Assignment: Natural Selection 8th grade

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4 activities: 4 games

43 min

Activity 1: Simulation Game. Estimated duration: 10 min

Natural Selection - Intro

Explore how organisms with different traits survive various selection agents within the environment. Challenge yourself to create a population of bunnies that survives with wolves as a selection pressure.

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Teacher Ratings (5) 3.2 stars.

Student Ratings (5881) 3.3 stars.

Activity 2: Question Game. Estimated duration: 18 min

Defender: Natural Selection

This game will teach you about forms of adaptation and the role they play in natural selection. You will have to defend your territory by placing animals with different adaptations on your land. Your knowledge about adaptations will help you earn extra points! When you place the right animals to defend your territory, you will win the game.

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Teacher Ratings (179) 3.8 stars.

Student Ratings (17638) 3.9 stars.

Activity 3: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 6 min

Learning with Darwin

Charles Darwin will teach you about natural selection. Listen and learn as Darwin narrates his story to you. You will have to remember what Darwin teaches you so that you can apply his theories later in the game. After you complete a quiz, you will have to try keeping a species alive in its environment for 1,000,000 years. Use your knowledge to help your species adapt and survive.

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Teacher Ratings (119) 3.5 stars.

Student Ratings (32455) 3.8 stars.

Activity 4: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 9 min

Walter's Travels - Natural Selection (Mid)

Walter the explorer is on a journey to learn about Natural Selection. Follow Walter in the first round to match bird beaks and feet with the proper species. When you finish the first round, you will meet Walter's chameleon friend and try to identify camouflaged animals. You will enjoy these and other mini-games with Walter. You will finalize the journey with Walter in arcade mode.

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Teacher Ratings (113) 4.1 stars.

Student Ratings (28575) 3.4 stars.