About the game

Cracking CRISPR is one of many interactive games and activities available on the Ask A Biologist website.

Terms of use

Privacy

Does this game collect any data?
Yes, the game collects the following data so that we can make needed changes or improvements. No personal data is collected or stored.

Data collected

  • A randomly generated unique ID for each user
    • Example ID - e903dbabb63b45f48823f56e980afd80
  • Mentor selected
  • Previous experience, self-reported (options are - none, some, lots)
  • Timestamp (when quiz was completed)
  • Quiz type (pre-quiz or quiz)
  • Sections completed
  • Total number of correct answers (0-6 for each quiz taken)
  • For each quiz question:
    • The question
    • Type of question (knowledge, analyzing, applying)
    • Correct answer
    • User answer
    • Result (correct, wrong)
  • The game also saves the city, state, and country of the user, but does not record or store any IP addresses or GPS coordinates.

Funding and support

Design and development

Sounds

Version

Cracking CRISPR, version 1.0