Once you've lit your flashlight, you will be able to find the key to the door to reach the next level. You'll answer questions about forces and force fields along the way.

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Teacher Ratings (34) 4.3 stars.

Student Ratings (12679) 3.7 stars.

Activity 3: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 10 min

Gravitron 5000 (Mid)

In this game, you will learn about the force of gravity and its role in the solar system. Your mission is to protect the Earth from incoming asteroids. You will receive intel that will alert you of new strategies and provide you with tidbits of new information. While manning the space shuttle, you will have to correctly answer questions about gravity. Correct answers will upgrade your spacecraft so that you can better protect our planet.

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Teacher Ratings (89) 4.0 stars.

Student Ratings (34921) 3.6 stars.

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 (408) 4.4 stars.

Student Ratings (99147) 4.0 stars.