Activity 1: Assessment. Estimated duration: 5 min
Cell Structures and Functions
5 questions assessment

Created by Mary D on
5 activities: 4 games, 1 assessment
35 minActivity 1: Assessment. Estimated duration: 5 min
5 questions assessment
Activity 2: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 7 min
Look out! Enemy bacteria are chasing you down as you, a bacterium, gobble up food around you. In this game you've got to eat or be eaten! Throughout the game, you must answer questions and learn information from the "Knowledge Time" screens about cellular organisms to earn power-ups and win the game. You have ten rounds to complete to finish the game.
Teacher Ratings (220) 3.9 stars.
Student Ratings (54588) 3.1 stars.
Activity 3: Question Game. Estimated duration: 6 min
Do you have what it takes to build your very own cell? Read about cells and answer questions about them to add each organelle to the growing cell. Compare plants and animal cells visually as you learn about what you're made of! Build both plant and animal cells and learn about each cell part. You will earn points as you go through the game.
Teacher Ratings (265) 4.1 stars.
Student Ratings (44297) 3.4 stars.
Activity 4: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 9 min
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!
Teacher Ratings (189) 4.0 stars.
Student Ratings (45983) 3.4 stars.
Activity 5: Question Game. Estimated duration: 8 min
In this game, you are flying through a science lab examining cells and organisms of various types, including various species of prokaryotes and eukaryotes, with a microscope. You have to destroy the cells! Flying over floating microscopes spawns cell-related questions that aid in your mission, if you answer them correctly. Three levels of challenge each end with a "boss" organism to defeat.
Teacher Ratings (232) 3.7 stars.
Student Ratings (48136) 3.3 stars.