Find out more about space by playing ESA’s new online space
game. Designed for students aged from 13 to 17, the game
covers planets, comets, launchers, astronauts and the
exciting events that are taking place in our solar system.
This online game is simple to play, versatile, easy for
teachers to introduce into the classroom and easily
adaptable to the level of students. It can be played
singly or in teams and can be used:
* as part of space-related subjects such as physics, chemistry and biology
* to help teach English as a foreign language
* at the end of the day when pupils become less attentive
* whenever there is free time
The aim of the game is to increase student’s knowledge
of space and its relevance to our daily lives, and to
encourage student’s curiosity about our still largely
unexplored solar system.
Questions are varied. Teams may have to guess the answer
from the clues they are given, try and make a sentence
from given words or guess what space subject a team
member is trying to draw. Many answers include comments
or little-known facts to encourage discussion between
the players and to arouse curiosity. The result should
be a lot of fun and an increased knowledge of space.
Each month the game will be updated with new questions
so that it can be played again. This game is ideal for
schools but also fun to play at home with friends and
family so download the board, dice and questions and
have fun. A free copy of the game board is also being
distributed with the latest edition of Edunews.
Space game
* Board
http://ravel.esrin.esa.it/docs/edu/spacegame/Board.pdf
* Counters and dice
http://ravel.esrin.esa.it/docs/edu/spacegame/Countersdice.pdf
* Rules
http://ravel.esrin.esa.it/docs/edu/spacegame/Rules.pdf
* Questions & answers
http://ravel.esrin.esa.it/docs/edu/spacegame/Questionsanswers.pdf
