Assignment: The Fossil Record S3E2.a Assignment

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7 activities: 7 games

106 min

Activity 1: Question Game. Estimated duration: 15 min

Defender: The Fossil Record (Elem)

This game will teach you about fossils: how they are formed, the different types, and what we can learn from them. You will have to defend yourself against dinosaur fossils that have come to life! Earn extra points for showing off your knowledge of fossils. Make sure you build up your defenses before the giant T-Rex shows up!

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (52) 4.0 stars.

Student Ratings (12034) 4.3 stars.

Activity 2: Question Game. Estimated duration: 12 min

The Fossil Quest (Elem)

You will become a world traveling paleontologist when you play this game. As you travel around the world, you will learn about the fossil record and different types of fossils. Each continent you travel to offers a different game for you to play. When you have completed your travels, you will take a final quiz to test your knowledge.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (39) 3.9 stars.

Student Ratings (7238) 4.2 stars.

Activity 3: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 30 min

Noodle's Fossil Quest

A young paleontologist, Noodle, needs help! Explore three dig sites in search of fossils and discover many interesting facts about the organisms that lived long ago!

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (40) 3.5 stars.

Student Ratings (8839) 4.0 stars.

Activity 4: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 17 min

Dig Adventure - Reconstructing Evolution (Elem)

In this game, you are a paleontologist digging for ancient fossils. Dig through the Earth to find all ten missing fossils to try to reconstruct the ancient skeletons. While you dig, spiders will attack from above, and if you dig too much, your character get too tired to keep going. Once you've gathered all the fossils, you will get to assemble the skeleton you've discovered!

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (53) 4.2 stars.

Student Ratings (21662) 3.9 stars.

Activity 5: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 9 min

Walter's Travels - Evolution & Fossils (Elem)

Meet Walter, a smart, talking dog who is going to show you around the interesting world of evolution. Walter will be your guide and give you information on the subject! You will use your knowledge and play mini-games to help Walter investigate match limb bones to correct animals, dig for fossils, compare embryos. You'll get to practice your memory, make identifications, and even race a car.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (92) 4.3 stars.

Student Ratings (23605) 3.9 stars.

Activity 6: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 16 min

Mine Tales

Follow a spaceship pilot and her cute AI companion in their Earth adventures: dig your way through the layers of sediment to find ore, gems, fossils and ancient relics. Show your mining prowess and obtain the most valuable treasure of them all - knowledge!

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (85) 4.0 stars.

Student Ratings (28159) 4.2 stars.

Activity 7: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 7 min

Jett Swizzle's: Poof!

Did you know that the T. Rex has a living descendent today that looks nothing like it? In fact, many of the animals that you see have incredible ancestors that once roamed the earth. Jett Swizzle’s: Poof! will teach you about extinct species, which living ones they relate to, and give you some fun facts to tell your friends about!

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (14) 3.7 stars.

Student Ratings (8847) 4.1 stars.