Assignment: Plant and Animal Structures

Created by Erin H (Annoying Orbit) on

10 activities: 10 games

107 min

Activity 1: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 16 min

Structural Overdrive

Encounter a thrilling series of challenges in a futuristic robotics lab! Explore and experience the function, location, and purpose of plant and animal structures. Grow stronger as your structures are improved and their functions enhanced.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (50) 3.7 stars.

Student Ratings (20752) 4.4 stars.

Activity 2: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 7 min

Animal Maker

Informative, engaging, and unique! Animal Maker is an excellent way to help students understand the relationship between structures and their functions in different types of organisms.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (69) 3.9 stars.

Student Ratings (29210) 3.9 stars.

Activity 3: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 5 min

Scavenger

Discover animals' structures and functions through the lens of a wolf wandering through a village and meeting new animals!

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (62) 3.7 stars.

Student Ratings (25049) 4.0 stars.

Activity 4: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 5 min

Animaland

A quick but engaging game that allows students to choose animals' external structures to best adapt the animal to its environment, and discover the relations between internal and external structures.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (233) 4.1 stars.

Student Ratings (86698) 4.3 stars.

Activity 5: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 17 min

Differentiate: Living Organisms and Structures

Two gameplay pathways to explore! Learn how to differentiate between internal and external structures and between the categories of the animals. You will also learn the role of some internal structures like lungs, and their role in bringing the oxygen to the body.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (81) 4.1 stars.

Student Ratings (17798) 3.8 stars.

Activity 6: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 9 min

Garden Family

Join the farmer in his garden in order to provide plants and animals with the things they need in order to grow and survive! Players will have fun dragging grass, water, worms and fertilizer to the organisms to help them thrive.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (112) 3.8 stars.

Student Ratings (16148) 3.7 stars.

Activity 7: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 11 min

Water Roots

Help plants guide roots through soil to access water sources! Before the game begins, students will learn about vascular and nonvascular plants, major plant structures, and the function of each structure. After each level, they will learn about plant reproduction, seed dispersal and photosynthesis.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (115) 3.8 stars.

Student Ratings (13334) 3.8 stars.

Activity 8: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 8 min

Plant Maker

Plant Maker provides students an introductory opportunity to learn about plants. The game takes students through four modules, including plant structure, plants needs for survival, behavior and adaptations, and reproduction.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (105) 4.0 stars.

Student Ratings (35523) 3.6 stars.

Activity 9: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 14 min

Plants Adventure

Discover plants' growing phases and how it uses its structure to gather nutrients, survive different environment conditions, grow, and reproduce!

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (80) 3.8 stars.

Student Ratings (15379) 3.9 stars.

Activity 10: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 15 min

Plant Structure and Function

How do the structures of organisms enable life's functions? Play the game and find out more!

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (96) 3.9 stars.

Student Ratings (26278) 3.9 stars.