MS-ESS1.B-1

Adventures In Our Solar System

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Game Info for Teachers

COMBINED RATING

4.1 Stars

TEACHERS (23)

4.4

STUDENTS (14592)

3.7

LENGTH

20 Minutes

GRADES

CAPABILITIES

iPad Support

Spanish Language Support

Text-to-Speech Support

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Description

This is a Space exploration game with minigames.

Vocabulary Words

solar system

inner planets

rover

satellites

asteroid belt

dwarf planets

meteorites

telescope

gravitational force

orbit

comet

elliptical trajectory

Instructions

Play through this interactive game to learn about Our Solar System. Suitable for Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8.

Main Concepts

The inner planets have solid rocky surfaces.

The outer planets are gaseous.

Celestial bodies travel in circular or eliptical orbits around the Sun due to gravity and their inertia.

Comets are small objects primarily made of dust and ice that orbit the Sun.

Composition of the atmosphere is a factor that determines whether a planet can support life.

Humans have developed a range of technologies that have enabled manned space exploration.

Meteoroids are small pieces of rock (less than 1 meter in diamter) that orbit the Sun.

Presence of water is a factor that determines whether a planet can support life.

Proximity to the Sun is a factor that determines whether a planet can support life.

The force of gravity causes objects in our solar system to orbit the Sun.

The gravitational force between objects and the Sun is proportional to the distance between them.

The inner planets have either no moons or few moons.

The orbits of the inner planets are located between the Sun and asteroid belt.

The outer planets have many natural satellites, such as the Galilean moons of Jupiter.

The outer planets orbit the Sun from a position beyond the asteroid belt.

The solar system consists of the Sun, planets, moons, meteors, asteroids, comets, and dwarf planets.

Asteroids are metallic, rocky objects without atmospheres that orbit the Sun but are too small to be classified as planets or dwarf planets.

Discussion Questions

Before the Game

How many planets are in the Solar System? What are the inner planets? What are the outer planets?

After the Game

What are the differences in composition between the inner planets and the outer planets? What are some key factors that allow only a planet, like Earth, to support life? What are examples of tools humans use to explore space? What is a dwarf planet? What role does gravity play in the solar system?