Assignment: The Carbon Dioxide-Oxygen Cycle TEKS 2010 - 5.9d Assignment

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7 activities: 7 games

93 min

Activity 1: Question Game. Estimated duration: 10 min

Hidden Ecosystem

This game will test your understanding of biodiversity and the health of ecosystems. As you play this game, you will be quizzed on factors that influence ecosystems. The objective of this game is to answer questions correctly and to collect enough items to bring to a science potluck party at the end of the game without running out of time.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (49) 3.8 stars.

Student Ratings (16996) 3.5 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 (12291) 3.0 stars.

Activity 3: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 9 min

Ecoplay and Biodiversity

Say, "Hello, again!" to the dodo bird, an organism that went extinct many years age. In this game, the dodo will try to make a comeback based on your performance during the game. You will learn the factors that affect our ecosystems and biodiversity, and you will use your knowledge to complete a variety of interactive activities, like building a food chain and pollinating a flower.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (96) 3.9 stars.

Student Ratings (34586) 3.5 stars.

Activity 4: Question Game. Estimated duration: 15 min

Adapt or Die (Mid)

At the start of this game, you will learn about adaptations. After a series of facts, you will race through a tunnel in a spacecraft. You must soar through barriers and collect coins. If you do not navigate around the barriers, you must answer a question correctly to continue. The start of each level gives you a new piece of information.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (184) 4.3 stars.

Student Ratings (32003) 3.6 stars.

Activity 5: Question Game. Estimated duration: 20 min

Educagent

You are tasked with infiltrating the headquarters of a corrupt corporation. You must make it to the mainframe computer on the top floor to collect evidence for an investigation.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (214) 4.2 stars.

Student Ratings (150385) 3.8 stars.

Activity 6: Question Game. Estimated duration: 12 min

Basketball Master

Shoot a basketball through the hoop and answer some questions along the way! The game does not have any instructional content, it simply has review questions spread throughout.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (921) 3.9 stars.

Student Ratings (290172) 3.9 stars.

Activity 7: Question Game. Estimated duration: 15 min

Magical Forest Deluxe

Find yourself in a magical forest full of treasures and adventures. Collect coins and berries, answer questions, earn points! Good luck!

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (330) 4.4 stars.

Student Ratings (181806) 4.0 stars.