Insulin Key
Ages 6+ · 4 min
Insulin Key: how insulin works
Open the cells with insulin keys so glucose can give them energy.
🎮 How to play
- Glucose (the yellow hexagons) floats in the blood.
- Tap a hungry cell to open its door with an insulin key.
- Open doors near lots of glucose so every cell fills up with energy.
- Feed all the cells before time runs out!
Controls: Touch or mouse: tap a cell. Keyboard: number keys 1–4 open the matching cell.
🧠 What you'll learn
- Insulin works like a key that lets glucose into cells
- In type 1 diabetes the pancreas stops making insulin
- In type 2 diabetes insulin works less well, and moving helps
