Assignment: Activity 2: Biome Builder

Created by Molly S on

4 activities: 2 games, 1 assessment

26 min

Activity 1: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 5 min

The Ecosystem Must Die!

In this strategy game, you will play as a mad scientist attempting to deliberately cause as much damage to local ecosystems as you can! Select a weapon from your arsenal of floods, droughts, ice spells and human maladies and strike a specific territory. Match the territory type with the catastrophe for the maximum amount of damage!

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (32) 3.2 stars.

Student Ratings (9992) 3.4 stars.

Activity 2: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 12 min

Project E.G.G.

It is a brave new world. In this game, you will build biomes and populate them with plants, decomposers, mammals, and birds. Watch out for threats! Various disasters will happen that threaten to wipe out some of your populations and destroy your biomes. Not to worry, as you place your organisms in other niches, your biomes will rebuild and hopefully thrive!

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (43) 3.3 stars.

Student Ratings (12297) 3.0 stars.

Activity 3: Video. Estimated duration: 2 min

2 min video on Biodiversity and Health of Ecosystems

2 min video on Biodiversity and Health of Ecosystems

Activity 4: Assessment. Estimated duration: 7 min

Assessment with 7 questions chosen from Biodiversity and Health of Ecosystems.

7 questions assessment