Tuesday, February 5, 2013

SciGirls AquaBot Game - Interactive

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pbskids.org/scigirls/aquabot

17 comments:

Jahan said...

This was a so-so game. It was way to short and did not tell much except for how to build an underwater craft, something pretty much useless for other people unless he/she is a marine scientist. It was challenging; 4 stars, but it did not have much science involved in it. This was fun but not very educational. It was easy to move the craft on the first level, except the second level was hard. It had a good idea in it, but the way it was displayed was poor. I think it could have done better and it could have had more levels. All in all, a B-.

Corey said...

I was never able to even able to play the game. I didn't really get it. It got sort of boring. I rate it a B, but think that it could've been easier to do. I agree with Jahan and think that it was not educational. I think that it should've had more to it. Overall, I think that it was just okay. Maybe I was just the only one who could actually play the game. That was really annoying.

Emilynne☯ said...

Oh woooow. That was a lot of fun. I agree with Jahan and Corey though. There wasn't much information. This game was OK. It was really fun on the first level, but on the second level it got really boring. I had to explore everything before I finally found the jeweled crab. They should have given you a trivia question or something. Also, they should have made it easier to find the treasure. All in all, this game was OK, but it needs quite a bit of work before it's ready. I give it a B+

Sabina☆❀❄❤ said...

This was a fun game, but I didn't really find this game to be academic or more specific, scientific. It didn't give any scientific information. And I agree with Emilynne that the first level was pretty fun, but the second level wasn't fun because I had to explore the entire tank and only then I stumbled across the jewel crab. I agree with Jahan that the game would be more fun and interesting if it had more levels. This game isn't very good, and I think that the creators of it should edit it by putting more information in it before displaying it to the public. Overall, I give this game a B.

Anonymous said...

Sophia said,
this was fun but not it did not have to do with science as much as I had thought.

Kallie said...

I agree with everyone that this game was fun, but not scientific. It was more of a find-the-treasure game than an educational game. I agree with Emilynne that there should have been a trivia question. I think there should have been a trivia question on fish whenever you collected a fish, a trivia question on oysters and pearls every time you collected an oyster, a question on jellyfish whenever you bumped into a jellyfish, and a trivia question on marine biology whenever you collected a treasure. I also think they should have made it more clear how to make the craft float in the middle and make it a little less guess-and-check. I also think they should have given a little more of a description of the underwater craft, which would have made it more educational. Overall, I give this game a 5/10.

Izzy☆☺☮✌♥✎ said...

This pretty cool. I do agree with most people that there was only a little science in the beginning about buoyancy but otherwise there really wasn't much science. But, I still liked the whole idea. It was actually pretty hard. Your battery runs out pretty quickly, which everything complicated. If you just keep swimming over an electric eel, your battery will recharge completely.
I only passed the first level, but it was really hard.

Overall, I enjoyed this game.

Weston said...

The game was okay, but what in the world does it have to do with science? It's on the blog, so I'm guessing something, but I can't really talk about it's scientific traits because there weren't any. I don't know what to say about it's scientific features, but at least it was entertaining.

Elena :) said...

I didn't really understand what you were supposed to do. It wasn't that fun, but I agree with Weston; what does this have to do with science? It didn't really explain things well, so it left me pretty confuzzled!

Sammie said...

This game was kind of boring. Like pretty much everybody before me said, this game was not very educational and more like a video game. Maybe the second level is more challenging, but I got bored and tired before I even finished the first level. This game definitely needs work.

Overall I would rate this game a B-.

Ethan said...

I did really good on the first level but on the second level I failed misserebly. I agree with Jahan and Corey about how this game was educational because all you were doing was roming around with a robot trying to find a ring and ship. All in all, I didn't really like this game so I would rate it a B+.

Anonymous said...

I actually think that before you start the first level, when you are building the ROV, it is pretty interesting because you have to think about the balance between floatingness and weight :).... After that, it wasn't that scientific but you can think about how the electric eel gives energy and all, but still that isn't much... The levels were kinda fun but to base it all on a ring is not much but it was a little bit scientific. I liked it a little bit so I would rate it a 6 and a half... (1 is horrible and 10 is amazing). This would basically be between an A and a B+.

Annie said...

Again Ms. Thomas.... it says Anonymous but I am Annie FWI..... (the comment above)

Ian said...

I thought this game was too easy and that it didn't teach me much about science. It was easy to find the treasure, because the caves went in a straight line except for little side caves here and there. It was obvious that the crab and ring were at the very end, so it didn't have much of a fun aspect. I give it a B

Ian said...

Annie, 65% isn't an A or a B+... I think it's a D.

Tessa said...

As fun as this game was, it did not have a lot educational value to it. I enjoyed playing it, however my succeeding was sporadic. I sometimes rocked it, and yet I sometimes was horrible. I could see that this game was not easy but it was not super educational. I rate it a B+.

Bryan said...

This was a good game, it was fun and challenging how you had to guess and check, but it as a little boring. And the intro was not needed. This would be a great game for room three or two. Not for upperschool that studied hard chore science. Overall, an okay game B+