Assignment: Minerals & Rocks

Created by Antonetta A on

9 activities: 5 games, 4 assessments

116 min

Activity 1: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 24 min

Super Gnomatic Rock Cycler

Go on a deep underground adventure with a gnome to learn about the rock cycle, and its three main groups: igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (178) 4.1 stars.

Student Ratings (43780) 3.7 stars.

Activity 2: Assessment. Estimated duration: 7 min

Assessment with 7 questions from Rock Types.

7 questions assessment

Activity 3: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 25 min

The Stones Fest

Your rock band has been kidnapped by Lord Borem who wants to steal your mates talent to become the best guitarist on Earth. Help Marble, the guitarist, to rescue his friends using your rock cycle knowledge. This game features a full story and a practice mode. In story mode, your students will go over a complete lesson about rock formation and geological processes. You'll rescue your friends by creating rocks of each type, collect all the patches for your vest, and defeat Lord Borem in an epic rock cycle knowledge battle. The practice mode offers a summary of the same rock cycle topics in a shorter gameplay -- it's perfect to prepare your students before an assessment.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (8) 3.1 stars.

Student Ratings (4121) 3.7 stars.

Activity 4: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 7 min

Cycling of Matter and Energy on Earth (Mid)

Learn about matter cycles and energy flow in this illustrated walkthrough. You will learn about how Earth's four spheres interact with each other, and you will help maintain Earth's energy balance between its four spheres. You will use arrows to move clouds that will either absorb the sun's rays or let them pass and warm the Earth.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (115) 4.0 stars.

Student Ratings (37472) 3.4 stars.

Activity 5: Assessment. Estimated duration: 7 min

Assessment with 7 questions from Rock Types.

7 questions assessment

Activity 6: Assessment. Estimated duration: 7 min

Assessment with 7 questions from Mineral Properties.

7 questions assessment

Activity 7: Question Game. Estimated duration: 20 min

Galaxy Escape

10 Bright Monsters have been captured in space and they need your help to cross the galaxy jumping between platforms, finding them, and releasing them by correctly answering each question. Each monster that you release and unlock will be available to play with in the next level, in the search for the next monster. In your journey, you’ll be able to find power-ups, like ‘Double points’ and ‘Slow down’, which can be activated by finding gems, and their duration can be extended by correctly answering a question. Unlock and release the 10 different monsters and a spaceship along 10 different levels, while you make the most possible points.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (493) 4.4 stars.

Student Ratings (267460) 3.9 stars.

Activity 8: Assessment. Estimated duration: 7 min

Assessment with 7 questions from Mineral Properties.

7 questions assessment

Activity 9: Question Game. Estimated duration: 12 min

Basketball Master

Shoot a basketball through the hoop and answer some questions along the way! The game does not have any instructional content, it simply has review questions spread throughout.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (999) 4.0 stars.

Student Ratings (308861) 3.9 stars.