Using Roblox to Explore Natural Selection

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The Journal of Technology-Integrated Lessons and Teaching Volume 3 Issue 1.
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Published: Jun 25, 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13001/jtilt.v3i1.8483
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roblox, natural selection, evolution, games

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Aishat Balogun
Indiana University Bloomington
Amber Dehner
Bloomington High School North

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This is part of a series of biology lessons that teach 9th to 12th graders about natural selection and uses the Roblox game to engage students. This lesson begins with a reminder to students about expectations and rules regarding appropriate use of technology, which can provide opportunities to explore scientific concepts in the virtual environment of Roblox. Students are expected to explore the Darwin postulates of natural selection using the examples provided. Then they discuss their findings with fellow students. This discussion is followed by an activity where students model evolution using previously created Roblox games. Next, students create their own Roblox game. This lesson concludes with students exchanging their finished games for others to explore.

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Balogun, A., & Dehner, A. (2024). Using Roblox to Explore Natural Selection. Journal of Technology-Integrated Lessons and Teaching, 3(1), 65–72. https://doi.org/10.13001/jtilt.v3i1.8483
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Vol. 3 No. 1 (2024): Special Issue: Games, Gamification, and Virtual Environments
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Author Biographies

Aishat Balogun, Indiana University Bloomington

Aishat Olere Balogun likes to create multiple opportunities for students to extend STEM outside the school/classroom curriculum. Her interests include science education; STEM; and the intersection of technology, learning, and its application to education. She is currently a 9th - 12th grade science teacher, an adjunct professor, and a doctoral candidate at the Indiana University Bloomington instructional technology department of the school of education.

Amber Dehner, Bloomington High School North

Amber Dehner has been teaching at Bloomington High School North since 2003, and since then North has become her second home.  She loves to read, make art, exercise and study Korean Culture but science is and always will be her true passion.