Assignment: Natural Selection ES-LS4.B-1 Assignment

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4 activities: 4 games

52 min

Activity 1: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 12 min

Live Long and Prosper

A game to identify characteristics for a species that will help them survive in an environment and adapt. If a student chooses the wrong characteristic, they will die. If they choose the right one, they will flourish and prosper!

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Teacher Ratings (140) 4.1 stars.

Student Ratings (44050) 4.2 stars.

Activity 2: 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.

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Teacher Ratings (20) 4.7 stars.

Student Ratings (10613) 3.5 stars.

Activity 3: 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.

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Teacher Ratings (5) 3.2 stars.

Student Ratings (6185) 3.3 stars.

Activity 4: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 10 min

Walter's Travels - Natural Selection (Elem)

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.

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Teacher Ratings (23) 4.1 stars.

Student Ratings (5842) 3.6 stars.