Arid Adaptation - Plants - Newbyte Educational Software

Arid Adaptation - Plants

Can you build a plant which can survive?

Description

Game format encourages critical thinking and problem solving.

Construct a plant which can survive and reproduce in various conditions.
Arid Adaptation - Plants is ideal for use with both junior and senior students.

Features

Students compete with themselves, classmates and the world under a range of conditions from temperate to arid.

Scores can be uploaded to our web site to see how they compare on each game level.

30 game levels ranging from temperate to an extreme arid climate.

Description of each adaptation for easy learning.

12 arid adaptations to aid survival.

Adaptations which help survival include:

Small leaves
Succulent leaves
Thick cuticle
Leaf hairs
Rollable leaves
Stem photosynthesis
Stem water storage
Spines
Sunken stomates
Stomata hairs
C4 and CAM photosynthesis

Under Arid Conditions

Survival becomes a nightmare.
Critical thinking and knowledge of adaptations is required.
Animals eat moisture-laden plants more often!
Root growth patterns must be well thought out.
Too many leaves can lead to critical water loss.
Too few leaves result in slow growth.

Easy Food Web Construction.

Screenshots

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Available Online for: Browsers

on Windows, Macintosh, Chromebooks, Android and iPads.

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