STRATEGY SCRIPT Strategy Gaming 3 Content Environmental Science Title The Need To Survive Time Required 30 Minutes Number of Participants 24 Target Audience 7th and 8th Graders Goal of Activity To define survival needs for different types of animals Purpose of Script To demonstrate gaming strategies to illustrate survival need situations for a group of animals Learning Outcome s Gagnes Taxonomy Higher Order Rules Learning Outcome s HEO Taxonomy Synthesis Learner Characteristics Sixth Grade reading level and understanding of basic life science concepts Entry Skills Completed seventh grade Setting Classroom Media Game board and overhead Process Students will participate in teams of three Each team will then portray a specific type of animal that would be found in a wetland setting with each team member portraying one member of that particular animal The objective for each team will be for as many of the animals designated for that team to survive Points will be awarded based on the make up of each team s animal group at the end During the activity students will be required to locate and acquire basic survival needs such as food water and shelter The instructor will introduce factors such as climatic conditions environmental elements and hazards that will affect the ability to acquire these resources Play will take place on a game board that is divided into a grid Resources will then be arbitrarily place on the board Dice will be used to set conditions and for player movement Strategy Assessment Criteria Checklist Author John Morrow Jr References West C K Farmer J A and Wolff P M Instructional Design Implications From Cognitive Science University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
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