This lesson teaches about the concept of an Ecosystem’s Carrying Capacity and Population Growth which is part of the Life Sciences Matatag Curriculum: Grade 10, 4th Quarter.
How to play the Game
Keep your Snake alive as long as you can! Snakes will die if they don’t eat any mice. To eat a mouse, the Snake must touch it. Move the snake by clicking/touching the screen on where you want it to go.
If any of the snakes eat too many mice, it will have a baby and make another snake. Every few seconds, more mice will appear. At the end of the game, a graph will show the growth and decline of the Snake population.
Play the Game!
Use your device in landscape mode to make the game bigger.
Questions for Students
- What’s the longest you kept your Snake alive?
- Why was it difficult to keep your Snake alive as the game took longer?
- Based on the graph at the end, when did the population of the snakes increase the most?
- Based on the graph at the end, when did the increase in the population of the snakes start to slow down?
- If the game were an ecosystem, what is the estimated Carrying Capacity of the Snakes in the ecosystem? (you may base your answer on the graph at the end)
- Discuss what limited the population of the Snakes in the game and why the increase slowed down as the carrying capacity was reached.
- In an ecosystem, what else do you think can limit the population of a species?
Resources for Teachers
- Download PowerPoint Presentation on Carrying Capacity and Population Growth (to be created)
- Download Lesson Plan on Carrying Capacity (to be created)
Jorry wael
unfortunately, I didn’t realise my snake was going to die from hunger😔
Jedel
I got 106
Janecel Abella Abejay
First i don’t know how to play and I thought it is so hard but I’m wrong cause its so very easy
Ramona Chambers
1. i kept my snake alive for 99.41 seconds
2. It’s very difficult to keep your snake alive because there are too many snakes and there’s hardly any food
3. the most the population of the snakes increases is 34 a rapid rise!
4. the increase in the population started to slow down around when it reached 26 carrying capacity lines.
5. the estimated carrying capacity of the snakes is about 26 snakes
6. space and difficulty getting food to eat
7. food, predators, and space
Marc Dave
good game
Marc Dave
this game is so good
Aljor Aquino
I want to play this
Reggie C. Sanchez
I’m doing may best
Reggie C. Sanchez
I’m very nervous
Edward T.Montillano
I don’t think my snake is surviving.
Krystel Febby Bulay
It’s so hard to keep your snake not to die
Rhyme lopecillo
this is a good game!!
Erlshandy Sunido
1. i kept my snake alive for 14:96 seconds
2. It’s very difficult to keep your snake alive because there are too many snakes and there’s hardly any food
3. the most the population of the snakes increases is 30 a rapid rise!
4. the increase in the population started to slow down around when it reached 26 carrying capacity lines.
5. the estimated carrying capacity of the snakes is about 20 snakes
6. space and difficulty getting food to eat
7. food, predators, and space
ELIEZER C. BANTILAN JR
good game