Assignment: Gravity and the Birth of our Solar System

Created by Yvette P on

6 activities: 6 games

88 min

Activity 1: Question Game. Estimated duration: 15 min

Finding Garganjua (Mid)

You are trying to help a spaceship reach the space station by using gravity from different planets. You have to know how the different masses of the planets will affect the gravitational pull the planet will have on the space ship to help them reach the space station. You will be an expert of gravitational pull after you see it in action in this game.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (43) 4.2 stars.

Student Ratings (5409) 3.0 stars.

Activity 2: Question Game. Estimated duration: 12 min

Nervous Apple (Mid)

Help this apple defy gravity. Instead of falling from trees, this apple needs your help jumping across platforms. Hop from column to column while collecting coins. You will occasionally land on a special column where you need to answer questions related to gravity. If you fall, you'll have the chance to answer questions and keep going! Can you get the apple to the party?

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (70) 4.2 stars.

Student Ratings (11415) 3.4 stars.

Activity 3: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 19 min

Gravity Explorer

In this game, you will learn about gravity. Your task is to save the world from alien cats! Through your travels, you will learn about gravity, a bit about Issac Newton, and force. The game starts off on Earth, and then goes to the moon, where the gravitational force is different! Throughout this game, you will guide your character through a "maze" learn facts as you travel. Good luck!

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (27) 3.1 stars.

Student Ratings (4306) 3.6 stars.

Activity 4: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 19 min

Gravitation

In this simulation, you will be guiding a spacecraft around space using the gravitational pull from other objects. Your goal is to aim carefully so that your spaceship can disappear into the wormhole. Take into consideration your speed and direction, along with the movement and mass of the planetary bodies, to navigate successfully into each black hole.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (37) 3.5 stars.

Student Ratings (5749) 3.2 stars.

Activity 5: 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.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (89) 4.0 stars.

Student Ratings (34921) 3.6 stars.

Activity 6: 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 (408) 4.4 stars.

Student Ratings (99147) 4.0 stars.