Activity 1: Assessment. Estimated duration: 5 min
Assessment with 5 questions from Natural Selection.
5 questions assessment
Activity 2: Simulation Game. Estimated duration: 10 min
Natural Selection - Intro
Explore how organisms with different traits survive various selection agents within the environment. Challenge yourself to create a population of bunnies that survives with wolves as a selection pressure.
Ratings
Teacher Ratings (5) 3.2 stars.
Student Ratings (6015) 3.3 stars.
Activity 3: Simulation Game. Estimated duration: 20 min
Natural Selection - Lab
Explore how organisms with different traits survive various selection agents within the environment. Challenge yourself to determine which mutations are advantageous with various selection pressures, which mutations don't offer any benefit, and how to create a stable population of bunnies.
Ratings
Teacher Ratings (19) 4.7 stars.
Student Ratings (10251) 3.5 stars.
Activity 4: Question Game. Estimated duration: 14 min
Survive the Adventure
Learn about natural selection from dinosaurs! As you help the dinosaur navigate the lab in this game, you will learn about adaptation and see how both structural and behavioral adaptations helped dinosaurs change over time. Answer questions and dodge bullets to reach the lab equipment as you learn about natural selection. A short quiz at the end will help you refresh your memory of the subject.
Ratings
Teacher Ratings (57) 4.3 stars.
Student Ratings (13152) 3.2 stars.
Activity 5: Question Game. Estimated duration: 18 min
Defender: Natural Selection
This game will teach you about forms of adaptation and the role they play in natural selection. You will have to defend your territory by placing animals with different adaptations on your land. Your knowledge about adaptations will help you earn extra points! When you place the right animals to defend your territory, you will win the game.
Ratings
Teacher Ratings (179) 3.8 stars.
Student Ratings (17705) 3.9 stars.
Activity 6: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 8 min
Blob Tales
You are a new never been seen before species: the blobs. As with every other living creature, your goal is to reproduce and survive. In this game, you must quickly grasp the principles of natural selection and heredity in order to populate the world. Learn how heredity and environment play a role in the survival of the species.
Ratings
Teacher Ratings (64) 3.4 stars.
Student Ratings (15823) 3.0 stars.
Activity 7: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 6 min
Learning with Darwin
Charles Darwin will teach you about natural selection. Listen and learn as Darwin narrates his story to you. You will have to remember what Darwin teaches you so that you can apply his theories later in the game. After you complete a quiz, you will have to try keeping a species alive in its environment for 1,000,000 years. Use your knowledge to help your species adapt and survive.
Ratings
Teacher Ratings (121) 3.6 stars.
Student Ratings (33464) 3.8 stars.
Activity 8: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 9 min
Walter's Travels - Natural Selection (Mid)
Walter the explorer is on a journey to learn about Natural Selection. Follow Walter in the first round to match bird beaks and feet with the proper species. When you finish the first round, you will meet Walter's chameleon friend and try to identify camouflaged animals. You will enjoy these and other mini-games with Walter. You will finalize the journey with Walter in arcade mode.
Ratings
Teacher Ratings (113) 4.1 stars.
Student Ratings (28666) 3.4 stars.