Assignment: Hierarchical Relationships Between Planets and Other Astronomical Bodies SC.8.E.5.3 Assignment

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4 activities: 4 games

59 min

Activity 1: 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 (401) 4.4 stars.

Student Ratings (94906) 4.0 stars.

Activity 2: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 20 min

Adventures In Our Solar System

This is a Space exploration game with minigames.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (20) 4.5 stars.

Student Ratings (12802) 3.7 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 (86) 3.7 stars.

Student Ratings (32369) 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 (401) 4.4 stars.

Student Ratings (94906) 4.0 stars.