Assignment: Genetic Variation, mutation and natural selection

Created by Thomas H on

19 activities: 19 games

297 min

Activity 1: Simulation Game. Estimated duration: 10 min

Natural Selection - Intro

Explore how organisms with different traits survive various selection agents within the environment. Challenge yourself to create a population of bunnies that survives with wolves as a selection pressure.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (5) 3.2 stars.

Student Ratings (6191) 3.3 stars.

Activity 2: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 12 min

Live Long and Prosper

A game to identify characteristics for a species that will help them survive in an environment and adapt. If a student chooses the wrong characteristic, they will die. If they choose the right one, they will flourish and prosper!

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (140) 4.1 stars.

Student Ratings (44087) 4.2 stars.

Activity 3: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 20 min

The Incredible Life Machine

Learn how organisms are affected over time by different environmental factors! The Incredible Life Machine is a simulator on how organism's traits change over time. It also has a reproduction module to learn how these traits are passed from parents to its offspring.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (50) 3.4 stars.

Student Ratings (10608) 3.9 stars.

Activity 4: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 12 min

Live Long and Prosper

A game to identify characteristics for a species that will help them survive in an environment and adapt. If a student chooses the wrong characteristic, they will die. If they choose the right one, they will flourish and prosper!

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (140) 4.1 stars.

Student Ratings (44087) 4.2 stars.

Activity 5: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 20 min

The Incredible Life Machine

Learn how organisms are affected over time by different environmental factors! The Incredible Life Machine is a simulator on how organism's traits change over time. It also has a reproduction module to learn how these traits are passed from parents to its offspring.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (50) 3.4 stars.

Student Ratings (10608) 3.9 stars.

Activity 6: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 12 min

Live Long and Prosper

A game to identify characteristics for a species that will help them survive in an environment and adapt. If a student chooses the wrong characteristic, they will die. If they choose the right one, they will flourish and prosper!

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (140) 4.1 stars.

Student Ratings (44087) 4.2 stars.

Activity 7: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 20 min

The Incredible Life Machine

Learn how organisms are affected over time by different environmental factors! The Incredible Life Machine is a simulator on how organism's traits change over time. It also has a reproduction module to learn how these traits are passed from parents to its offspring.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (50) 3.4 stars.

Student Ratings (10608) 3.9 stars.

Activity 8: Question Game. Estimated duration: 20 min

Galaxy Escape

10 Bright Monsters have been captured in space and they need your help to cross the galaxy jumping between platforms, finding them, and releasing them by correctly answering each question. Each monster that you release and unlock will be available to play with in the next level, in the search for the next monster. In your journey, you’ll be able to find power-ups, like ‘Double points’ and ‘Slow down’, which can be activated by finding gems, and their duration can be extended by correctly answering a question. Unlock and release the 10 different monsters and a spaceship along 10 different levels, while you make the most possible points.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (539) 4.4 stars.

Student Ratings (284837) 3.9 stars.

Activity 9: Simulation Game. Estimated duration: 20 min

Natural Selection - Lab

Explore how organisms with different traits survive various selection agents within the environment. Challenge yourself to determine which mutations are advantageous with various selection pressures, which mutations don't offer any benefit, and how to create a stable population of bunnies.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (20) 4.7 stars.

Student Ratings (10744) 3.5 stars.

Activity 10: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 12 min

Live Long and Prosper

A game to identify characteristics for a species that will help them survive in an environment and adapt. If a student chooses the wrong characteristic, they will die. If they choose the right one, they will flourish and prosper!

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (140) 4.1 stars.

Student Ratings (44087) 4.2 stars.

Activity 11: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 20 min

The Incredible Life Machine

Learn how organisms are affected over time by different environmental factors! The Incredible Life Machine is a simulator on how organism's traits change over time. It also has a reproduction module to learn how these traits are passed from parents to its offspring.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (50) 3.4 stars.

Student Ratings (10608) 3.9 stars.

Activity 12: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 12 min

Live Long and Prosper

A game to identify characteristics for a species that will help them survive in an environment and adapt. If a student chooses the wrong characteristic, they will die. If they choose the right one, they will flourish and prosper!

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (140) 4.1 stars.

Student Ratings (44087) 4.2 stars.

Activity 13: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 20 min

The Incredible Life Machine

Learn how organisms are affected over time by different environmental factors! The Incredible Life Machine is a simulator on how organism's traits change over time. It also has a reproduction module to learn how these traits are passed from parents to its offspring.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (50) 3.4 stars.

Student Ratings (10608) 3.9 stars.

Activity 14: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 15 min

Happu

An interactive game for learning heredity via dogs inheriting characteristics from their parents. In this game, you have to tend to all needs of your dog in order raise them heathfully, so you'll even pick up some tips on how to raise a dog in real life!

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (26) 3.0 stars.

Student Ratings (5288) 3.9 stars.

Activity 15: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 12 min

Live Long and Prosper

A game to identify characteristics for a species that will help them survive in an environment and adapt. If a student chooses the wrong characteristic, they will die. If they choose the right one, they will flourish and prosper!

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (140) 4.1 stars.

Student Ratings (44087) 4.2 stars.

Activity 16: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 20 min

The Incredible Life Machine

Learn how organisms are affected over time by different environmental factors! The Incredible Life Machine is a simulator on how organism's traits change over time. It also has a reproduction module to learn how these traits are passed from parents to its offspring.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (50) 3.4 stars.

Student Ratings (10608) 3.9 stars.

Activity 17: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 20 min

The Incredible Life Machine

Learn how organisms are affected over time by different environmental factors! The Incredible Life Machine is a simulator on how organism's traits change over time. It also has a reproduction module to learn how these traits are passed from parents to its offspring.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (50) 3.4 stars.

Student Ratings (10608) 3.9 stars.

Activity 18: Simulation Game. Estimated duration: 10 min

Natural Selection - Intro

Explore how organisms with different traits survive various selection agents within the environment. Challenge yourself to create a population of bunnies that survives with wolves as a selection pressure.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (5) 3.2 stars.

Student Ratings (6191) 3.3 stars.

Activity 19: Simulation Game. Estimated duration: 10 min

Natural Selection - Intro

Explore how organisms with different traits survive various selection agents within the environment. Challenge yourself to create a population of bunnies that survives with wolves as a selection pressure.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (5) 3.2 stars.

Student Ratings (6191) 3.3 stars.