Shine & Sound

Shine & Sound is a multiplayer science game for grade 1. Collect stars by exploring how vibrations make sound, how light lets us see, which materials let light through, how shadows form and how we send messages with light and sound.

Skills: Vibrations make sound, sound can make materials vibrate, louder sounds from bigger vibrations, light sources vs. objects that reflect light (including the Moon), seeing needs light, transparent, translucent, opaque and reflective materials, how shadows form and where they fall, shadow size and length, light and sound signals (traffic lights, lighthouses, sirens, bells, drums, flashlight codes, tin-can telephones).

New problems every game, with Easy, Medium and Hard levels. Every miss shows a short explanation.

Standards (Oklahoma OAS first, then national):

OAS 1.PS4.1–4

NGSS: 1-PS4-1–4

What you get: one HTML game file that runs in any browser (Chromebooks, laptops, iPads, smartboards) plus a one-page Quick Start PDF. 1–6 players or teams, no logins, no installs.

Single-teacher license. Included in the Fletcher Math All-Access bundle.