History of Biology is an interactive, online science scavenger hunt where students experience the history of biology, through the people and the impact their discoveries had on, and continues to have on, our culture, society, politics, economics, and ethics

1. Social Gamification

2. Prepared By
Manu Melwin Joy
Assistant Professor
SCMS School of Technology and Management
Kerala, India.
Phone – 9744551114
Mail – manu_melwinjoy@yahoo.com
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3. History of Biology
• History of Biology is an
interactive, online science
scavenger hunt where students
experience the history of biology,
through the people and the
impact their discoveries had on,
and continues to have on, our
culture, society, politics,
economics, and ethics

4. History of Biology
• In the History of Biology
game, you, the assistant,
are required to navigate
through a labyrinth of clues,
objects, and internet sites
trying to figure out why Dr.
Shyre has disappeared.

5. History of Biology
• What secret
project was he
working on? Who
might be after him
and are they after
you too?

6. History of Biology
• Hidden amongst the
history of biology, Dr.
Shyre has left clues and
puzzles to unlock the
secrets of his most
important and
controversial research
ever.

7. History of Biology
• Starting in the 17th
Century, with the invention
of microscopes and the first
descriptions of microscopic
life, users complete weekly
missions and solve puzzles
by researching the lives and
scientific discoveries of over
20 scientists.

8. History of Biology
• Users progress
through a rich story-
line driven game
that parallels the
scientific timeline of
discovery.

9. History of Biology
• The game content takes
users through the cell
theory, microscopes,
classification, evolution,
mechanisms of heredity,
the central dogma of
genetics, the genomics
revolution and where
biological science is heading
in the near future.