Idea for adding a new activity to GCompris

[Emmanuel Charruau]

Hi,

*https://www.bforball.com/images/planets/planets.jpg
<https://www.bforball.com/images/planets/planets.jpg> *looks good to me and
you can make the planet revolving around the sun.


*Emmanuel*

2017-08-21 9:42 GMT+02:00 Aman Gupta <gupta2140 at gmail.com>:

> 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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