Assignment: Our Solar System 6.11A Assignment

Created by Tanya T on

4 activities: 4 games

43 min

Activity 1: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 8 min

Eclipses and Seasons Mini Golf

Fore! The sun, Earth, and moon are projectile to provide a comprehensive view of eclipses and seasons. Students will learn about seasons as well as the eclipse types and how they are produced.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (101) 3.7 stars.

Student Ratings (34967) 3.6 stars.

Activity 2: 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.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (72) 4.1 stars.

Student Ratings (27617) 3.4 stars.

Activity 3: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 17 min

Momo the Astronaut

Momo is a monkey astronaut who needs your help. In this game, you get to tour the solar system with Momo, while collecting spaceship parts and battling aliens! As you travel through the solar system you will learn about each planet and answer questions about them. Each level in the game will bring you to a new planet. Your knowledge will help save the planet!

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (132) 3.8 stars.

Student Ratings (28893) 3.4 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 (101965) 4.0 stars.