Free Educational Games: Environmental Changes and Population Size LS.8b - Free Educational Games

Activity 1: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 11 min

EcoKingdoms: Growth of Populations

You've been hired as a park manager. You will make choices that impact the number of visitors in the park, the plants, animals, and park funds. You need to keep everything in balance in order to keep your job. The meters will show you the impact of your choice. Watch the meters; if you mismanage the park, you will be fired.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (114) 4.1 stars.

Student Ratings (13408) 3.7 stars.

Activity 2: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 12 min

Project E.G.G.

It is a brave new world. In this game, you will build biomes and populate them with plants, decomposers, mammals, and birds. Watch out for threats! Various disasters will happen that threaten to wipe out some of your populations and destroy your biomes. Not to worry, as you place your organisms in other niches, your biomes will rebuild and hopefully thrive!

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (43) 3.3 stars.

Student Ratings (12297) 3.0 stars.

Activity 3: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 9 min

Ecoplay and Biodiversity

Say, "Hello, again!" to the dodo bird, an organism that went extinct many years age. In this game, the dodo will try to make a comeback based on your performance during the game. You will learn the factors that affect our ecosystems and biodiversity, and you will use your knowledge to complete a variety of interactive activities, like building a food chain and pollinating a flower.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (96) 3.9 stars.

Student Ratings (34886) 3.5 stars.