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The Great Video
Game Contest
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Video games are bad for you? That's
what they said about rock and roll. -
SHIGERU MIYAMOTO (Creator of
Mario Bros, Donkey Kong, The
Legend of Zelda, and more)
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I recently learned something quite interesting
about video games. Many young people have
developed incredible hand, eye, and braincoordination in playing these games. The air
force believes these kids will be our
outstanding pilots should they fly our jets. RONALD REAGAN(1983)
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Video games are a waste of time for men
with nothing else to do Ray Bradbury
(American author)
"For the same reason we don't allow kids to
buy pornography, cigarettes or alcohol, weshouldn't allow them to go to stores and buy
video games, Leland Yee (California State
Senator)
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What my mom says about video
games
Video games are a waste oftime and a bad influence.Why should I spend that
money on video games when Icould spend them on booksthat you can read? Its a mind-numbing experience. You
need to get your exercise andyour sunshine and get awayfrom that addiction.
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What ARE Video Games?
Four Critical Elements
1. Graphics
2. Interface3. Player Activity
4. Algorithm
Taken from The Video Game Theory Reader
by Wolf and Perron, 2003, Routledge
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Graphics
Changing and changeable visual display on a
screen involving some kind of pixel-based
imaging.
The Video in video game
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The Multi-User Dungeon or MUD: A video
game or not?
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GRAPHICS is a major area where we can
easily see technology advancement in video
games
Original The Legend of Zelda 1986
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
2006
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Interface
Occurs at the boundary between the player
and the video game itself and can includethe
screen, speakers (and microphones), input
devices (such as keyboard, mouse, joy-stick,trak-ball, paddles, steering wheels, light guns,
etc.), as well as onscreen graphical elements
such as buttons, sliderswhich invite theplayer activity and allow it to occur.
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Hardware Interfaces
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Software Interface
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Player Activity
The physical motion that the player makes to
interact with the game.
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Algorithm
The PROGRAMMING in the game that tells the gamehow to respond to what you are doing.
1. How does the game know that your laser shot is going
to hit the other player?2. How does the game know to change the music to
sound scarier when you are fighting the boss?
3. How does the game remember that you moved that
stone in the room when you return to it for a secondtime?
4. Why is the game different every time you play it?
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Moments in Video Game History
1962 The first video game ever invented was
Spacewar! which arose from ideas in missile
defense systems in the Cold War
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The First Hit Video Game
Pong 1972
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The Rise of Edutainment
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Is Edutainmentactually fun or is
it ?
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Science Question: Years of study by manned exploration,remote telescopes, and nearby probes have confirmedwhat about the earths moon?
a) That aliens once lived there
b) That uranium is present there in significant quantities
c) That water is still present on the moond) That its seismic activity could cause significant changesin its surface in the next 500 years
e) (b) and (c)
f) (b) and (d)g) All of the above
ANSWER: C
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NASAs LCROSS probe was
intentionally smashed into the
moon
Hydroxyl OH strength of UV/Visible light from
before and after impact
Matson, John. LCROSS impact plumes
contained moon water, NASA says,
Scientific American Online, November 13,
2009
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Science Question: Which of the following beliefs aboutchocolate are true?
a) It is toxic to parrots, horses, and dogs
b) It can reduce the risk of heart attacks
c) It may cause increased acne in some people
d) It can be mixed with vegetable oils to create analternative fuel for cars
e) (a) and (b)
f) (a) and (c)
g) (c) and (d)
ANSWER: E
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From Wikipedia
A study performed at the Karolinska Institute inStockholmfound that survivors of heart attackswho ate chocolate at least two or three times aweek reduced their risk of death by a factor of upto three times compared to survivors who did noteat chocolate.
In sufficient amounts, the theobromine found inchocolate is toxic to animals such as horses, dogs,parrots, small rodents, and cats because they areunable to metabolise the chemical effectively.
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The Great Video Game Creation
Contest
Competition Rules1. Create a video game that asks science questions
in the form of floating objects that may beclicked.
2. When finished, all classes will trade videogames.
3. Each class will be ranked according to how welltheir video games follow the video game rubric
and how well you are able to play the otherclass games.
4. The winning class gets a prize for the WHOLECLASS.
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Video Game Requirements
The game must:
1. Be able to ask science/technology related
questions with answer choices.
2. Use some different video game programming
skills.
3. Keep score of the players progress.
4. Ask AT LEAST 5 relevant science/technology
question. (E.g. relevant is NOT Is the earth
round or flat? Too simple for 8th grade.)
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The Science Questions
Need to be relevant
Need to have 4 more answer choices (in your
best interest to make believable false choices)
Must have a legitimate SOURCE for your
correct answer
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From Wikipedia to More Original
Source: The Chocolate Example
Original Wikipedia Article
For information on chocolate and heart attackreduction, see source 59.
For information on chocolates toxic effects oncertain animals, see source 2.
ALWAYS find the original source that Wikipediaused. Wikipedia is not itself a source. It is a meansof finding information in other sources quickly.
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How You Write Up Each Question
You need the following
1. Question
2. Answer Choices3. Correct answer choice with short explanation
4. Source for correct answer
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How you write it upThe Moon Question
Q: Years of study by manned exploration, remote telescopes, and nearbyprobes have confirmed what about the earths moon?
a) That aliens once lived there
b) That uranium is present there in significant quantities
c) That water is still present on the moon
d) That its seismic activity could cause significant changes in its surfacein the next 500 years
e) (b) and (c)
f) (b) and (d)
g) All of the above
A: (c) Water was recently discovered on the moon by NASA probe thatwas intentionally crashed into the surface of the moon.
Source: Matson, John. LCROSS impact plumes contained moon water,NASA says, Scientific American Online, November 13, 2009
Question
Answer
Choices
Correct
Answer
Source ofCorrect Answer
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How you write it up
The Chocolate Question
Q: Which of the following beliefs about chocolate are true?
a) It is toxic to parrots, horses, and dogs
b) It can reduce the risk of heart attacks
c) It may cause increased acne in some people
d) It can be mixed with vegetable oils to create an alternative fuel for cars
e) (a) and (b)
f) (a) and (c)
g) (c) and (d)
A: (e) theobromine is the compound that is toxic in chocolate and recent medicalstudies showed that those who took chocolate had a lower risk of a second heart
attack
Sources: (1) Crosby, JT, Chocolate Toxicity - What Makes Chocolate Toxic To Dogs?,About.com; (2) Sydney Morning Herald, Chocolate 'cuts death rate' in heart attacksurvivors, August 13, 2009
Question
Answer
Choices
Correct
Answer
Source of
Correct AnswerTwo sources for two answers!
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Web Sources for Science Questions
Interesting Websites
Howstuffworks.com
Sciencenewsforkids.org
Scienceinschool.org
Nasa.gov
Usgs.gov
EPA for kids website
Science-facts.com
Publication
Scientific American
New Scientist
News websites (BBC, NewYork Times, CNN, Fox News,
Washington Post, etc.)
You can also use the science that you have learned in your
SCIENCE TEXTBOOKS. Those books are also good
sources!
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Let the competition begin!