MS-ESS1.A-2

Think Titans: Galaxy Travelers

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Game Info for Teachers

COMBINED RATING

3.9 Stars

TEACHERS (4)

4.3

STUDENTS (618)

3.6

LENGTH

17 Minutes

GRADES

CAPABILITIES

Spanish Language Support

Text-to-Speech Support

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Description

The Think Titans are lost in the wrong galaxy. They must make their way back to the Milky way, their galaxy, as they learn more about galaxies.

Vocabulary Words

galaxy

spiral

irregular

elliptical

Milky Way Galaxy

light years

stars

gravity

constellation

comet

planets

moons

nebulae

dark matter

asteroid

molecular clouds

black hole

solar system

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.

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

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

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.

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 is the closest star to Earth? What celestial objects can you think of? How many moons does Earth have?

After the Game

What are three shapes that a galaxy can have? How is distance measured in outer space? What is a light year? What force holds a galaxy together? In which galaxy are all the stars that we can observe in the night sky? What are three things that are contained within a galaxy?