Build a Beast! How genes and inheritance work (Stage 4, Stage 5)
Become the master of dragons by learning all about how genes are passed on to offspring. Explore dominant and recessive traits by breeding dragons to defeat monsters that threaten your home
ACTIVITY OUTLINE:
Do you ever look at families and wonder why they look alike? How do children look like a combination of both their mother and their father? You can learn all about what goes on inside a person to make this mix!
DNA is the building block to all life on this planet and it codes for genes, which are the instructions for how to create an individual! If we can understand how genes work, how they are passed on to offspring and how they create traits, we can unlock the secret to life!
Join Caitlin Dudley, a PhD Research from UQ to experiment with genes and traits to breed different dragons to defeat different monsters in Ormnyr.
Through the game, you can learn all about what a trait is and what it means for traits to be dominant or recessive. We can explore further into sex linked traits, co and incomplete dominance and what is a genotype or phenotype!
Revolutionise how we learn about science and become the master of dragons and genetics through this interactive video game.
IS THIS A FREE EVENT? No
BROUGHT TO YOU BY: Arludo
Event Details
Event Type
Live Event - By Request
Delivery Platform
Duration
Price
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Payment Instructions
Booked groups will be invoiced after the date of their virtual incursion
Curriculum
Secondary
Main KLA, Strand, Sub Strand
Science and Tech » Biology
Cancellation Policy
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Presenter Bio
Caitlin is a PhD student at the University of Queensland and focuses on studying the evolution and diversity of flowering controls in legumes. She is fascinated by the puzzle-like network of flowering signals which involves temperature, daylength, sugars, hormones and more!
In her spare time Caitlin teaches yoga and aerobics and enjoys hunting for rare plants on hikes.
Joining The Event
Technology and Materials Requirements
Either a smartphone, tablet, or computer for students to play Ormnyr on, either individually or as a group. Ormnyr can be downloaded for free from App Store or Google Play.
This virtual incursion will run via Zoom. A device with internet connectivity with the capability of streaming video is required.
Attendees can choose to have their cameras enabled or disabled, but all microphones will be muted.
The incursion will include a live presentation and time for a Q&A. Questions can either be submitted as part of your DART booking form or in the Zoom chat.
All student participants must be supervised by a teacher or parent/guardian for this virtual incursion.