How can we communicate our knowledge of atoms in a fun + creative way?
In this last science project, we made a video game! Well, there was lots more to learn before the making of it. Keep reading!
Making observations
We did a couple of assignments to practice making observations. We did an activity called black box. Basically, there was a little black box that we had to try to recreate with cotton balls, marbles, and sand. We recreated it using our senses like hearing, and touch. Another assignment we did was a lab. We had corn starch, baking soda, salt, sugar, and a mystery powder. We added water, vinegar, iodine, and fire to each, and observed what was happening.
This is what the observation sheet looked like. (Don’t mind the messy writing 😂). I felt like this lab was really fun because we could experiment with different chemical and physical properties.
VIDEO GAME!
The final project was a video game! We used an app called scratch .
It is a website where you use coding to create your own games. It sounds easy, but let’s just say, the app is pretty tricky until you get the hang of it. I am not the best at coding, but i’m sure it is different for everyone.
The first step of the making of our game was to create a proposal. In mine, I included the goal of the game, how I showed my knowledge of atoms, and how to play. I did end up changing the type of game because I thought of a better idea.
I called my video game Matter Transformers. The goal of the game was to go from a solid, to a liquid, to a gas. The characters I used were and ice cube 🧊, a water droplet 💧, and water vapour 💨. In order to transform, you needed to chase around the sun ☀️ , and catch it 100 times. Once you caught it 100 times, the background changed from the arctic to underwater. Along with that, the character changes from ice to water. Once that happens, you have to get to 200 points (a.k.a water vapour. The background is the cloudy sky). In order to finish the game, you need to reach 300 points! Using the arrow controls, you chase the sun to 300 points.
I will put the link to my game right here: MATTER TRANSFORMERS
How can we communicate our knowledge of atoms in a fun + creative way?
I think I did a good job of communicating my knowledge of atoms in a fun and creative way because I made a video game! My video game was catchy, it had fun characters, and I feel like it was pretty fun in general. Sometimes science isn’t seen as fun, but in this project I think I turned it into a fun way to showcase my knowledge of atoms and matter. There our many ways to show knowledge, and present, but this was one of the most unique ways so far!
Overall, I enjoyed this project. I learned many new skills in the process of creating my video game. I also had lots of fun playing my own game!