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Skelton, Robert - TE 7
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Learn To Fly 2
Students apply the forces of momentum, aerodynamics, potential/kinetic/dynamic energy, and Newton's Laws of Motion in a fun application to give a poor penguin the opportunity to fly! -
3rd World Farmer
3rd World Farmer is a serious, thought-provoking survival and business strategy simulation game where you have to manage an impoverished African farm in the dried out Sub-Saharan desert. This is an exceptional role playing game, and gives students a first hand insight into the extreme challenges faced by the starving, struggling farmers of the developing nations. You have to make tough moral and survival decisions in order to provide for your underprivileged family while enduring droughts, disease, poverty, corruption and war. How ethical will you be when you need to pay your ailing family’s food and medical bills? Will you accept virtual money for storing chemical waste or housing terrorists?
The deal is: Your mission is to help the head of the family turn this developing nation farm into a commercial success! You must carefully budget and decide which crops to grow each year to survive. There are several crops to choose from (corn, wheat, cotton and peanuts) and some prove to be more risky than others providing potentially large earnings or huge losses. Make enough money to invest in the necessary tools such as plows, harvesters, and tractors to improve crop yields. Increase your capital by investing in essential buildings such as sheds, wells, and barns. Remember , all investments have risks!! For example, wells dry up, barns can be destroyed, and livestock can be stolen. Don’t get too greedy! You must prioritize your family’s health first, or they may weaken and be struck down by a deadly disease.
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Airport Madness!
Airport Madness 2 is a fascinating simulation game where ou play the role of a real-life Air Traffic Controller. You are fully responsible for all the passengers on board! This is a really cool simulator that is awesome fun and challenging to play! It starts off slowly, but quickly builds into a very hectic situation, so be prepared!! Your goal is to earn the highest salary by avoiding collisions. There are no second chances with this game. When a plane crashes it's GAME OVER! You have to get all the jet airliners to land safely, taxi, board passengers, and take off again as efficiently and safely as possible. Collisions can happy both on the ground or in the air. You need to keep your eyes open and constantly be thinking ahead because the air traffic can build up FAST!! Have you the temperament and technical ability to handle this high pressure job?? -
Build A Bridge!
Free Bridge builder/Brain-teaser Game: The aim of the game is to build a solid bridge across a canyon within the allocated budget given. Once you complete the bridge, strange little creatures will try to cross the bridge, and will test it for you in full. Learning physics is made fun through this game, and it is a huge challenge getting the bridge structure right. The bridge building challenge increases significantly as you progress from levels 1 to 3!
You should only connect pieces from end to end only. Do not connect a supporting piece to the middle of some other piece (it is a weak link if you need to connect in the middle). Break the bridge piece into two parts, and only then connect the supporting piece to the junction. Use metal pieces only where the strength of wooden pieces would not be sufficient.
Use your mouse and keys to build the bridge: Click from one point to another to lay a piece of the bridge. Press the ESC button on your keyboard to deselect a piece. You can click on an existing piece to remove it or you can click on a section anchor point and press the Delete button to remove the section. Press the T key to see how your bridge holds up and if it can support its own weight. Press ESC to return to the construction phase when your testing is done and something needs to be fixed.
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Cool Math For Kids
This is an educational website that provides students with a fun format to reinforce and strengthen their math skills. -
Crossword Puzzle Maker!
Students can reinforce their STEM concepts by utilizing vocabulary from their STEM activities and create a handy review! Students should use vocabulary and definitions from their STEM units -
EdHeads
Edheads is an educational website that reinforces both state and national standards of learning in a fun and innovative manner. -
Flight!
Flight is a straight-forward, easy play, fun flight control game. Goals are set to get your airplane the farthest distance. Strong problem solving skills are required to figure out how to complete each level.
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Let's Go To Mars!
With the push to explore our neighboring planet students can explore the world of Mars. In order to get there students need to design a mission to the Red Planet and test out their ideas! -
Math is Fun!
This is another educational website that helps strengthen student math skills by applying their math skills in a variety of challenging math games. -
Ok Go! Video
Students can see how Rube Goldberg principles can be utilized in a fun and challenging environment. -
Paper Airplane Simulator
This is an educational web simulator that provides challenges involving aerodynamics and airplane flight. -
Space Maze!!
Escape the space maze by guiding your ship through each level as quickly as you can. Do not hit a wall of the maze as your plane will crash. If you crash 3 times - Game Over. Watch out for extra points/ time bonuses and power-ups. You will see colourful icons which will give you extra speed or brake power. The spacebar and arrow down key are for brakes. Left and right arrow keys - to rotate your ship. The Up arrow key - your ship accelerates. -
The Fantastic Contraption
This is an educational website that challenges students to solve various problems using physics and develop their critical thinking skills. -
The Infinite Cat Project
Based on Rube Goldberg principles, students design and implement mechanical systems to perform simple tasks. With multiple solutions possible, this site provides students with challenging situations. -
The Jason Project - Roller Coaster Creator
Are you ready to create and test out your own Roller Coaster? Roller Coaster Creator puts the power in your hands to custom design your own roller coaster. Students will learn about: Newton's Laws of Motion, Dynamic Energy, Potential Energy, and Kinetic Energy....all while creating a thrilling coaster!! -
Wordsearch Maker!
Students can increase their knowledge and review their STEM concepts by creating a wordsearch that focuses on terminology from their STEM units.