Assignment: Sexual Reproduction and Genetic Variation MS-LS3.B-1 Assignment

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4 activities: 4 games

41 min

Activity 1: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 12 min

Plant Reproduction Strategies

In this simulation game, you are a scientist discovering different strategies of reproduction and how plants reproduce. As you click on different parts of the flower, you will learn information about how plants reproduce. Drag and drop pictures to describe the process of pollination and then simulate wind and animal dispersion of seeds. Once you complete all of the simulation, you beat the game!

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Teacher Ratings (251) 4.5 stars.

Student Ratings (34005) 3.7 stars.

Activity 2: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 12 min

The Wild Ones - Survival Strategies

Help a lovestruck buck fend off rivals while he pursues his one true love. Protect your herd of elephants from skulking lions and raise your babies to adulthood in the savanna. Roam the skies in search of materials for a bald eagle's nest during the day while protecting its eggs from thieving predators at night!

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (63) 4.1 stars.

Student Ratings (18673) 4.2 stars.

Activity 3: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 12 min

The Wild Ones - Survival Strategies

Help a lovestruck buck fend off rivals while he pursues his one true love. Protect your herd of elephants from skulking lions and raise your babies to adulthood in the savanna. Roam the skies in search of materials for a bald eagle's nest during the day while protecting its eggs from thieving predators at night!

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (63) 4.1 stars.

Student Ratings (18673) 4.2 stars.

Activity 4: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 5 min

Sexual Reproduction

In this activity, you will observe how traits are passed from parent to offspring and how chromosome pass on genetic information. Two character, AI and Genius, will be your teachers in this game. You will learn from Al about how he reproduced asexually. This means he can make copies of himself by himself. For sexual reproduction, you will learn from Genius. You will need two different individuals to make a copy.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (138) 3.9 stars.

Student Ratings (38842) 3.7 stars.