Idea for adding a new activity to GCompris

[Aman Gupta]

I've thought to make it a Story-mode cum game like activity. Like in the
beginning, he will first explain "What is Solar System and planets?" in a
fun manner by introducing Solar System with a song which will attract the
child and make him sing along. Here's one such example-
*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQrlgH97v94
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQrlgH97v94> . *Kids are very fond of such
activities and will really enjoy learning in this manner. I really liked
this introduction to the Solar System.

Then after the introduction, there will be an Astronaut or a spaceship(with
an Astronaut sitting inside it), on top of the Earth which would introduce
himself and tell that currently we are currently on planet Earth, like,
"Hello Captain, my name is Brock. You just saw the Solar System and
explored it a bit. Wanna got out into space on a delightful adventure? We
are currently on Planet Earth. That's where our home is(Then he will tell
some things about Earth). Let's visit some other planets and check out
what's there. We're now ready to board. Left click on any other planet to
travel to it." And the Astronaut or Spaceship will fly to it. When it
Reaches there, it will tell some facts about that planet. Like, "Captain,
we've reached planet Jupiter. Wow!! It's so big. Do you know, Jupiter is
the Largest planet in the  solar system, etc." and so on.

In this way, child will enjoy learning about solar system and will learn
without even feeling he is learning.
Regards,
Aman

On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 2:16 PM, Johnny Jazeix <jazeix at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> please can you try to dig more and propose something more concrete? The
> idea of learning about the solar system is interesting but we need to make
> it good for children.
>
> Can you look for other supports that teaches about it and take the best
> from them?
>
> You can propose a mock of what it would look like for example (don't
> directly send images to the mailing list, use external links).
>
> Having a discussion is nice but it needs to be on something advanced, not
> just the idea.
>
> Regarding the con, it's just an idea, maybe having a zoom feature and/or a
> possibility to follow closer a planet could be nice.
>
> Johnny
>
>
> 2017-08-21 9:57 GMT+02:00 Emmanuel Charruau <echarruau at gmail.com>:
>
>> 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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