Activity 1: Assessment. Estimated duration: 3 min
Assessment with 3 questions chosen from Gene Mutations.
3 questions assessment
Activity 2: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 11 min
Mutation Creation
In this game, you will learn about how and why DNA mutations occur during cell reproduction. You will be challenged to match appropriate nucleotides making up a DNA strand. Through the use of a DNA replication simulation, you will learn about substitution mutations, insertion mutations and deletion mutations. In between game segments, information is provided about what mutations are and what causes them.
Ratings
Teacher Ratings (89) 3.6 stars.
Student Ratings (13210) 2.3 stars.
Activity 3: Assessment. Estimated duration: 3 min
Assessment with 3 questions chosen from Genes and Traits.
3 questions assessment
Activity 4: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 20 min
Dr. Genos's DNA World: Learn Genes and Traits
Go on an adventure inside a virtual world and learn about genes and traits together with Dr. Genos!
Ratings
Teacher Ratings (43) 4.2 stars.
Student Ratings (18163) 3.0 stars.
Activity 5: Assessment. Estimated duration: 3 min
Assessment with 3 questions chosen from Natural Selection.
3 questions assessment
Activity 6: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 6 min
Learning with Darwin
Charles Darwin will teach you about natural selection. Listen and learn as Darwin narrates his story to you. You will have to remember what Darwin teaches you so that you can apply his theories later in the game. After you complete a quiz, you will have to try keeping a species alive in its environment for 1,000,000 years. Use your knowledge to help your species adapt and survive.
Ratings
Teacher Ratings (123) 3.6 stars.
Student Ratings (34311) 3.8 stars.
Activity 7: Assessment. Estimated duration: 3 min
Assessment with 3 questions chosen from Adaptation.
3 questions assessment
Activity 8: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 15 min
Adapt-O-Tron
A.L.O, a friendly robot from the future has come back in time in need of your help! The animals of the future are not adapting and becoming extinct! Can you use A.L.O's Adapt-O-Tron to adapt the animals correctly, making them perfectly suited to their environments? Or will you end up with a wolf with a beak or a mouse with hooves!
Ratings
Teacher Ratings (36) 3.8 stars.
Student Ratings (21115) 4.0 stars.