MS-LS3.A-2

Genemon: Breed and Battle!

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Game Info for Teachers

COMBINED RATING

4.2 Stars

TEACHERS (2)

4.0

STUDENTS (11)

4.4

LENGTH

20 Minutes

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CAPABILITIES

Text-to-Speech Support

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Description

In this game, players dive into a mysterious world where creatures—called Genemons—gain their powers from inherited traits. To progress in the adventure, players must breed Genemons by applying real genetic concepts, such as dominant and recessive alleles, Punnett Squares, incomplete dominance, and codominance. Can you breed an offspring strong enough to battle your way to the arena and become a true Genemon Master? Each challenge teaches a new part of genetics through fun and hands-on gameplay. Want a Genemon with sharp claws or a hard skin? You’ll need to choose the right parents and select the offspring’s traits! Along the way, players unlock quick mini-games and solve puzzles that bring science to life. Perfect for middle schoolers, Genemon makes learning about heredity and gene variation exciting, accessible, and action-packed. It’s science—powered by strategy, logic, and fun!

Vocabulary Words

genotype

genes

traits

alleles

heterozygous

homozygous

recessive

dominant

heredity

sexual reproduction

punnett square

genotype

incomplete dominant trait

codominance

polygenetic trait

Instructions

Play through this interactive game to learn about Variation of Inherited Traits. Suitable for Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8.

Main Concepts

In sexual reproduction, the offspring are genetically distinct from their parents.

A Punnett square is a chart that shows the possible genotype combinations in offspring from two parents.

In sexual reproduction, the offspring inherits half of its genetic material from its mother and half from its father.

Polygenetic inheritance occurs when multiple genes are responsible for the expression of a single trait.

Incomplete dominance occurs in heterozygotes when neither allele dominates and there is instead a blending of the two alleles.

Phenotype describes the observable traits that an organism expresses from its genetic makeup.

Genes are responsible for the specific traits of an individual.

Heredity is the passage of genetic information from one generation to the next.

Some alleles are dominant while others are recessive.

The different varieties of a particular gene are called alleles.

Sexual reproduction improves the genetic variation of a species.

Genotype is the genetic makeup of a living organism and depends on which alleles the organism inherited from its parent(s).

Homozygous means that an organism contains the same alleles of a gene on their chromosomes.

Codominance occurs in heterozygotes when both alleles dominate and are both expressed in the offspring.

Heterozygous means that an organism contains different alleles of a gene on their chromosomes.

Discussion Questions

Before the Game

How are offspring similar to their parents? What are traits that offspring can have that are similar to their parents?

After the Game

What is the difference between a recessive and dominant trait? What is the difference between homozygous and heterozygous? What is a polygenetic trait? What did that look like in the game?