NAS Moonbase Alpha

Requestor Work Location:

Granger Elementary

Requestor Title:

STEM Teacher

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True

Description:

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.

URL:

https://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/programs/national/ltp/games/moonbasealpha/index.html

Purpose/Use/Notes:

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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Lower Grade Range:

6th Grade

Upper Grade Range:

6th Grade

Category:

Science, K-12

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Is student data shared with the vendor?

False

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