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🧑‍🎓 Student Portfolio Samples

Students tracked the genetic alleles for dominant and recessive traits in baby dragons, using Punnett squares and a working knowledge of Mendellian genetics and of sex-linked genetic traits.

🐉 BioKnights and ChemKnights Save Baby Dragons!

⚔️ The Quest Setup

Biology students created characters and formed BioKnight parties, while chemistry students became ChemKnights. Each group received the following quest briefing in full fantasy RPG style:

“Centuries ago, during the War of Devastation, dragons were nearly wiped out. Today, during hatching season, many baby dragons are being born with genetic diseases. Our scientists say chemical warfare long ago caused mutations in the dragon genome… and vital mineral elements for their growth have since been lost.”

“BioKnights: your mission is to recover the original dragon genome — intact and uncorrupted — before the species is lost forever.”

“ChemKnights: your mission is to rediscover the missing elements from the Periodic Table and help nourish this new generation back to health.”

This immersive fantasy framing allowed students to practice real science skills through inquiry-based learning, roleplaying, and creative problem-solving.

If you are interested in the lore and backstory of the World of Zorethea and the tension there between magic and science, check out the novel Rise of the Sciencemancer for more about the Great War of Devastation and the genetic damage to the dragons.

📜 Scrolls of Knowledge – Worksheet Samples

🧬 BioKnight Scroll of Knowledge

(Earns 100 XP and 20 GP)
Students tracked genetic inheritance patterns using Punnett squares, Mendelian genetics, and knowledge of DNA structure.

Sample Prompts:

The baby dragons are having issues because their __________ are damaged.
Genes are defined as __________.
Chemical warfare caused the genes of many dragons to mutate by causing __________.
The molecule that spells out genes is called __________.
DNA’s four-letter language is made up of __________, which form __________, which code for __________.

Word Bank: codons, protein, genes, nucleotides, mutations

⚗️ ChemKnight Scroll of Knowledge

(Earns 100 XP and 20 GP)
Students explored the Periodic Table, element symbols, and atomic structure using standards-based prompts hidden within a fantasy framework.

Sample Prompts:

An element is __________.
The chemical symbols come from __________, except one from __________.
How many protons does a palladium atom have?
What region of the periodic table is xenon in? Gold? Strontium?

🌟 Educational Impact

These sample quests aligned with NGSS and encouraged collaboration, creativity, and comprehension. Students were more engaged, retained more, and even asked for more homework when it came in the form of a scroll from a dragon.

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