Mysterious Island Museum and the Utah Science Core Curriculum
Mysterious Island Museum (MiM) games can be made about any topic, but the current focus is to make games that relate to the Utah science core curriculum (Science with Engineering Education, or SEEd), especially for seventh grade science: SEEd - Grade 7
Current MiM games are about terminology and concepts in the disciplinary core ideas, but future development will make games that are also about Crosscutting Concepts (CCCs) and Science and Engineering Practices (SEPs). Future development will also add RISE-style problems and challenges.
How current MiM games are related to the SEEd standards
The SEEd standards referenced below can be found on this web site: SEEd - Grade 7
■ Newton's Laws
The Newton's Laws game is related to Standards 7.1.1 and 7.1.2:
Standard 7.1.1
Carry out an investigation which provides evidence that a change in an object's motion is dependent on the mass of the object and the sum of the forces acting on it. Various experimental designs should be evaluated to determine how well the investigation measures an object's motion. Emphasize conceptual understanding of Newton's First and Second Laws. Calculations will only focus along one-dimensional movement; the use of vectors will be introduced in high school.
Standard 7.1.2
Apply Newton's Third Law to design a solution to a problem involving the motion of two colliding objects in a system. Examples could include collisions between two moving objects or between a moving object and a stationary object.
■ Rock Cycle
The Rock Cycle game is related to Standard 7.2.1:
Standard 7.2.1
Develop a model of the rock cycle to describe the relationship between energy flow and matter cycling that create igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks. Emphasize the processes of melting, crystallization, weathering, deposition, sedimentation, and deformation, which act together to form minerals and rocks.