A Journey Through Space

A Journey Through Space
Story Game Directions Game Preparation Game Pieces Play the game Objectives A Homemade PowerPoint Game By Fihmiya Hamdan Wayne State University Credits Copyright Notice

The Journey Through Space
Astronaut Scott and Astronaut Mike will travel through space and visit all nine planets. Each day, they will travel to a planet until they have been to all nine. However, they will start their trip from Earth. Keep in mind, that as they travel from one planet to the next, they will have had to study the planets’ features and characteristics prior to completing their voyage. To ensure they have done so, they will be asked questions about the following planet. If they answer correctly, they will be given a star. If answered incorrectly, they will have their star taken away. However, at the beginning of the voyage, each player will be given two stars to start off. The player that receives the most stars at the end of the game will be the winner. When the astronauts have completed their trip, they will share their exciting journey and findings with many other hopeful astronauts. Home Page

Game Directions The goal of the game is to collect as many stars as you can by answering all questions correctly. To play the game you have to move the astronaut (game piece) through space and answer the science questions. To win the game you have to answer the questions correctly and have the most stars. Return

Game Preparation Directions: Players should print out slide 11 to read over the directions of the game Gameboard: Print out Game board slides and attach them correctly by taping together slides 12 & 13 Game Pieces: Print out Astronauts, sun, and nine planets to move around the game board from slide 5 Stars: Cut out stars from slide 6 Home Page

Game Pieces Return

Credits All teachers and students at non-profit schools can use, revise, or adapt this game at will at no cost on the condition that all prior designers are cited. Originally designed by Fihmiya Hamdan, Wayne State University, October 20, 2007 “The Journey Through Space.” Home Page

Educational Objectives
AUDIENCE 3rd Grade Science Students OBJECTIVES - Students will need to understand the characteristics and features of the solar system. - With student’s understanding, they will be able to identify the nine planets. - Students will be given questions per planet, in which they will have to answer all correctly in order to receive a star. If students miss a question, they will lose their star. - Students will use tally marks to keep score of the number of stars they receive for correct answers. Students will use logic order to travel from one planet to the next. SCIENCE OBJECTIVES National Benchmark NS.K-4.4 EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE: All students should develop an understanding of objects in the sky and properties of earth materials. State Benchmark ES.V.4.1 Compare and contrast our planet and sun to other planets and star systems. Home Page

Objective Continued… MATH OBJECTIVES
NM-NUM.3-5.1: Understand numbers, ways of representing numbers, relationships among numbers, and number systems IV.2 Students recognize that numbers are used in different ways such as counting, measuring, ordering and estimating, understand and produce multiple representations of a number, and translate among equivalent representations.

Copyright Copyright 2007 Fihmiya Hamdan
Permission to copy this game at no cost is granted to all teachers and students of non-profit schools. Permission is also granted to all teachers and students of non-profit schools to make revisions to this game for their own purposes, on the condition that this copyright page and the credits page remain part of the game. Teachers and students who adapt the game should add their names and affiliations to the credits page without deleting any names already there. Home Page

Time to play “The Journey Through Space”!
Directions: Each player will roll a die. The player that gets the highest roll will start first. However, each player will start with two stars at the beginning of the game. Each player has to answer all the questions about each planet in order to receive a star. But, if a player misses one of the questions, he/she will lose a star. Use tally marks to keep score of how many stars each player receives. Home Page Game Directions Start Game

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Earth * * *----- Start Neptune Uranus * * *----- Venus * * *-----

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Jupiter Saturn Mars * * *----- Pluto Mercury * * *----- Earth The End * * *-----

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Continue to questions 1-3

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Earth Earth is the ______ planet from the sun? a. Fourth b. Second
c. Third d. First 2) About how much of the earth’s surface is covered by salt-water oceans? a. 50% b. 71% c. 90% d. 80% 3) Earth’s crust is separated into solid plate ______? a. Ridges b. Lines c. Tectonics d. Rocks Home Page

Mars 4) Mars is sometimes referred to as the _____________?
a. Smallest Planet b. Red Planet c. Rough Planet d. Dark-colored Planet 5) Mars is the ________ largest planet in our solar system? a. Fifth b. Fourth c. Seventh d. Third 6) Because of its dry and dusty surface, what covers the planet most of the time? a. Hurricanes b. Tornados c. Earthquakes d. Dust storms Home Page

Jupiter 7) Jupiter is the _______ planet in our solar system?
a. Largest b. Widest c. Smallest d. Thickest 8) Jupiter is well-known for ___________ because of the storm constantly moving across the planet? a. The Great Red Spot b. Living Things c. Dust storms d. Dust Clouds 9) Jupiter’s ring is comprised mostly of ________? a. Sand b. Dusty Particles c. Water d. Rock particles Home Page

Saturn 10) Saturn has the most __________? a. Storms b. Clouds
c. Moons d. Rings 11) How many moons does Saturn hold? a. 22 b. 30 c. 15 d. 10 12) This planet has thousands of rings made of which three elements? a. Water, sand, and dirt b. Dust, water, and rocks c. Ice, dust, and rocks d. Dirt, ice, and water Home Page

Uranus 13) The rings of Uranus are formed by _____? a. Broken moons
b. Large clouds c. Small rocks d. Dusty particles 14) Uranus’s atmosphere consists of what type of gas? a. Nitrogen b. Oxygen c. Hydrogen d. Methane Home Page

Neptune 15) Because Neptune is the eighth planet from the sun, it is considered the ______ planet? a. Coldest b. Smallest c. Rockiest d. Hottest 16) Neptune’s Great Dark Spot is known to be a _______ ________, which is the size of Earth? a. Dust cloud b. Far planet c. Huge storm d. Rocky planet 17) Neptune has a set of _____ faint rings, which hardly can be seen from Earth? a. Four b. Three c. Sixth d. Two Home Page

Pluto 18) Pluto’s surface is covered by __________? a. Dust particles
b. Water c. Methane ice d. Large rocks 19) Its moon Charon helps scientists learn about its _________ and __________? a. Surface and crusts b. Atmosphere and surface c. Gases and size d. Speed and thickness 20) Pluto is thought to be the _________ planet? a. Widest b. Smallest c. Dense d. Largest Home Page

Mercury 21) Mercury’s surface is covered by __________?
a. Dust particles b. Craters c. Methane ice d. Large rocks 22) This small planet does not have _________ or __________? a. Moons or crusts b. Water or rings c. Rings or moons d. Craters or water Home Page

Venus 23) Venus is known as Earth’s “sister planet” because of its ______________. a. Mass, size, volume, and density b. Size, speed, and surface area c. Volume, atmosphere, and mass d. Density, volume, speed, and size 24) Like Mercury, Venus has no ________? a. Atmosphere b. Moons c. Gases d. Craters 25) This planet is considered to be the ________ planet in our solar system? a. Coldest b. Volcanic c. Smallest d. Hottest Home Page

Scoreboard Astronaut Mike Astronaut Scott

THANK YOU FOR PLAYING MY SCIENCE GAME
THANK YOU FOR PLAYING MY SCIENCE GAME. I HOPE YOU ENJOYED IT JUST AS MUCH AS I HAVE ENJOYED CREATING IT FOR ALL OF YOU! 

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