Assignment: Contributions of Genetic Variation and Environmental Factors to Evolution SC.7.L.15.2 Assignment

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4 activities: 4 games

62 min

Activity 1: Question Game. Estimated duration: 18 min

SUPER Guppy Adaptation Game (Mid)

Take on the role of a guppy in an exciting game of adaptation and natural selection. You have thirty seconds to eat enough shrimp to stay alive and find a mate. Once successful you enter the next generation where you face new challenges. Eat or be eaten and use all your skills to survive so that you can achieve super guppy status!

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Activity 2: Question Game. Estimated duration: 20 min

Educagent

You are tasked with infiltrating the headquarters of a corrupt corporation. You must make it to the mainframe computer on the top floor to collect evidence for an investigation.

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Activity 3: 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.

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Activity 4: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 16 min

Adapt

In this game you will help your population endure the changing environment. Collect points to buy different genes that will change the population as reproduction cycles occur. Be careful and keep track of changes in temperature, food supply, and predators that will affect your population! Watch the timeline on the top to be aware of upcoming events, and keep an eye on the meters on the left for the overall health of your population.

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Teacher Ratings (143) 4.1 stars.

Student Ratings (29464) 3.7 stars.