Space Station Builder: a 3D shapes, nets and volume game for the 11+

About Space Station

Space Station Builder turns 3D shapes, nets, and volume and surface area into a building job in orbit. A round is 15 questions in three build stages, Core, Habitat and Observatory, and each stage opens with its own topic, so every round covers all three. Every right answer docks a new part, and the last three jobs of the Habitat stage are a meteor shower.

A wrong answer never ends the round: the game names the trap that caught your child, shows the right answer, and the build carries on. Questions get harder after three right in a row and easier after two misses in a row. The mission report at the end gives a score for each topic and works through every trap. Badges and top scores are saved in this browser on this device.

How to play Space Station

1. Choose a starting level (Rookie, Pilot or Ace) and press Start building.
2. Read each job and tap the right answer to dock a new part; a quick answer earns a smooth-docking bonus, and no question ever times out.
3. Get three right in a row to power up the station and double your points, or six in a row to triple them.
4. In the Habitat stage, answer all three meteor-shower jobs to blast every meteor and hold the shield.
5. When the station is online, open the mission report to see your score for each topic and how each trap works.

What it practises for the 11+

3-D Shapes

Naming solids and counting their faces, edges and vertices, including prisms, pyramids, views from the front and above, and cubes with corners cut off. It trains children to picture a solid in their head, e.g. a triangular prism has 5 faces, 9 edges and 6 vertices. Learn the topic →

Nets

Working out which flat net folds into a cube, cuboid, prism or pyramid, which faces end up opposite each other and which edges meet. It builds folding in your head, e.g. on a cube net, two squares with one square between them in a straight row become opposite faces. Learn the topic →

Volume and Surface Area

Finding the space inside a cuboid (length × width × height) and the total area of its faces, with litres, tanks of water and how many boxes fit. It practises careful multiplying with the right units, e.g. a 2 cm × 3 cm × 4 cm cuboid has a volume of 24 cm³. Learn the topic →

Try Space Station questions

Questions from the game, for you to try together. Have a go before opening the answer.

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