Assignment: Genetics

Created by Stacy C on

4 activities: 4 games

50 min

Activity 1: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 15 min

Cosmo Kritters

Immerse yourself into the microcosmos. Have fun creating your kritters and develop their traits. A variety of different body parts and colors are available for your kritter. Create and make them survive in the cosmos. As you create your unique Kritter, educate yourself on how kritters grow and how DNA plays a vital role in all living organisms.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (10) 3.5 stars.

Student Ratings (1147) 2.9 stars.

Activity 2: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 7 min

Genetic Zoo Nursery (Mid)

In this game, you will learn about genetics. A zookeeper has mixed up children and parents in the zoo. It's your job to use genetic information to place children with the correct parents. Many traits are inherited, so you will use clues to match parents with children. Study each genetic report carefully to make sure you can get these children back to their parents. Good luck!

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (394) 4.3 stars.

Student Ratings (104434) 3.7 stars.

Activity 3: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 15 min

Cosmo Kritters

Immerse yourself into the microcosmos. Have fun creating your kritters and develop their traits. A variety of different body parts and colors are available for your kritter. Create and make them survive in the cosmos. As you create your unique Kritter, educate yourself on how kritters grow and how DNA plays a vital role in all living organisms.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (10) 3.5 stars.

Student Ratings (1147) 2.9 stars.

Activity 4: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 13 min

Battle Genetics

You will learn about variation of inherited traits by breeding monsters to have specific traits. In order to do this, you will select parents according to their traits, which will generate a Punnett Square predicting the various possible offspring. You will then have to select the offspring that matches the desired traits. Each level will require you to create different traits. Complete all the levels to win.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (69) 3.6 stars.

Student Ratings (12752) 3.6 stars.