Link UPDATED (Again on 4.1.25) – Scroll down the following pages to play on your desktop:
👩🏻💻🧑🏻💻 Getty Nerdy or Science is Real
The game on each page is free to play, there are optional webquests to purchase on each of the sites run by teachers. (I am not affiliated with either website)
Objectives: How do traits enable a species to survive? What happens if the conditions change for the species with those traits?
Will your species survive for a million years? Will it survive a viral outbreak, meteorite impacts, predators, temperature changes, and changes in food sources?
In this natural selection simulation, students will choose 3 individuals as their starter population. What traits do they think will increase the chances of survival for their species? Long legs? Long necks? Stripes? Furry or bulky bodies? Only time will tell!
My 6th graders enjoyed playing this game and many were much more successful than I was :)
📖 CK 12 Reading – for non-fiction reading skills
Links:
- NEW LINK UPDATED 12.18.17https://www.ologames.com/Free_Games/Who-Wants-To-Live-A-Million-Years
- I removed the old link, looks like you can’t play in online anymore, needs to be downloaded now and says might be harmful?
- Natural Selection – how are traits passes on?
- Click on Natural Selection in the menu options
- Who wants to live a million years?
- Click on Survival Game in the menu options
Middle School Science Lessons 
Comments are welcome!