Assignment: The Fossil Record S3E2.a Assignment

Created by Andreus J on

7 activities: 7 games

111 min

Activity 1: Question Game. Estimated duration: 12 min

Basketball Master

Shoot a basketball through the hoop and answer some questions along the way! The game does not have any instructional content, it simply has review questions spread throughout.

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Teacher Ratings (1035) 4.0 stars.

Student Ratings (323055) 4.0 stars.

Activity 2: Question Game. Estimated duration: 20 min

Educagent

You are tasked with infiltrating the headquarters of a corrupt corporation. You must make it to the mainframe computer on the top floor to collect evidence for an investigation.

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Teacher Ratings (215) 4.2 stars.

Student Ratings (153241) 3.8 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!

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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!

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Teacher Ratings (53) 4.2 stars.

Student Ratings (21662) 3.9 stars.

Activity 5: 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!

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Teacher Ratings (85) 4.0 stars.

Student Ratings (28159) 4.2 stars.

Activity 6: 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.

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Teacher Ratings (92) 4.3 stars.

Student Ratings (23605) 3.9 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!

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Teacher Ratings (14) 3.7 stars.

Student Ratings (8847) 4.1 stars.