Assignment: Space Exploration 6.E.1.3 Assignment

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4 activities: 4 games

49 min

Activity 1: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 7 min

Science Fair: Eclipse and Seasons (Mid)

You will have the extraordinary power to move the skies in this game! Manipulate the Earth and moon positions to clearly demonstrate the seasons and eclipses. Move the Earth to show positions of winter, summer, spring and fall in both the northern and southern hemispheres. The second screens allow you to move the Moon and determine lunar positions for a full or a partial lunar and solar eclipse.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (128) 4.2 stars.

Student Ratings (40632) 3.4 stars.

Activity 2: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 16 min

Ms. Rose & Eclipses and Seasons!

You will learn about eclipses and seasons with the help of your guide, Ms. Rose. With Ms. Rose, you can play through a series of mini-games that demonstrate the interactions between the Earth, our moon and the sun. The games will simulate eclipses and Earth's seasons. As you play through the games, be on the lookout for some hidden figures. Can you find the hidden alien?

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (66) 3.5 stars.

Student Ratings (8506) 3.1 stars.

Activity 3: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 13 min

Ms. Rose and Our Solar System! (Mid)

A narrator, Ms. Rose, teaches about the solar system through a collection of interactive puzzles. You will play several mini-games to explore the solar system and methods of space exploration. There are several components including putting together a telescope, matching dwarf planets, exploring gravity and Earth's orbit, identifying man-made space craft, and putting planets in the correct place in relation to the sun.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (88) 3.7 stars.

Student Ratings (33473) 3.5 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.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (409) 4.4 stars.

Student Ratings (102065) 4.0 stars.