State Standards

Florida: by Debbie Denise Reese Ph.D.

The CyGaMEs team aligned the Selene learning environment with the Florida Next Generation Sunshine State Standards: Science (NGSSS, adopted February 2008). Florida educators may appreciate that students register to play Selene in English or Spanish (see http://selene.cet.edu/Default.aspx?page=español). You will find highlighted components for game-to-standards alignment below. Please download the PDF for the complete alignment between CyGaMEs Selene and FSSS: Science (ages nine and older) big ideas, benchmark codes, and benchmarks. The full alignment includes:

Big Idea 1: The Practice of Science
Big Idea 2: The Characteristics of Scientific Knowledge
Big Idea 3: The Role of Theories, Laws, Hypotheses, and Models
Big Idea 5: Earth in Space and Time
Big Idea 6: Earth Structures
Big Idea 8: Properties of Matter
Big Idea 9: Changes in Matter
Big Idea 11: Energy Transfer and Transformations
Big Idea 12: Motion of Objects
Body of Knowledge: PHYSICAL SCIENCES
- Standard 12: Motion
Body of Knowledge: EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE
- Standard 5: Earth in Space and Time
- Standard 6: Earth Structures
Body of Knowledge: NATURE OF SCIENCE
- Standard 1: The Practice of Science
- Standard 2: The Characteristics of Scientific Knowledge

Highlighted Alignment Components: Selene Gameplay Goals with Embedded Assessment and NGSSS: Science

Big Idea 6: Earth Structures
SC.7.E.6.3	Identify current methods for measuring the age of Earth and its parts, including the law of superposition and radioactive dating. Cognitive Complexity: Level 2: Basic Application of Skills & Concepts	This is the key concept of the Selene surface features module. Selene players actually cause the superposition of features and material on the Moon.
Body of Knowledge: EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE Standard 5: Earth in Space and Time
SC.912.E.5.5	Explain the formation of planetary systems based on our knowledge of our Solar System and apply this knowledge to newly discovered planetary systems. Cognitive Complexity: Level 3: Strategic Thinking & Complex Reasoning	This is the science of Selene. Selene gameplay will prepare them for this transfer task.
SC.912.E.6.1	Describe and differentiate the layers of Earth and the interactions among them. Cognitive Complexity: Level 2: Basic Application of Skills & Concepts	Selene players cause their moon to differentiate into layers. They determine the relative proportions of those layers by their Selene accretion gameplay. This experience acts as concrete prior knowledge to support knowledge construction about the layers of Earth.
SC.912.E.6.2	Connect surface features to surface processes that are responsible for their formation. Cognitive Complexity: Level 2: Basic Application of Skills & Concepts	Selene players construct the surface of the moon according to impacting cratering and volcanism. This experience acts as concrete prior knowledge to support knowledge construction about surface processes that are responsible for the formation of some of Earth’s surface structures.