Photosynthesis Science Games

5 games

In this series of games, your students will learn how plants convert energy to nourish themselves. The Photosynthesis learning objective — based on NGSS and state standards — delivers improved student engagement and academic performance in your classroom, as demonstrated by research.

Scroll down for a preview of this learning objective’s games and the concepts they drive home.

Concepts Covered

During photosynthesis, plants take in materials from their environment and convert them into food that the plants need to live and grow.

Sunlight is the main source of energy that drives this process. Plants convert it into energy for a chemical reaction, which turns water (absorbed in the roots) and carbon dioxide (absorbed from the air) into oxygen and sugar.

The plant gets its nutrients from this sugar, called glucose. It releases the oxygen into the air for humans and other animals to breathe.

A preview of each game in the learning objective is found below.

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Lazy Cow Farm: Pumpkin Photosynthesis Estimated Duration: 25 minutes The big pumpkin contest is fast approaching but the Lazy Cow hasn't even started yet! They will have to support their pumpkin to perform photosynthesis to grow as big as it can!

Plant Sitter Estimated Duration: 12 minutes A friend goes on vacation and leaves you in charge of her apartment, so you need to take care of her plant and her cat. But you don't know much about plants... let's hope she left some instructions!

Photosynth Adventure Estimated Duration: 19 minutes World pollution is rising and evil creatures known as smog slimes are appearing all over the world. They interfere with photosynthesis, putting the planet at risk. Alyx, a young engineer is building a machine that replicates photosynthesis to help reduce carbon dioxide levels. Help Alyx while learning about the process of photosynthesis and its impact in the world!

Galaxy Escape Estimated Duration: 20 minutes 10 Bright Monsters have been captured in space and they need your help to cross the galaxy jumping between platforms, finding them, and releasing them by correctly answering each question. Each monster that you release and unlock will be available to play with in the next level, in the search for the next monster. In your journey, you’ll be able to find power-ups, like ‘Double points’ and ‘Slow down’, which can be activated by finding gems, and their duration can be extended by correctly answering a question. Unlock and release the 10 different monsters and a spaceship along 10 different levels, while you make the most possible points.

Plants Vs. CO2 Estimated Duration: 20 minutes On a distant planet devastated by pollution, a scientist plans to regenerate the atmosphere to make it habitable again. What's the plan? Using plants to clean the most affected areas of carbon dioxide through photosynthesis.

How Plants Grow Estimated Duration: 3 minutes Video explaining photosynthesis and how plants get energy to grow.

Robot Chef Estimated Duration: 18 minutes Congratulations, you are creating the first all-robot restaurant in the city! As you serve more customers, you will be able to build more robots to assist in delivering tasty treats. Attend Night School and answer questions to earn advanced robot chefs!

Photosynthesis Science Games

Concepts Covered

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