Earth, Sun and Moon (video game)
Earth, Sun and Moon was a game published on The Sarah Jane Adventures website. It was part of the KS2 Bitesize Science project, where children learned math, English and science by playing video games. The game was narrated by Daniel Anthony. As a reward for finishing the game the children got a UNIT quote wallpaper.
Scenario
After the Slitheen had tried to use gravity to smash the Moon into Earth, the planets' orbits are in a mess. It's Clyde Langer's birthday tomorrow and he wants to set everything right.
The player has to help Clyde and Mr Smith to restore the orbit paths of the Earth, Sun and Moon.
How to play
The player has to select the right position of the Earth, the Sun and the Moon. Then he needs to select the right orbit of the Earth and Moon and the restore the Earth's rotation. He only needs the mouse and the spacebar. He can't select the wrong answers. If he does so either nothing happens or Clyde says that this answer is wrong and the player needs to choose another one.
End of the game
Mr Smith has restored the orbit paths of the Earth, sun and moon. Clyde wants to have a big birthday party.
Characters
References
- Earth travels around the sun, which is a star. On the side of the Earth that faces the sun it's daytime, on the other side its night. The moon travels around the Earth.
- It takes the Earth 365 days (one regular year) to travel around the sun.
- It takes the moon 30 days to travel around the Earth.
- The Earth takes 24 hours to rotate.
Continuity
The game takes part after the events described in The Sarah Jane Adventures episode The Lost Boy, where the moon almost crashed Earth.
External links
- Earth, Sun and Moon on the BBC website.
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