You may choose any of the subjects from the teaching list to teach through your game. The questions below each main subject should be answerable by a middle school child after playing your game. If you would like to suggest a new middle school teaching subject (and associated questions) for the list, you may apply here.

[NEW!]World Geography:
What are the 5 themes of Geography?
Where are the earth's major land masses and oceans located, and how can you measure their location on a map?
How do the physical characteristics of a place change its environment?

[NEW!] Physical Health:
How do viruses and bacteria infect the human body and interfere with normal body functions? How does the body fight them?
How do food and exercise affect the body?
How do senses, nerves and the brain interact to cope with a person's environment?

[NEW!] Introduction to Algebra:
What are the properties of the real number system and mathematical operations?
What are integers, variables, irrational numbers, inequalities, and absolute value?
How do you analyze real world information through graphs?

Properties of Substances:
What does an element’s position on a periodic table tell us about it?
Why do some substances react chemically when put together?
How do chemical and physical properties of substances influence our lives?

The Solar System:
What are the components of the Solar System and how do they relate to each other?
What does orbit have to do with the length of days and seasons?
How does the moon affect the earth?

Earth's Surface:
What determines the topography of Earth's surface?
What are the main types of land forms?
How does the earth's form cause natural disasters?

Forces:
What is a force, and what are different kinds of forces (including friction)?
How do Newton's 3 laws of motion work?
What are the relationships between gravitational force, mass, weight and distance?

Statistics:
How do you organize data to understand it further (consider frequency, mean, median, and quartiles)?
How do you use different graphs and plots that understand or convey statistical information?

Parts of Wholes:
How do you use ratios, rates and proportions?
How do scale drawings work?
How do you switch between percents, fractions and decimals?

     
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