Submitted Website Approval Request
tjhannah on 8/29/2022 8:33:03 AMGranger Elementary
STEM Teacher
NAS Moonbase Alpha
LESSON OVERVIEW This lesson was designed based on the 5E instructional model1 (Engage, Explore, Explain, Extend, Evaluate) and it combines aspects of traditional formal education with game-based learning to teach science, technology, and engineering concepts to students. Moonbase Alpha is an online game, developed through a partnership between the NASA Learning Technologies Program (LTP) and commercial game developers, which serves as a proof-of-concept to demonstrate that NASA content – lunar architecture in this case – and a cutting-edge game engine can be combined to produce a fun game that inspires interest in STEM education. In Moonbase Alpha, commercial-quality gaming technology is combined with accurate physics rendering and real NASA technology to provide a virtual world that can be used to deepen students’ understanding of key concepts and improve their teamwork skills. In the game scenario, a meteorite strikes a lunar outpost on the Moon, disabling critical systems that supply oxygen to the astronauts’ living quarters. Teams of students will be challenged to repair the damaged systems in order to restore oxygen production capability to the lunar outpost.
https://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/programs/national/ltp/games/moonbasealpha/index.html
6th grade students come to the STEM lab to receive additional time to work on science. This game, I hope, will engage my 6th graders as we learn more about the moon and it's phases.
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Science, K-12
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Submitted Website Review Form
smgraves on 9/6/2022 7:42:11 AMNone
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Uses ports 80 and 443
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Filtered as Government
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Yes, with reservations
The site is approved, but if they want to play the games, it requires them to download Steam as well to install and run the games. I feel that this needs to go through the software approval process?
Submitted Educational Software Specialist Form
msblack on 9/9/2022 4:46:55 PMContent/Simulation
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3 - Strength AreaThis is an engaging way for students to apply science content to a problem solving activity. It integrates ideas learned in 5th grade science about plants and ideas learned in 6th grade science about space, which is great for our 6th grade students.
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