The Netherlands Research School for Astronomy (NOVA) has released the educational iPad game Planet Challenge internationally. Apart from Dutch, the app is now also available in English, Swedish, Spanish, German and French. In the game, kids are taken on an exciting scavenger hunt passing the eight planets of our Solar System, dwarf planet Pluto and our Moon. The Swedish version of the game Planet Challenge was presented last Friday by astrochemist Ewine van Dishoeck from Leiden Observatory at the award ceremony of the prestigious Gothenburg Lise Meitner Award 2014. Today the game can be downloaded for free! So hurry up and grab this great opportunity!
Planet Challenge takes children from the age of six on a journey through our Solar System. The player travels from planet to planet to collect objects and take them along in a rocket. These objects are needed to successfully complete the assignments on the different planets. The child learns while playing about the characteristics of the planets and distances in our Solar System. The ultimate goal of the mission is to bring the ice from Pluto back to Earth!
Gothenburg Lise Meitner Awardee professor Van Dishoeck is enthusiastic about the app: "Through this game, young children become aware of our fascinating Universe in a playful way. They learn about our Solar System by a fun game with a unique design."
Planet Challenge was developed by Game Oven commissioned by NOVA and Moon Uitgevers with a contribution from Marijn Franx (Leiden Observatory). Van Dishoeck contributed to the translations.
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