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Eureka! - Jolly Roger

Experience Awakening - Our open-world educational game

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COMBINED RATING

3.9 Stars

TEACHERS (2)

4.0

STUDENTS (2905)

3.8

LENGTH

15 Minutes

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CAPABILITIES

Spanish Language Support

Text-to-Speech Support

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Description

Ahoy! Embark on a pirate adventure and navigate the seven seas. From sandy shores to frozen fields, you encounter environmental challenges and save the animals!

Vocabulary Words

ecosystem

animal habitats

plant habitats

adaptation

habitat destruction

pollution

overfishing

species invasion

conservation

resource availability

Instructions

Play through this interactive game to learn about Biodiversity and Humans. Suitable for Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5.

Main Concepts

An organism’s habitat provides food, water, shelter, and space.

The temperature of an environment can change over time.

Organisms of the same species that live in the same place together are a population.

The availability of resources in an environment can change over time.

Changes to an organism’s habitat can sometimes benefit it and sometimes harm it.

Some changes to an environment are caused by human activities.

When an environment changes, some organisms will survive and reproduce.

When an environment changes, some organisms will move to new locations.

Populations live in a variety of habitats, depending on their needs.

A community is all of the populations that live together in the same space.

The introduction of an invasive species is a change to an environment caused by human activities.

Overfishing and overharvesting of resources is a change to an environment caused by human activities.

Interdependency means that every organism depends on other organisms to survive.

The physical characteristics of an environment can change over time.

A habitat is the place in which an animal or plant naturally lives.

When an environment changes, some new organisms will move into that environment.

Examples of living resources are plants and animals.

All organisms obtain living and nonliving resources from their environment.

Destruction or construction of a habitat is a change to an environment caused by human activities.

Pollution is an example of a change to an environment caused by human activities.

An ecosystem includes all of the living organisms and nonliving components in a shared environment.

Examples of nonliving resources are sunlight, air, water, temperature, and soil.

When an environment changes, some organisms will die.

Discussion Questions

Before the Game

What is an ecosystem? What three things are included in an ecosystem? What are some things that a plant needs to survive in its habitat?

After the Game

How are habitats related to ecosystems? Why was it important to not use too much wood or catch too many fish? What happens when there is a change in a living thing's environment? What are some examples of things that could cause habitat destruction? What things can cause pollution in an area? What are three examples of adaptations that animals can develop to help them survive a change in their environment?