MS-PS2.B-1
Space Junk Hunt
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COMBINED RATING
4.5 Stars
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LENGTH
15 Minutes
GRADES
6
7
8
CAPABILITIES
Text-to-Speech Support
Saves Progress
Description
Control a spaceship and use electric and magnetic forces to collect debris and survive dangerous asteroid fields.
Vocabulary Words
atoms
protons
neutrons
electrons
negatively charged
positively charged
electromagnetic force
repel
attract
magnetic force
electromagnet
iron core
Instructions
Play through this interactive game to learn about Electric and Magnetic Forces. Suitable for Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8.
Main Concepts
Like electric charges will repel each other.
The magnetic force is a non-contact force.
The greater the strength of the magnets, the greater the strength of the magnetic force between them.
When the number of positive and negative electric charges within an object are equal, the object has no electric charge.
The shorter the distance between magnets, the greater the magnetic force between them.
Protons have a positive charge and electrons have a negative charge.
The greater the magnitude of the electric charge, the greater the strength of the electric force between charges.
Opposite magnetic poles will attract one another.
The electric force is a non-contact force.
The greater the size of an iron core in an electromagnet, the greater the strength of the magnetic force produced.
An electromagnet is produced by wrapping current-carrying wire around an iron core.
The shorter the distance between electric charges, the greater the strength of the electric force between them.
Electric force is the force of attraction or repulsion between charged particles.
Every magnetized material has a north and south magnetic pole.
The greater the number of batteries connected to an electromagnet, the greater the strength of the magnetic force produced.
Like magnetic poles will repel one another.
The greater the number of turns of current-carrying wire around the iron core of an electromagnet, the greater the strength of the magnetic force produced.
Opposite electric charges will attract each other.
Magnetic force is the force of attraction and repulsion between two magnetized objects.
Discussion Questions
Before the Game
What is a force? What do you know about magnets? What forces can be seen when using magnets?
After the Game
What happened as the distance between the forces decreases? How did a longer wire affect the electromagnetic force in the game? Explain what the poles are and how the charges affect each other. How did you navigate the space ship using the charges?
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