Idea for constellations activity

[Johnny Jazeix]

Hi,

I'm not really fond of this idea. We already have a few activities that
teach how to count: smallnumbers, smallnumbers2, enumerate and I'm not sure
this one would add anything that is not already present (or it would be
better to improve the actual ones).

Le mer. 31 oct. 2018 à 14:04, Akshay Kumar <email.akshay98 at gmail.com> a
écrit :

> Hii, Johnny this video contains the game, it has 3 other games as well,
> out of which the 2nd and last games are also the ones which i liked alot as
> a kid. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZLP4nYnKyU
> The second game is a memorization game where you would be shown a few
> images on the screen first and you would have to press the keys
> corresponding to them in the same order later.
> The last game is a number game where you have to tell at which number will
> the spider exit given that it changes its lane at each T point.
>
> Note: In the video the most basic level is shown, all these get
> interesting at later levels.
>
> On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 12:32 AM Johnny Jazeix <jazeix at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> please keep the list in cc.
>> Do you have a link/video to the game you played? I was under the
>> impression it was an extension to the solar system activity, but it seems
>> more a "count" activity.
>> If the aim is "just" to count number of stars and type it, we have
>> enumerate activity that does the same.
>>
>> Johnny
>>
>>
>> Le mar. 30 oct. 2018 à 19:15, Akshay Kumar <email.akshay98 at gmail.com> a
>> écrit :
>>
>>> Hii Johnny,
>>> Actually i used to play a similar game in an old nokia phone c201, where
>>> there were stars rotating on the screen and i had to count there number and
>>> press the right key corresponding to it on the phone.
>>>
>>> Here, i expect the child to just to press the correct number key on the
>>> keyboard, if it is the correct number he moves to the next level otherwise
>>> tries again.
>>>
>>> There would be only one constellation in one level. The next level would
>>> have a constellation with more number of stars
>>>
>>> Counting rotating starts in complex constellations becomes a challenge,
>>> because they are always changing there position and they all look alike.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 2:01 AM Johnny Jazeix <jazeix at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> is the aim to extend solar_system to teach constellations too?
>>>>
>>>> Le ven. 26 oct. 2018 à 23:49, Akshay Kumar <email.akshay98 at gmail.com>
>>>> a écrit :
>>>>
>>>>> *Aim: *To teach students what are constellations, in a way that helps
>>>>> them remember the number of stars and features of particular constellations.
>>>>>
>>>>> *Structure: I aim to do that by showing the constellations on the
>>>>> screen, where the constellation would be rotating continuously in its
>>>>> defined pattern and the child would have to press the right key for the
>>>>> number of stars in the particular constellation. With the increasing level
>>>>> the constellations would keep on becoming more and more complex and the
>>>>> speed of rotation of the constellation will also increase.*
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm not sure to understand this part.
>>>> Where does the children type the number of stars? How do you do if two
>>>> constellations have the same number of stars?
>>>> What is the interest at accelerating the speed rotation?
>>>>
>>>>  Johnny
>>>>
>>>> *How children learn from it: *
>>>>>
>>>>>    - The Intromessage will tell children about what are
>>>>>    constellations.
>>>>>    - The header in each level will have the name of the constellation.
>>>>>    - Counting the number of stars in the constellation will help
>>>>>    children remember its features, eg: Orion had 7 stars
>>>>>    - Rotation will help children spot constellations in the sky later
>>>>>    on, no matter what its orientation be.
>>>>>
>>>>> *Link to DEMO:*
>>>>>
>>>>> *https://github.com/AkshayCHD/GCompris-qt/tree/constellations
>>>>> <https://github.com/AkshayCHD/GCompris-qt/tree/constellations> *
>>>>>
>>>>> *Link to Images: *
>>>>> https://imgur.com/a/0gio4j0
>>>>>
>>>>> *Note: *The code in the demo needs alot of work, it is just a bare
>>>>> minimum to make one level work. A lot of things have been hard coded which
>>>>> would later be made more dynamic in later versions.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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