MS-ESS3.A-1
Repairs On Wheels: Natural Resources
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Game Info for Teachers
COMBINED RATING
4.2 Stars
TEACHERS (14)
4.6
STUDENTS (4893)
3.8
LENGTH
20 Minutes
GRADES
6
7
8
CAPABILITIES
iPad Support
ES
Spanish Language Support
Text-to-Speech Support
Saves Progress
Description
Drive around a village in your car making repairs and helping people while learning about different energies and natural resources.
Vocabulary Words
energy
natural resources
wind turbine
wind energy
electricity
renewable energy
sediments
windmill
generator
hydroelectric power
solar energy
biomass
coal
oil
fossil fuel
non-renewable energy
pollutant
oil rig
steel,
Instructions
Play through this interactive game to learn about Natural Resources. Suitable for Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8.
Main Concepts
There are advantages and disadvantages to using wind power.
There are advantages and disadvantages to using solar energy.
Natural resources include: water, living organisms, soil, rocks, minerals, oil, gas, air, wind, sunlight.
Renewable energy resources are inexhaustable and naturally replenished on a human timescale.
The distribution of natural resources depends on factors such as climate, geologic history, and human use.
Non-renewable energy resources are exhaustable and not replenished on a human timescale.
Examples of non-renewable energy resources are: coal, oil, natural gas, and nuclear power.
Examples of renewable resources are: biomass, wind, wave, hydropower, geothermal, and solar energy.
There are advantages and disadvantages to using hydropower.
Natural resources are not distributed evenly over Earth's surface.
There are advantages and disadvantages to using biomass.
Humans depend on natural resources for nearly all of their life functions.
There are advantages and disadvantages to using oil.
There are advantages and disadvantages to using coal.
All human-made and natural products derive from natural resources.
Various geologic processes are responsible for the formation and replenishment of natural resources.
Discussion Questions
Before the Game
What is a natural resource? What are some examples of natural resources? How do you think we get most of our energy?
After the Game
What are the technologies that you learned in the game that help us get energy? Which examples in the game were renewable energy sources? What is one advantage and one disadvantage of each type of energy you encountered in the game? What are two major disadvantages of using fossil fuels?
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Game Details
Difficulty
Content Integration
Lexile Level
705