Publish at November 20 2024 Updated November 18 2024
The beauty of games is that they can quickly and easily demonstrate complex phenomena that take years to develop. This is what the Académie de Nice is proposing with the serious game "Phalènes!
Natural selection, as theorized by Charles Darwin and others, can be rather abstract for students. How can we explain that species adapt to their environment and modify themselves to ensure their survival? All the more so as these modifications generally occur over long periods, usually decades.
The game shows how this happens in nature. Using the mouse, the player interprets a bird feeding on moths on the bark of a white or black tree. For a short time, the player clicks on as many moths as possible. Quietly, depending on the options selected in the game, the butterflies will take on colors to camouflage themselves in their environment. Graphics allow you to analyze the progress of these changes, as well as their genetic effects and evolution.
A rather short but addictive experience that demonstrates very well how an animal population adapts to survive the predators and dangers of its ecosystem.
Phalenes! a serious game for teaching natural selection
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