Created by James S on
5 activities: 5 games
56 minActivity 1: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 5 min
Visually explore virtual generations of genetics in a few clicks! You will be given a character who you will give three traits of your choosing to. Next, you will get to watch your character fall in love and produce offspring. Notice what traits the baby exhibits from the parents! You will also see what happens when mutations occur!
Teacher Ratings (73) 3.6 stars.
Student Ratings (27377) 3.4 stars.
Activity 2: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 7 min
In this game, you will learn about genetics. A zookeeper has mixed up children and parents in the zoo. It's your job to use genetic information to place children with the correct parents. Many traits are inherited, so you will use clues to match parents with children. Study each genetic report carefully to make sure you can get these children back to their parents. Good luck!
Teacher Ratings (394) 4.3 stars.
Student Ratings (104371) 3.7 stars.
Activity 3: Question Game. Estimated duration: 11 min
You will learn about sexual reproduction with some fun lessons by a friendly cat. After an introduction, you will jump into a top down game where you will run from enemies as you collect DNA strands, eggs and dividing cells. If you get caught by an enemy, you'll lose a life so run quickly! Play through five levels as you learn about reproduction and variation.
Teacher Ratings (61) 4.0 stars.
Student Ratings (15896) 3.4 stars.
Activity 4: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 13 min
In this game, you will have to breed cats according to their genotype and phenotype to produce cats with the desired traits. Once given the criteria you have to mate a male and female with dominant and recessive traits to get the desired offspring. After fulfilling each customer's order, you will have to answer a question about genotypes, phenotypes, alleles, and heredity. Complete all cat requests to win.
Teacher Ratings (69) 3.8 stars.
Student Ratings (14392) 3.5 stars.
Activity 5: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 20 min
Go on an adventure inside a virtual world and learn about genes and traits together with Dr. Genos!
Teacher Ratings (43) 4.2 stars.
Student Ratings (18110) 3.0 stars.