MS-ESS1.B-3
Space Explorers: Gravity
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Game Info for Teachers
COMBINED RATING
3.9 Stars
TEACHERS (11)
4.2
STUDENTS (8469)
3.7
LENGTH
15 Minutes
GRADES
6
7
8
CAPABILITIES
ES
Spanish Language Support
Text-to-Speech Support
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Description
Travel across the Solar System gathering data and completing challenges while fighting against the gravitational pull of the planets.
Vocabulary Words
solar system
gravity
nebula
mass
matter
orbit
elliptical
orbital motion
asteroid belt
planets
artificial satellites
moon
Instructions
Play through this interactive game to learn about Gravity and the Birth of our Solar System. Suitable for Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8.
Main Concepts
The Solar System is approximately 4.5 billion years old.
Celestial bodies travel in circular or eliptical orbits around the Sun due to gravity and their inertia.
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 solar system consists of the Sun, planets, moons, meteors, asteroids, comets, and dwarf planets.
Discussion Questions
Before the Game
What things do you know that exist in the Solar System? How do you think the solar system and gravity are related? How might our solar system have formed?
After the Game
How did navigating the spaceship around the planets show you the relationship between the solar system and gravity? What is the general shape of the orbits of the planets? What two factors affect the strength of the gravitational pull between two objects?
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