Assignment: The Sun, Moon, and Stars: Patterns of Apparent Motion MS-ESS1.A-1a Assignment

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2 activities: 2 games

30 min

Activity 1: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 5 min

Science Fair: Patterns of Motion (Mid)

You will help a fellow student create a science project about how the Earth, moon, and sun move around each other. You will help the student design his model, learn the cause of the seasons, and identify different types of solar and lunar eclipses. This game might help you create your next science fair project or just help you visualize how the Earth, moon, and sun interact.

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Teacher Ratings (72) 4.1 stars.

Student Ratings (27478) 3.4 stars.

Activity 2: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 25 min

Space Tracker

An outer space explorer needs to retrieve some special cargo that he lost. To achieve that, he must travel through time to the exact moment his cargo will be in place. Our character uses his spaceship to jump forward to the needed time. By using some hints left in pictures our friend will have to figure out the right settings of his ship to get to the moment he needs.

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Teacher Ratings (7) 3.6 stars.

Student Ratings (3477) 3.4 stars.