Aww Snap! a Snapdragon Study
Aww Snap! a Snapdragon Study
Aww snap, we have a mystery to solve! We need you to watch these bees closely and count how many times they visit the different color snapdragon flowers. Maybe then you can find out why the white snapdragons keep covering the mountainside!
Aww Snap! a Snapdragon Study is a life science game where players get to become field researchers. Observe and collect data, interpret your findings, and try to find your own answer to the mystery of the white snapdragons!
Aww Snap! a Snapdragon Study is available as a website for desktop and laptop computers. For use on tablets and smartphones, download the application from the Amazon Apps & Games Store, Apple App Store, or Google Play Store.
- Aligned to educational science standards for third to fifth grade.
- Designed for emergent readers
- Grounded in educational psychology research
- Several open text prompts for active data interpretation and journaling
- Unfolding gameplay lets students explore how their field changes from month to month and year to year.
- Teachers can assess student responses through answers to prompts and track how student thinking changes as new data is collected
- In-game tutorial to teach students how to play
- Introduces students to ideas of pollination and biological competition
- Fully standalone learning experience
- Field Study mode designed to be used with SSEC Science for the Classroom Curriculum
Aww Snap! a Snapdragon Study was developed with support from Johnson & Johnson.
Johnson & Johnson, through its Family of Companies, is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly based health care company, with products and services for the consumer, pharmaceutical, and medical device markets. J&J has been named by Fortune as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies.