Idea for adding a new activity to GCompris

[Aman Gupta]

Ohh, okay lemme take some time to think of another way of representing it
simpler :)

On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 6:50 PM, Emmanuel Charruau <echarruau at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
> For me this is way to complicated to do to reach a good quality and even
> if you get it right we will not be able to translate it 😕.
>
> Emmanuel
>
> Le 21 août 2017 15:07, "Aman Gupta" <gupta2140 at gmail.com> a écrit :
>
>> 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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