Dragon Shockra
In this final game in the series of E-field lessons, players progress rapidly through three levels of increasing difficulty. The goal is to feed the hungry dragon lighting strikes. Other charged objects in the world can steal the strikes though, and watch out for the evil birds!
Coulomb’s Law will help players understand the conditions before a lightning strike can occur so they can position the dragon correctly. Each level lasts for two minutes: Level 1 moves slowly with fewer birds; levels 2 and 3 each move faster with more evil birds. Remind students to note their scores after each game play.
***NOTE: This version is an experiment run between congruent and incongruent gestures. Mode A should be played for congruent gestures.
Experiment Hotkey Notes:
- · Press Page Down to proceed to next Text card
- · Press Ctrl+Down Arrow to skip to the next section
Standalone version coming soon!
Disclaimer:
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No1020367. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
Students will learn:
- · Introduction of dynamic Coulomb’s Law as a relationship
- · The bottom of the cloud is measured and its changing qnet is displayed
- · This qnet alters with charge separation
- · How their new knowledge of Coulomb’s Law will aid them in positioning the dragon for the maximum number of lightning strikes
- · Lightning requires certain conditions of E-field magnitude and distance to be met
PC:
1GHz or better processor
1GB or more RAM
DirectX9 compatible or better Graphics Card
Mac:
OSX 10.6 or Later
Boot Camp Support Software 5.1 or Later
Kinect 2.0:
PC
Windows 8 or 8.1
64 Bit (x64) processor
Dual Core 3.1 GHz or better
4GB RAM or more
Kinect 2.0 Sensor
USB 3.0 bus dedicated to Kinect
DirectX 11 video card
The latest Kinect for Windows 2.0 drivers from Microsoft