Land & Water Quest
A 2nd grade Earth science game show: fast and slow changes, protecting land from wind and water, landforms and bodies of water, map reading and where water is found.
Try it free with your class: the demo runs right in your browser for 5 questions or 5 minutes, whichever comes first. No sign-up needed.
Or get every game, including all future games, with the All-Access Teacher License for $150.
What students practice
Quick changes (earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, floods) vs. slow changes (canyons, weathering, glaciers, dunes), comparing solutions to slow wind and water erosion (plants, windbreaks, seawalls, sandbags, levees, mulch, terraces, beach grass), mountains, hills, valleys, plains, canyons, islands, peninsulas, oceans, lakes and rivers, reading a simple map with a key, where water is found (oceans, ice, lakes, groundwater), salt vs. fresh water, solid and liquid water
Standards
OAS 2.ESS1.1 · 2.ESS2.1–3
NGSS: 2-ESS1-1 · 2-ESS2-1–3
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How it works
- Open the game file in any web browser: Chromebooks, laptops or your smartboard. No accounts, no student logins and no internet needed once it's downloaded.
- Enter the players or teams, then press Start.
- Students take turns on one shared screen, so the whole class can play together on a projector or smartboard.
- Each purchase includes the game file and a one-page Quick Start guide.
