Consolidating the Space Adventure Game Modeling

• Yuri da Silva Rosa Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel) http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6780-0211
• Renata Hax Sander Reiser Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel) http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9934-3115
• Simone André da Costa Cavalheiro Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel) http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7442-7379
• Luciana Foss Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel) http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0473-4111
• André Rauber Du Bois Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel) http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6790-5184

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/weit.2021.18922

Abstract

Playful and unplugged activities have been proposed as an improved alternative enabling the insertion of methodological innovation to increase learning in elementary education, through the application of computational concepts and techniques. In such context, the consolidation of the Space Adventure activity is described, presenting the modelling of its final stage named as Task 5. In this stage, the game execution promotes learning via simulation of a scientific space journey. The concepts of abstraction, decomposition, pattern recognition are worked on, and the search for solutions for energy efficiency and correction evaluation of data organization is also encouraged.

Keywords: Computational thinking, Computer education, Array, Matrices

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