Assignment: Force Fields S8P5.a Assignment

Created by Melanie S on

5 activities: 5 games

87 min

Activity 1: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 10 min

Magnet Hunt

Can you find buried magnets, working on the idea that opposites attract? Your tool kit has compasses, iron filings and secret magnetic film!

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (6) 3.5 stars.

Student Ratings (2274) 3.0 stars.

Activity 2: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 29 min

Force Fields!

In this game, you will use a planet's force field to send asteroids into a different direction. After practice, you will do the same with magnets. The goal is to get your asteroid or marble into the hole. You must use knowledge of force and magnitude to guide your marble around obstacles and to the hole.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (44) 3.8 stars.

Student Ratings (7835) 3.5 stars.

Activity 3: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 25 min

Arbitrium

You are a charged particle. As a charged particle, you are trying to meet the wires with a positive or negative charge. You must be the opposite charge to meet the wire and advance to the next level. Change yourself by bumping into other charged particles and transferring charges. There are obstacles to pass like pressing buttons, opening walls, and changing charges to complete a level.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (13) 3.7 stars.

Student Ratings (5944) 3.5 stars.

Activity 4: Question Game. Estimated duration: 13 min

Magnetic Getaway

Help the magnet escape from the knights! To do this, you need to collect knowledge, keys, and coins to unlock the doors that holds you hostage. You will learn about electromagnetic forces and magnets before you enter your maze. In the maze, your first step is to find batteries for your flashlight so that you can see!

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (126) 4.2 stars.

Student Ratings (29928) 3.6 stars.

Activity 5: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 10 min

Force Fields Trio (Mid)

You will follow the Super Professor as he teaches about electric, magnetic and gravity forces. This game shows three short demonstrations for how gravitational, electric, and magnetic forces and fields work. Each force has a mini-game that uses a characteristic from that force to complete a task. You will work with the Super Professor's friends as you play games together to understand force.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (44) 4.0 stars.

Student Ratings (8023) 3.7 stars.