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Differentiate! The Stem Cell Card Game InteractiveDifferentiate! The Stem Cell Card Game Interactive
Publisher
American Museum of Natural History
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6th - 12th
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Science
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1 hr
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Differentiate! The Stem Cell Card Game

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Let the games grow. Groups play a card game to grow cells. Players start growing cells from stem cells to create specialized cells in the human body. Learners use full-grown cells from the human body to create stem cells in the lab to grow other differentiated ones. The game ends when a player develops three grown cells in the lab.

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Concepts

stem cells, the human body, cells, cell biology, cell differentiation

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Develop a tournament to add a competitive element

Classroom Considerations

  • Requires that teachers print color game cards before in advance
  • Designed for two to four players
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

Pros

  • Provides a video along with printed instructions on how to play the game
  • Includes additional reading material on stem cells

Cons

  • None

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