Insect Overthrow is an activity in JumpStart Adventures 6th Grade: Mission EarthQuest.
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A.R.T. is placing locks around trees to stop them from growing. The user must move the pod around on the tree rings. A math problem appears at the top and the user must find the answer and drag it to the center. Naturally, there are robot bugs and sap to avoid. This game is played in Germany, Japan, and Appalachia.
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Mysterious clamps are killing trees in the world’s forests. The EarthQuest team must infiltrate the trees and solve the code that unlocks the clamps and removes them from the trees. But there are a lot of dangers lurking in the woods.
Pod Navigation: The right arrow key moves counter clockwise and left arrow keys move the pod in a clockwise direction. The up arrow key moves the pod toward the center of the tree and down arrow key moves the pod to the outside rings of the tree. The enter key selects and releases an answer. Tab key activates a pod gadget.
Avoid the green millipedes and also avoid the blue tree bug. If any of these bugs comes in contact with your pod, the pod will lose strength. If you lose enough pod strength, you will need to return to EarthQuest. The red center of the tree is a Safe Zone. No bugs will attack you here. If you need time to think about a question, stay in the center of the tree until you know the answer.
- Using the tree ring pod, hop along the rings of the tree to catch the correct answer node.
- Once you have found the correct answer grab the node and hop back to the center of the tree ring. To release the node press the enter key.
- When five questions have been answered correctly and dropped in the center of the tree by pressing Enter, the tree clamp will come off.
Curriculum: Math