Biology Games By Elliott Kimmel

The games on zeroBio are a lot like quizzes but they tend to have more graphics and something resembling a plot. I'm not a computer programmer or graphic artist so don't expect anything like Quake! Still, I hope you find something here that is fun to play and educational as well.

 

• Alien Attack
  First-person shooter in which you blow up alien planets while solving multiple-choice questions. It's all in a days work for you ... one hand on the rocket launcher and the other on your science textbook!
 
• Bone Breaker
  First-person shooter in which you have to free captive skeletons from an evil sorcerer. Requires general science knowledge.
 
• CyberStranded 1
  You begin as a primitive single cell. As you struggle to survive you slowly evolve into higher and higher life forms. If you are strong and smart, you may even evolve into a human. And if you make it to that point in the game, you'll reach a secret website award, one of a few that are on this website.
 
• CyberStranded 2 - The Re-Seeding Project
  The second in the "CyberStranded" game series. All living things on Earth have been wiped out in a nuclear disaster and only a handful of scientists survived because they were in space at the time. With futuristic technology they will attempt to spark the evolution of new life on Earth.
 
• CyberStranded 3
  The third in the series but there's no disaster or biochemical evolution. Instead, you've got a portable game pad which you use to practice questions on genetics, photosynthesis, and the circulatory system. And if you're good, you can reach the always popular secret website award.
 
• CyberStranded 4: Humanoid Experiment
  Picking up where "CyberStranded 2" left off, Dr. Bruce Grey and his colleagues have been captured by a deviant species called the Humanoids and subjected to experiments intended to reverse human evolution. In a bizarre twist, find out how Dr. Grey saves the day and prepares to battle the Humanoids on their own turf!
 
• Darwin's Travels
  Follow Darwin on three epic ocean journeys to gather evidence for the theory of evolution and meet the ship's navigator who is on a quest of his own.
 
• Drag-and-Drop for Gr. 9 Science
  Use your mouse to create circuit diagrams and practice electricity equations; build Bohr diagrams, DNA and other molecular models; measure the field of view on a microscope; match chemical formulas and names; learn about the Periodic Table. (Internet Explorer only)
 
• Drag-and-Drop for Gr. 11 Biology
  Use your mouse to assemble a cell membrane; create a table of cell organelles; build molecular models; solve genetics problems. (Internet Explorer only)
 
• Drag-and-Drop for Gr. 12 Biology
  Use your mouse to create a flowchart for negative feedback; re-create the biochemical pathways of Glycolysis and Kreb's Cycle; build molecular models; match hormones and endocrine glands, and more. There are even a few games created by students as well as tutorials to follow so you can create YOUR OWN games! (Internet Explorer only)
 
• ETS Racing Game
  Watch out for flying protons as you zip passed the components of the ETS and then watch them disappear in your rear view mirror.
 
• Glycolysis Racing Game
  Got a need for speed? In this game you can race your car along the open road, passing the molecules of Glycolysis at every turn.
 
• Matrix Rxns Racing Game
  Another in my series of metabolism racing games. This one will have you burning rubber as you leave the Matrix Rxns in the dust.
 
• MedCity Hospital
  You are a visiting doctor at the most advanced hospital in the world. Your expert medical skills are needed to diagnose patients with some very mysterious diseases. Test your background in enzymes, hormones, cellular respiration, and general human anatomy/physiology on these MedCity patients.
 
• Sam Cisco: Hazard House
  Somebody screwed up BIG TIME! And now Sam Cisco, a retired chemical weapons specialist, is being called back to active duty clean up the toxic mess.
 
• Sam Cisco: More Hazard House
  Sam investigates the latest chemical disaster site, a residential home. This time the power is out and Sam's only got a spotlight with which to find the toxins that have invaded the house. There are two secrets in the game: a rare photo of Sam on a computer screen in Room 1, and the UP arrow momentarily illuminates the room.
 
• Sam Cisco: Poison Peaks
  "Sam's the name, chemical spills are the game". Check him out in his new adventure in the mountains of Ecuador!
• ScanTronic  
  Your name is Mac and you are a military soldier in outer space. Your ship was attacked by aliens and you've crashed on the planet Sirius II. Most of the ship's power is off-line and you are isolated in the MedLab. You'll have to heal your buddies and duke it out with some bad aliens to regain control of your ship.
 
• Tank Defender
  This is my first game created in Flash MX and using the cool vector export capabilities of Swish3D. Hop into a space-age tank and defend battlefield Earth from alien bombs, ships, and a few ridiculous objects hurled at you.
 
• tOXin 
  A spaceship has returned to Earth following a trip to Mars and it's carrying a deadly strain of bacteria. You need to read the genetic code and determine the amino acid sequence for the lethal toxin that is being released by the bacteria. Maybe then a vaccine can be developed (see tOXin2 below). This game will require you to have some background in DNA structure, protein synthesis, and reading the genetic code. Ready to stop the outbreak?!
 
• tOXin 2
  Scientists are beginning the first human trials of a vaccine to protect society from the bacteria from Mars. Nobody knows if the vaccine will work or what side effects it might have. You will be joining the "Infectious Disease Unit" to conduct experiments on a sample of human volunteers. If your experiments are successful, maybe civilization can beat the toxin! Topics in the game include cells, digestion, genetics, and circulation. Try to find the 4 hidden smilies.
 
• WordScrambles 
  Choose from a number of different themes (ie. Ecology, Chemistry, etc.) each containing 10 puzzles. Puzzles consist of a word with scrambled letters and a clue.
 
• WordScrambles 2
  A new kind of word scramble in which you solve the puzzle in your head and then check your answer. Don't type ... just click your way through themes covering blood vessels, endocrine glands, metabolism, etc.