Social Gamification

Prepared By Manu Melwin Joy

Assistant ProfessorSCMS School of Technology and Management

Kerala, India.Phone – 9744551114

Mail – manu_melwinjoy@yahoo.com

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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

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.

History of Biology•What secret

project was he working on? Who might be after him and are they after you too?

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.

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.

History of Biology• Users progress

through a rich story-line driven game that parallels the scientific timeline of discovery.

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.