Assignment: Parts of the Cell 7.12D Assignment

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9 activities: 9 games

114 min

Activity 1: Question Game. Estimated duration: 10 min

Hidden Ecosystem

This game will test your understanding of biodiversity and the health of ecosystems. As you play this game, you will be quizzed on factors that influence ecosystems. The objective of this game is to answer questions correctly and to collect enough items to bring to a science potluck party at the end of the game without running out of time.

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Teacher Ratings (49) 3.8 stars.

Student Ratings (16996) 3.5 stars.

Activity 2: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 12 min

Project E.G.G.

It is a brave new world. In this game, you will build biomes and populate them with plants, decomposers, mammals, and birds. Watch out for threats! Various disasters will happen that threaten to wipe out some of your populations and destroy your biomes. Not to worry, as you place your organisms in other niches, your biomes will rebuild and hopefully thrive!

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (43) 3.3 stars.

Student Ratings (12289) 3.0 stars.

Activity 3: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 14 min

Growth of Individuals and Populations

Have you ever wondered how populations of organisms remain in balance? This game will provide you with a virtual simulation for discovering how one population will affect another. You will need to place the organisms strategically and focus on the required resources. This will also teach you about how importance resources are for the organisms that benefit from them. Your goal is to keep all the organisms alive. Good luck!

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (74) 3.5 stars.

Student Ratings (13020) 3.1 stars.

Activity 4: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 9 min

Ecoplay and Biodiversity

Say, "Hello, again!" to the dodo bird, an organism that went extinct many years age. In this game, the dodo will try to make a comeback based on your performance during the game. You will learn the factors that affect our ecosystems and biodiversity, and you will use your knowledge to complete a variety of interactive activities, like building a food chain and pollinating a flower.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (96) 3.9 stars.

Student Ratings (34263) 3.5 stars.

Activity 5: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 15 min

Cell Patrol

You are on your patrol shift and you need to explore the Cell City to make sure all of the buildings function properly. The cell city represents a living cell. The buildings that are scattered inside the city represent the organelles inside a cell unit. You must complete a list of tasks for each of the city buildings to complete the patrol, and make sure the Cell City lives yet another day. Cell Patrol is an educational game about the cell structure. The game play consists of exploration and small, time based, tasks.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (51) 4.1 stars.

Student Ratings (10651) 3.6 stars.

Activity 6: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 20 min

Cell Explorers

The evil Mr. X released a dangerous virus and hid the antivirus formula inside the organelles of a cell! Special agent Luca has volunteered to be micronized and enter the cell. Help her search for the formula while Hooke, her partner, provides information about cell structures and their function!

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (441) 4.2 stars.

Student Ratings (54358) 3.9 stars.

Activity 7: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 7 min

Mrs. Daisy's Lesson

In this game, Mrs. Daisy will teach you about organelles and the key differences between plant and animal cells. First, see if you can label the parts of a cell. After that, will you be able to spot the six differences between plant and animal cells? Every time you make a mistake, you lose points, so choose wisely!

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (111) 4.0 stars.

Student Ratings (36575) 3.1 stars.

Activity 8: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 17 min

Cell Mechanic

Your job is to explore cells that were reported as “out of service” as a tiny submarine cell mechanic! Discover and complete different mini-games for each part of the Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic cells and make sure everything is up and running again!

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (23) 4.1 stars.

Student Ratings (7955) 3.5 stars.

Activity 9: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 10 min

Cell Attack

Bombs away! Attack incoming bombs with your rockets in this missile command like game. To defend the planet, you need to identify the proper function of organelles, and you need to identify those organelles in a cell. In Cell Attack, you will save the day based on your ability to identify cell structures. Good luck!

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (29) 3.8 stars.

Student Ratings (14107) 3.2 stars.