Assignment: Plant vs. Animal Cells SC.6.L.14.4 Assignment

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9 activities: 9 games

87 min

Activity 1: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 7 min

The Big Monster Plant

Dr. Phillain's monster plants are growing faster and larger than normal! Use the scientific method and follow his journey to uncover explanations for this phenomena!

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Teacher Ratings (211) 3.9 stars.

Student Ratings (84851) 3.6 stars.

Activity 2: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 8 min

Science Jump (Mid)

Take a journey with Professor Racoon and Professor Owl to discover the scientific method! By examining a real example of withering plants, players will experience the steps in order to understand all the components of a proper investigation.

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Teacher Ratings (708) 4.1 stars.

Student Ratings (186321) 4.1 stars.

Activity 3: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 11 min

Ecosystem Tour: Africa

Have you ever wanted to go on a safari? In order to keep the animals and plants you see during your safari in harmony, you'll need to maintain a balanced ecosystem. This game will teach you about the complex interactions that plants and animals encounter out on the plains of Africa to keep their ecosystem functioning. You'll learn about how birds help lions and lions help hyenas and more.

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Teacher Ratings (85) 4.0 stars.

Student Ratings (26567) 3.4 stars.

Activity 4: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 10 min

Deep Sea Adventure (Mid)

You are at the bottom of the food chain. It is survival of the fittest in this game as you hunt for your meals. Watch out for predators! You need to eat enough food to answer questions about interactions in ecosystems. Answer the questions correctly and you start the next level as a larger predator. Keep on answering the questions right to become ruler of the seas.

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Teacher Ratings (77) 4.0 stars.

Student Ratings (29601) 4.0 stars.

Activity 5: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 15 min

The Spark of Life

Help this scientific rabbit to build his new robot friend while you discover fascinating things about multicellular systems.

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Teacher Ratings (54) 4.4 stars.

Student Ratings (26482) 3.7 stars.

Activity 6: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 11 min

Ms. Rose & Parts of the Cell!

Help Ms. Rose label the parts of a cell! In this game you will learn about the cellular structure by playing a series of mini-games that explain the difference between prokaryotic cells and eukaryotic cells. After learning about each type of cell, you will learn about each organelle of the cell. Once you have completed each lesson, your last activity will be to match each organelle to its function.

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Teacher Ratings (126) 3.9 stars.

Student Ratings (34373) 3.3 stars.

Activity 7: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 6 min

Animals and Plants

Build the plant and animal cells with the correct organelles. In this game, you will build your own cells. Choose from a list of organelles and figure out what fits in a plant or an animal cell. When you've built four cells, your organism is complete! Build a plant and an animal to win the game.

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Teacher Ratings (55) 3.7 stars.

Student Ratings (24704) 3.7 stars.

Activity 8: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 10 min

Cell Attack

Bombs away! Attack incoming bombs with your rockets in this missile command like game. To defend the planet, you need to identify the proper function of organelles, and you need to identify those organelles in a cell. In Cell Attack, you will save the day based on your ability to identify cell structures. Good luck!

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Teacher Ratings (29) 3.8 stars.

Student Ratings (14153) 3.2 stars.

Activity 9: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 9 min

World of Cells (Mid)

Welcome to the World or Cells! Explore the lab with your microscope and examine blood cells, plant cells, and prokaryotes. Help a prokaryotic cell collect food while avoiding its enemies, label different cells and organelles, and swim through the blood as a white blood cell searching for pathogens to destroy. Explore all aspects of the cell in this exciting exploration of our microscopic cells.

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Teacher Ratings (335) 3.9 stars.

Student Ratings (81260) 3.8 stars.