Assignment: Assignment - Energy in Ecosystems

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4 activities: 4 games

63 min

Activity 1: Question Game. Estimated duration: 16 min

Dr. Jones Introducing Food Webs in African Savanna

Welcome to the African Savanna! In this game, you will apply your knowledge of ecosystems to build a trophic pyramid for the African Savanna. Choose the producers, consumers, and decomposers you would like. When your pyramid is complete, you'll begin the game and use your organisms to create a food web. After each turn, see the results of the interactions in your ecosystem.

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Teacher Ratings (44) 3.8 stars.

Student Ratings (3746) 3.2 stars.

Activity 2: Question Game. Estimated duration: 15 min

An Ecosystem in a box

In this game, organisms will fall down the screen. It is your job to catch them in a box and sort them. They will need to be sorted as autotrophs, decomposers, or heterotrophs. You will get points for identifying each organism correctly. If you make the wrong identification, you will lose points. Continue sorting as you learn about food webs in an ecosystem.

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Teacher Ratings (74) 3.7 stars.

Student Ratings (1655) 3.1 stars.

Activity 3: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 12 min

Professor Mustache - Population Growth

In this game, you will build an ecosystem and see what happens to population levels over time. You will experiment with the delicate balance of introducing different organisms into an ecosystem. You can add producers, herbivores, carnivores, decomposers, and environmental hazards like factories and lumberjacks. You will test your knowledge of how different organisms interact with each other. Can you keep your populations alive?

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Teacher Ratings (38) 3.3 stars.

Student Ratings (1725) 3.4 stars.

Activity 4: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 20 min

What Eats What (Mid)

You will learn all about food chains and food webs, and each module will teach you a different component. After each module, you will have a chance to practice labeling the different parts of a food chain and food web. Correctly labeling the parts of a food chain and food web will yield more points. Don't worry....if you make a mistake, you can always try again!

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Teacher Ratings (418) 4.2 stars.

Student Ratings (69483) 3.4 stars.