Assignment: Waves and Their Properties MS-PS4.A-1 Assignment (Copy)

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10 activities: 10 games

148 min

Activity 1: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 16 min

Digital Signals

You will explore the world of digital signals by creating and decoding patterns. The game will explain to you what a digital signal is and then you will have to create one. If you are successful in the first challenge, you will take a quiz and move to the second challenge. It'll be up to you to try and decode the puzzles.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (64) 4.3 stars.

Student Ratings (7612) 3.5 stars.

Activity 2: Question Game. Estimated duration: 9 min

Castle of Sand: Electromagnetic vs Mechanical Wave

En route to the beach, you embark upon a brave journey to learn about electromagnetic and mechanical waves and fight monsters to gain hidden treasure. Answer questions to gain entry to each room where a monster is hiding to protect the ruby treasure. You will use your bucket and beach umbrella to attack and defend against this monster for the treasure. Grab your umbrella, and let's go!

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (50) 3.8 stars.

Student Ratings (9273) 3.6 stars.

Activity 3: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 10 min

Gali's Lab - Refraction of Light

Welcome to Gali's Lab, a forensic science laboratory, where you will be the detective. Your first case involves detecting real stones from fake ones. You will learn detailed information about light and refraction. You will then you put your skills to the test by using a light refraction machine to calculate the refractive index and compare it to the known materials in the data base.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (61) 4.0 stars.

Student Ratings (10365) 3.7 stars.

Activity 4: Question Game. Estimated duration: 15 min

Prism Momentum

At the start of this game, you will learn about light reflection, transmission, and absorption. After a series of facts, you will race through a tunnel in a spacecraft. You must soar through barriers and collect coins. If you do not navigate around the barriers, you must answer a question correctly to continue. The start of each level gives you a new piece of information.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (39) 4.4 stars.

Student Ratings (10327) 3.6 stars.

Activity 5: Question Game. Estimated duration: 16 min

Sound Victory (Mid)

Get ready to go to battle! After learning information about sound waves, you will control your spaceship to do battle and destroy the obstacles that come your way and threaten the universe. You must answer questions to earn bonus points and get more flying time in your space ship. Your understanding of sound waves and how they travel through different media will help you master each level.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (39) 4.1 stars.

Student Ratings (6839) 3.6 stars.

Activity 6: Question Game. Estimated duration: 15 min

Let's Do the Wave (Mid)

At the start of this game, you will learn about electromagnetic and mechanical waves. After a series of facts, you will race through a tunnel in a spacecraft. You must soar through barriers and collect coins. If you do not navigate around the barriers, you must answer a question correctly to continue. The start of each level gives you a new piece of information.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (97) 4.2 stars.

Student Ratings (13683) 3.4 stars.

Activity 7: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 10 min

Travel Wave

Have you ever noticed that your voice sounds funny underwater? This game will teach you why that happens. You will learn about sound as a wave and help the sound travel through various substances. The sound's speed will change depending on the substance it is traveling in. Beware - sound can't travel through voids and it will cost you a life if you hit one!

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (48) 3.5 stars.

Student Ratings (6722) 3.4 stars.

Activity 8: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 30 min

Wave Combinator

Your pals find a mysterious wave combinator in the yard, but can you figure out how waves interact? And just what is amplitude, anyway?

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (28) 4.5 stars.

Student Ratings (1357) 2.6 stars.

Activity 9: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 17 min

Waves

Whoa! Look at that wave! There are all types of waves, and in this game, you will use transmitters to control them. You get to channel an electromagnetic wave to a designated area to win. This game is timed, so you will have to think quickly! If you need extra time, you will still have the chance to play but the module will start over.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (40) 3.1 stars.

Student Ratings (5425) 3.5 stars.

Activity 10: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 10 min

Agent Amp

You are Agent Amp, a secret agent-in-training. Turn on the spy machine to gather more information about the possible targets. You'll match waves by adjusting the frequency and amplitude and answer questions about the properties of waves. Each successful wave and question will give you a clue. Once you've gathered all the information and found the targets, you'll pass your spy exam and beat the game!

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (186) 3.9 stars.

Student Ratings (35256) 3.8 stars.