Assignment: Genetics

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5 activities: 4 games, 1 assessment

61 min

Activity 1: 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.

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Teacher Ratings (69) 3.6 stars.

Student Ratings (12549) 3.6 stars.

Activity 2: Assessment. Estimated duration: 3 min

Assessment with 3 questions from Variation of Inherited Traits.

3 questions assessment

Activity 3: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 16 min

Mendel's Pet Ranch

In this game, you are in control of a pet breeding business at Mendel's Pet Ranch. You will explore how inheritance and dominance work with Punnett squares while trying to breed offspring with specific characteristics. You will need to breed pets that are exact copies of what your customers ask for. Some challenges will involve multiple steps before you can complete your customer's order.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (77) 4.2 stars.

Student Ratings (14252) 3.5 stars.

Activity 4: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 13 min

Cats Genes

In this game, you will have to breed cats according to their genotype and phenotype to produce cats with the desired traits. Once given the criteria you have to mate a male and female with dominant and recessive traits to get the desired offspring. After fulfilling each customer's order, you will have to answer a question about genotypes, phenotypes, alleles, and heredity. Complete all cat requests to win.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (69) 3.8 stars.

Student Ratings (14313) 3.5 stars.

Activity 5: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 16 min

Genetic Garden

In this game, you will use Punnett squares to breed plants with desired traits. You will have to learn about and take into consideration homozygous and heterozygous dominant/recessive types, incomplete dominance, and codominance. Correctly breed all the desired plants to win. Afterward, you will take a quiz testing what you learned.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (99) 4.2 stars.

Student Ratings (22154) 3.1 stars.