Assignment: Ecosystems and Food Webs

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5 activities: 5 games

63 min

Activity 1: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 9 min

Biosphere Architect

Students act as biosphere architects! Their goal is to develop a sustainable, balanced ecosystem in which producers, herbivores, carnivores, and decomposers interact and thrive.

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Teacher Ratings (88) 4.0 stars.

Student Ratings (33736) 4.3 stars.

Activity 2: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 10 min

Minnow Meadow

Welcome to Minnow Meadow! Manage a growing village where your actions influence environment tiles. Hunt for food, chop down trees, and build new homes in your village each turn, but beware: the ecosystem is fragile, and exhaustion of resources could undermine your survival!

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Teacher Ratings (13) 3.9 stars.

Student Ratings (16655) 4.4 stars.

Activity 3: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 15 min

Dogtor Woof - Food Webs of the Forest

Travel through time and space with Dogtor Woof to unravel the mysteries of nature! You will join Dogtor Woof as they explore a forest and its inhabitants. Each of them takes a unique role in a Food Web. Experience the world through the eyes of five different organisms with unique special abilities to find out how Food Webs work!

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Teacher Ratings (36) 4.4 stars.

Student Ratings (19553) 3.9 stars.

Activity 4: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 15 min

Food Web IMPOSTER!

Some of these creatures are acting pretty sus... Use your knowledge of food webs to examine the actions of these creatures and figure out which ones are imposters. Once you've found an imposter...eject them from the Food Web Lab!

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Teacher Ratings (25) 3.7 stars.

Student Ratings (12467) 4.1 stars.

Activity 5: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 14 min

Food Webs

Vee and PC-101 are aliens from planet Z, and they are wandering from planet to planet to learn about their habitats! Take a journey with Vee and PC-101 to learn about the food webs of Earth's organisms!

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Teacher Ratings (109) 4.4 stars.

Student Ratings (70660) 3.9 stars.