Sexual Selection: the Dating Game
This ARKive game teaches students the main principles of sexual selection and the difference between intrasexual and intersexual selection. Using species from ARKive as examples, students discover why some animals have ornaments to attract mates (intersexual selection) while others have weapons to fight for mates (intrasexual selection).
Dinner at the Reef: Food Chains (Age 7 - 11)
Published by the ARKive Project, this fun and interactive game explores food chains in a marine environment, predator-prey relationships and the fine balance of an ecosystem. The resources include teachers notes and students activity sheets.
ARKive's Adaptation: Design a Species Activity (Age 11-14)
This ARKive activity is designed to teach Key Stage Three students about the concept of adaptation. Using the marine environment as an example, students learn about how different animal species are adapted physically or behaviourally to survive in a particular type of habitat. Students research an allocated habitat, taking into account…
4/5- Publication year: 2010 to date
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