Assignment: Relationships in Food Webs and Ecosystems TEKS 2010 - 8.11A Assignment

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5 activities: 5 games

60 min

Activity 1: Question Game. Estimated duration: 14 min

Blast Through the Ecosystem

At the start of this game, you will learn about ecosystems. 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.

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Teacher Ratings (26) 4.0 stars.

Student Ratings (7097) 3.4 stars.

Activity 2: Question Game. Estimated duration: 13 min

Don't Get Eaten (Mid)

You are a dinosaur trying to survive all the way to the candy store! Throughout your journey, gain points by answering questions all about producers, consumers, and decomposers and the flow of energy in the ecosystem. Watch out for thorn bushes, bow and arrows, and spider traps. Answer and jump your way through all five levels to beat the game!

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Teacher Ratings (131) 4.1 stars.

Student Ratings (32496) 3.4 stars.

Activity 3: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 15 min

Tiny Ecosystem

Create your own ecosystem and keep it balanced. Help different species survive!

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Teacher Ratings (24) 3.7 stars.

Student Ratings (3366) 2.6 stars.

Activity 4: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 11 min

Ecosystem Tour: Africa

Have you ever wanted to go on a safari? In order to keep the animals and plants you see during your safari in harmony, you'll need to maintain a balanced ecosystem. This game will teach you about the complex interactions that plants and animals encounter out on the plains of Africa to keep their ecosystem functioning. You'll learn about how birds help lions and lions help hyenas and more.

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Teacher Ratings (86) 4.0 stars.

Student Ratings (26686) 3.3 stars.

Activity 5: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 7 min

Wheel Of Science : Interactions in the ecosystem

Wheel of Science! Get ready to learn about competitive, predatory, and mutually beneficial interactions in this fun game show. Choose the correct letters that correspond with the given clue in a similar fashion to popular game shows you may have seen on TV. Use power ups to eliminate a letter or gain an extra life. Make sure to answer correctly so you don't lose your lives!

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Teacher Ratings (100) 3.9 stars.

Student Ratings (23260) 2.9 stars.