Overview:
This website is catered to students and teachers. It features retro-style games that help demonstrate various aspects of biology. Some of the games are genetics, adaptations. photosynthesis, ecology etc. The games offer background information and also follow up the play with a quiz to check for understanding. Even though the games themselves have a rudimentary feel to them, they offer a hands on approach to learning the basic facts of biology. This website helps bring the abstract ideas of cellular processes or evolution to a concrete form.
Applications:
Bioman Biology offers quick and simple games for the students to use. This site could be used for many applications such as:
1. Reward for completed work.
2. An option for days after TCAP or other times when heavy content teaching is not appropriate
3. Review
4. Self exploration of a new topic
The Bioman Biology website has discussed its own reason that their site is valuable to the teacher and the student. Follow the appropriate links to see what they have to say.
For teachers: http://biomanbio.com/teachers.html
For students: http://biomanbio.com/students.html
Pros and Cons for Video Game Use:
EdTech Magazine created the graphic below. Overall the jury is still out on whether or not video games should have a place in education.
Very detailed, and as a novice to this game/site i have to say i would use it in my class.Great work! The graphics was really helpful in figuring out the dynamics of the game too.
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