Origin: Unknown© is an interactive teaching tool for use by students and science educators. Players must use actual bioinformatics tools from the World Wide Web to determine the origin of an unidentified organic sample.

Name: Game: -- Level I (Random) -- (I) Einstein Lives (I) Voyager Returns (I) Mars Impact Study (I) Macrosoffe's Miracle (I) Mars Station (I) Comet Cruiser (I) A Slime Conundrum (I) Io's Organism -- Level II (Random) -- (II) Asteroid Impact (II) Station Slacker (II) Comet Nemsu (II) Io's Repository (II) Asteroid Hits Mars (II) Moon Moss (II) Mars Station Alpha (II) Mars Polar Lander -- Level III (Random) -- (III) Station Mystery (III) Moon Station (III) Radioactive Waste (III) Comet Slime (III) Voyager Powder (III) Mars Asteroid Impact (III) Pineapple's Plunder (III) Polar Lander 26 -- Level IV (Random) -- (IV) Mysterious Object (IV) Life on the Moon? (IV) The Mars Dump's Blob (IV) Comet Cowboy (IV) Mars Water (IV) Voyager Revisited (IV) Mars Surprize (IV) Station Asteroid How do I play? Procedure Manual Help

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Disclaimer: The majority of the bioinformatics tools accessed by Origin: Unknown© are not SWBIC products. They are produced and maintained by other unrelated organizations and are freely available on the World Wide Web. SWBIC takes no responsibility for the maintenance or availability of these tools. The possibility of a tool being periodically unavailable may cause delays in Origin: Unknown© game play, however, this arrangement was chosen because it best represents real life situations.