Science

Planets, rain and digestion in order

An AR classroom game for Grade 3. Learners can aim with their hands at the camera or play by tapping the screen.

This set has 4 rounds in an interactive ordering activity.

Curriculum indicatorว 3.1 ป.4/3

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A look before you play

Sample questions

A few real prompts from the game to help you choose an activity for your class.

01
Put the steps of the scientific method in order.
- draw a conclusion
- experiment and collect data
- form a hypothesis
- observe and ask a question
Read the explanation
You have to observe and ask a question before you can experiment.
02
Put the planets in order from the sun.
- Mars
- Mercury
- The earth
- Venus
Read the explanation
The first four are the rocky planets closest to the sun.
03
Put the steps that make rain in order.
- it condenses into clouds
- it falls as rain
- the vapour rises
- water evaporates
Read the explanation
Water evaporates, condenses into clouds until they are heavy, then falls.

Before you play

Game teaching guide

What children will practise

Orders four sequences: the steps of the scientific method, the first four planets from the Sun, how rain forms, and the path of food through the gut. Question 2 matches indicator ว 3.1 ป.4/3 (modelling the solar system), a Grade 4 topic; rain and digestion are Grade 5 and 6 content, so the set works as an early introduction.

What's in the worksheet

4 questions, an ordering game with four pieces each - observe and ask > form a hypothesis > experiment and collect data > conclude - Mercury > Venus > Earth > Mars - water evaporates > vapour rises > condenses into clouds > falls as rain - mouth > oesophagus > stomach > intestines

How to use it in class

An end-of-term review, about 5 minutes in teams. Before question 2, make up a memory line for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars. For question 4, have children trace the path on their own body from mouth to belly. In question 1 you may need to explain สมมติฐาน (hypothesis) as the answer you guess in advance. You can link it to a class and record it in the gradebook.

Common sticking points

- Question 2: swapping Venus and Mars, having heard both are Earth's neighbours. Show an ordered picture of the solar system. - Question 1: swapping hypothesis and experiment because the word สมมติฐาน is unfamiliar. - Question 4: putting the stomach before the oesophagus, not knowing a tube links mouth and stomach. Have children swallow water and notice the feeling in the throat.