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Powerhouse of the Cell Lesson Plan Summary: Powerhouse of the Cell is a single player game that helps students understand the process by which energy is created in the mitochondrion. Introduction The production of ATP within mitochondria is one of the most important cellular processes. Nonetheless, memorizing the process, complexes, and molecules involved is not a lot of fun. But the process by which energy is created is reminiscent of games within the ‘infinite runner’ genre (think Temple Run). Therefore, to make learning the concepts a bit more enjoyable, we decided to make students in charge of the energy creation process. While playing, students are familiarized with the names of the different complexes, how molecules are used by different complexes, and the different chemical reactions that happen as molecules move through each complex. Students are asked questions during and after gameplay to see how well they have learned the concepts and how well they have retained them. Powerhouse of the Cell is thus the perfect study tool and concept refresher prior to a test. Using Powerhouse of the Cell We suggest that you assign Powerhouse of the Cell as homework either prior to or after teaching mitosis. If assigned prior to the lesson, students will likely be familiar with the basic concepts, which means that conversations about the concepts can be more in-depth in class. Downloading the data prior to the lesson or during the class after students have played will allow you to understand where students are having trouble and which concepts need to be reinforced in class. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. © 2017 arludo pty ltd.