Video Games and Science Connection

Earth Science
1. Evidence of Change
  1. 8.B.2.Recognize and explain that fossils found in layers of sedimentary rock provide evidence of changing life forms.
    1. In video games, you play a game in the beginning and then that character changes over time while you play the game more. At the end he more different now than in the beginning. Its almost like when the fossils are found when they are found they are old and non-developed and when they find the same form of life it could have changed over time like in games.
    2. Also when you have a game from long time ago you can place into maintenance and make it into a new game.
Astronomy
1. Regular and Predictable Motion
  1. 8.D.2.Identify and explain celestial phenomena using the regular and predictable motion of objects in the solar system
    1. In video games, creators need to predict what the players are going to do and see what they need to do to prevent any mishaps from happening. hese types of predictions can be related to those when identifying phenomenon and predicting motion.
    2. When doing gameplay in multiplayer you must use prediction to see where they’re going and what they’re going to do.
8.D.1.Biology
1. Change Over Time
  1. Recognize and describe that evolutionary change in species over time occurs as a result of genetic variation in organisms and environmental changes.
    1. In video games, you aren’t used to like the genre you picked but, over time you get used to it and start to become more familiar to it and adapt to that genre. It could almost be like animals trying to adapt to their environments
    2. People create new things in a game that are called DLC, which changes the rules and environment of the game.
Chemistry
1. Chemical Reactions
  1. 8.D.3. Provide evidence to support the fact that common substances have the ability to change into new substances.
    1. When developing games a creator can release a game and then when it’s a disappointment the creator can snatch the game back and change the whole game into a different brand new game or add more into the game.
    2. When creating games, creators bring in ideas and create a new game but, sometimes they can collaborate and bring in everything together
Physics
1. Energy Transformation
  1. 8.A.4.Recognize and explain that energy can neither be created or destroyed; rather it changes form or is transferred through the action of forces.
    1. When you enter a private game you can’t build or destroy anything but, if you keep on disturbing than the owner can kick you out and you can't return to it.
    2. When you're doing a special thing in single player you can’t destroy or create anything because you have to follow the rules or that you have to force your way in because the game tells you what to do
Thermodynamics
1. Heat Transformations
  1. 8.B.2. Identify and explain that heat energy is a product of the conversion of one form of energy to another.
    1. In computers they can overheat and could cause lots of issues when playing games. The overheat is near the motherboard and battery and that can spread to different surfaces of the computer.
    2. In games there are lots of analogies that go with thermodynamics because most games has to do something with fire.
Environmental Issues
1. Environmental Impact
  1. 8.B.1.Recognize and explain how human activities can accelerate or magnify many naturally occurring changes.
    1. Playing games needs lots of energy and supplies so, People buy and use lots of different fuels when they’re gaming. Video games can cause environmental issues but, its minor
    2. In games there are lots of environmental issues because in most scenario the environment is always destroyed and broken.

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