ES-PS3.C-1

Force Castle

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Game Info for Teachers

COMBINED RATING

4.5 Stars

TEACHERS (46)

4.6

STUDENTS (41842)

4.4

LENGTH

9 Minutes

GRADES

CAPABILITIES

iPad Support

Spanish Language Support

Text-to-Speech Support

Saves Progress

Description

Venture into the castle to find the treasure. Learn about forces, collisions, friction, and magnets!

Vocabulary Words

pull

push

force

strength

direction

collide

contact forces

movement

energy

friction

relative

frictional forces

heat energy

magnetizable materials

Instructions

Play through this interactive game to learn about Collisions and Forces. Suitable for Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5.

Main Concepts

A force has both a strength and a direction.

A force is a push or pull on an object.(ES)

A contact force is a force that occurs when objects are in direct contact with each other.

Friction is a contact force that opposes the motion of an object.

Moving objects contain energy.

When objects collide, energy is transferred from one object to the other, changing their motion.

When an object slides relative to another, the frictional forces between them transfer the energy of motion into heat energy, causing the object to slow down.

When a force acts on an object, it transfers energy to the object that affects its motion.

Discussion Questions

Before the Game

What happens to a ball when it is hit with a baseball? Why does it change directions? How can you change how far the baseball goes when it is hit?

After the Game

What did you have to do in order to get through the box door and successfully knock the lantern off?Why did you have to use max force to hit an object farther away? Why did the ball slow down the farther it travelled? How did ice affect the friction with the ball? How did the magnet help you in the game?