Master launcher for (almost) all thinkBio software: Control Center
Several of these run in the browser using Shockwave
Module | Brief description | Area | Features |
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MendelPede | Deduce genotype from phenotype; explore non-Mendelian cases | Genetics | crosses, deduction, exceptions to Mendel, autoGrade, homework |
xPloratory | Material under development | Universal | Generally, re-creating desktop apps in web-friendly form | FillBlanks | Gamified content review | Universal; learning + review | Interactive fill in the blanks... with hinting! |
x_plorer | How to determine dominant trait | Genetics | crosses, deduction, enumeration of hypotheses |
PatternMaster ** | Deduce an underlying pattern in visual 'data' | Sci method | hypothesis, prediction, test, autoGrade, homework, genetics |
Cricket (advanced) ** | Follow the footsteps of Crick et al. as they deduce the 3-letter nature of the code | Genetics | crosses, deduction, homework, genetics |
PathFinder (advanced) | Use Saccharomyces, make deductions about gene number and path order | Genetics | simulation, genetics, crosses, homework |
Information Flow | Conceptual exploration of storage, transmission and 'interpretation' of cellular information | IntroBio | Central dogma, overview, transcription, translation, replication |
Quantum Mine | Deduce location of 'gems' from indirect data | Sci Method | scientific method, deduction, logic, experiment |
ProFolder | Demo of protein folding principles, reproducibility | Structure | amino acids, folding |
StructViewer | Small molecule structures and properties | Structure | bases, amino acids, bonds |
BasePairer ** | How and why bases fit together | Structure | DNA, bases, H-bonds |
Amino Acid Dancer | Compare the flexibility, diversity of amino acids to rigidity of bases | Structure | amino acids, bases, folding |
Hang Twenty | Learn amino acid 1-letter codes playing Hangman | Vocabulary | game, vocubulary |
Opsinize | Mutate a red-sensitive opsin into a green-sensitive one | Structure | structure-function, evolution, mutation, genetic code part of cohesive unit on opsin, color vision evolution |
VocabuWary | Gamified, unique vocabulary learning | Vocabulary | Gamified, fast-response vocab training using a variety of contexts |
XWords | IntroBio topical crosswords | Vocabulary | Crosswords with some enhanced features (images, multiple clues, hints) |
Evolvotron | Module introducing basic concepts in speciation, evolution, trees Overview movie |
Evolution | 'evolution' of island-hopping 'protobug'; features acquired by random mutation + environment-driven selection |
Silverswords | Discover relatedness of Hawaiian silverswords Overview movie |
Evolution | intuitive sequence alignment, use real data, images of plants, info on habitat to draw valid conclusions |
FlowerPower | Select monkeyflowers toward bee or hummingbird pollinators | Evolution | Based on actual images and (conceptually correct) underlying genetics; derived from work by Toby Bradshaw and colleagues |
OperoNation | Figure out the inner workings of an operon; map genes to roles | Genetics | Bacterial sex, operons, dominance, cis-trans |
Gameter ** | Explore meiosis by designing chromosomes and observing animation of meiosis | Genetics | meiosis, genes, alleles, linkage, segregation |
Tubulin ** | Adjust kinetic parameters (ATPase rate, disociation rate) of tubulins to give rise to chromosome-capture capable microtubules | Cell biology, biochemistry, evolution | meiosis, chromosomes, machines, timers |
PediDucer | Deduce genotypes; provide justification for ansewrs | Genetics, logic | Logic, hypothesis testing, necessary-sufficient argumentation |