Idea for adding a new activity to GCompris

[Aman Gupta]

Yes, we can surely make planets revolve around the Sun and this would be
more attractive and fun for children. However we must consider the
following pros and cons:

*PROS:*
It would make the activity fun and attractive for children to study, and
they will not be bored.

*CONS about adding revolutionary movements:*
However, if i make round orbits around the Sun and place the planets in
their respective orbits and make them revolve, it would look congested, and
further we would have to reduce the size of the planets as well, to fit all
the 8 circular orbits in the screen as shown here-
*https://www.bforball.com/images/planets/planets.jpg
<https://www.bforball.com/images/planets/planets.jpg>* . If so, static
Solar System would be preferrable as here: *http://s1.dmcdn.net/NoiVN/
<http://s1.dmcdn.net/NoiVN/>1280x720-F8c.jpg  *or here-  *
http://www.smilepolitely.com/?ACT=33&f=solar_system_2__full-width.jpeg&fid=25&d=9143&
<http://www.smilepolitely.com/?ACT=33&f=solar_system_2__full-width.jpeg&fid=25&d=9143&>*

If this is a reasonable problem, we may find some other way to make it more
dynamic.

On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 1:20 AM, JAZEIX Johnny <jazeix at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I agree with Emmanuel, we shouldn't just do a lesson then quiz. It has to
> be interactive, the child has to learn "without knowing it".
>
> A similar idea on what is done in explore activities, having a real solar
> system, with each planet having its label, its own size, distance of the
> Sun and own revolution around the Sun could be a good start for example
> (play/pause buttons, click on planets to get information)...
> Then having another level where we can ask to click on specific planets or
> other questions like that...
>
> https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qt3d-planets-qml-example.html is way too
> complicated for children but may provide some interesting ideas/data.
>
> Once we have agreed, can you please create a task in phabricator (
> https://phabricator.kde.org/project/view/142/) so we can have what would
> be good to have and we can follow the progress?
>
> Johnny
>
> On 08/20/17 16:36, Emmanuel Charruau wrote:
>
> Hi Gupta,
> If solar system seems interesting, the way you approach teaching does not
> work really well with childrens as they are still learning reading.
> Could you not find a way to make it interactive to keep their attention ?
> Regards,
> Emmanuel
>
> Le 20 août 2017 14:53, "Aman Gupta" <gupta2140 at gmail.com> a écrit :
>
>> Hello! I'm Aman Kumar Gupta, a 2nd year UG at IIIT Bhubaneswar, India.
>> I've been going through GCompris over a month and have come up with an idea
>> about an activity which i want to work on.
>> *Idea:*
>> This activity is regarding Solar System, which would teach kids about the
>> planets and their properties in our Solar System, like Planet's name, their
>> size, distance from the Sun, Duration of day and night there, time taken by
>> it to cover one revolution around the Sun etc.
>> *Way of presentation:*
>> The activity will consist of 2 levels. the 1st Level aims at teaching the
>> child about Solar System, rotation, revolutioin etc by showing pictures and
>> animations. And the 2nd level will be a quiz, where some questions will be
>> asked based upon what they've learned, in an interactive manner.
>>  Example- Which is the 5th planet in our Solar System etc. which would be
>> followed by 'n' options(depending upon the question) each and the child has
>> to drag the correct planet to the indicated position.
>>
>> Any feedback/suggestion will be highly appreciated!
>> Thank you!
>>
>>
>> *--------------------------- *
>> *Aman Kumar Gupta*
>>
>>
>
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