Interstellar Film Quiz (PG-13 - 2014) Movie Guide & Worksheet for Grades 7 to 10

Interstellar Film Quiz challenges Grades 7–10 to analyze survival vs. exploration, how gravity can act as a “bridge” for communication, and how love and duty guide choices under extreme time pressure—without relying on tiny quotes.

Film Summary

In Interstellar (PG-13 – 2014), a former pilot joins a secret NASA mission through a wormhole to find habitable worlds while years slip by for his family back on Earth. Use the film’s dust-blight triage, time dilation, and Murph’s watch + the tesseract to connect physics ideas to human decisions and evidence-based explanations. Runtime: 169 minutes.

Parental Guidance

Rated PG-13 for intense peril and thematic material. Expect sustained tension, sequences of disaster peril, brief language, and emotionally heavy separations. Verify on IMDb’s parental guide: IMDb Parental Guide.

Perfect For

• No-prep astronomy tie-ins
• ELA/Science cross-curricular lessons
• Plot, cause-effect, and theme practice
• Emergency sub-days

Skills Addressed

• Plot and cause-effect across acts
• Character motives and change
• Theme explanation with evidence
• Scientific reasoning in narrative texts
• Citing scene evidence; academic vocabulary

What’s Included (zip)

• Teacher Guide (PDF/Google Doc, editable, ~10 pages)
• Student Worksheet (Google Slides/PPTX, editable, ~20 slides)
• Bonus: Google Forms 30-question self-grading quiz

Standards: CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.3, CCRA.W.1, CCRA.W.2, CCRA.SL.1, CCRA.L.4

Disclaimer: Independently compiled; not affiliated with the film’s creators.