MS-ESS1.A-2

Galaxy Rangers

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Game Info for Teachers

COMBINED RATING

3.8 Stars

TEACHERS (10)

3.7

STUDENTS (3877)

4.0

LENGTH

20 Minutes

GRADES

CAPABILITIES

iPad Support

Spanish Language Support

Text-to-Speech Support

Saves Progress

Description

You got sucked into a black hole and taken to a faraway corner of the Universe! But don't worry, the Galaxy Rangers are here to help you find your way back to Earth. Join exciting research missions on your spaceship, which you can upgrade to explore even farther!

Vocabulary Words

spiral

elliptical

irregular

nebula

galaxy

lightyears

gravity

moon

planet

star

dark matter

black holes

Instructions

Play through this interactive game to learn about The Milky Way Galaxy and other Galaxies. Suitable for Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8.

Main Concepts

Types of galaxies include spiral, elliptical, and irregular.

Our Sun is located near the edge of the Milky Way galaxy, in one of the arms.

The Milky Way galaxy is a disc-shaped, spiral galaxy.

Some telescopes use radio waves to determine the distances and properties of objects in the universe.

A galaxy is a group of billions of stars held together by gravity.

The Sun is thousands of times closer to the Earth than any other star.

There are at least 100 billion galaxies in the universe.

The Milky Way galaxy is approximately 100,000 light years across.

All stars that are visible in the night sky without a telescope are located in the Milky Way.

Gravity causes stars to orbit around the center of a galaxy.

A light year is a unit of measurement equal to the distance light travels through a vacuum in one year.

Some telescopes use visual light waves to determine the distances and properties of objects in the universe.

Light from distant stars may have traveled for an extremely long time before reaching Earth.

A galaxy contains stars, planets, moons, nebulae, dark matter, and black holes.

Discussion Questions

Before the Game

What galaxy do we live in? What shape is the Milky Way galaxy? What are some other galaxies that exist besides the Milky Way?

After the Game

What force keeps all of the objects in a galaxy from moving or becoming separated? What does a galaxy contain? What other shapes of galaxies are there? What do you know about the stars that you see at night?