NSWTR 2024 HR - Flipbook - Page 14
SPECIES GAME: CONSERVATION CRISIS!
STUDENT INSTRUCTIONS
1. Form a group of 3 to 5 students.
2. Decide on a species-related team name, such as Fabulous Frogs, Awesome Owls, and add it to the top of
both the Ecosystem Sheet and the Game Card Record Sheet.
3. Add your individual names to the top of both the sheets also.
4. Set up your starting ecosystem by collecting the following species and Blu Tacking each one of them on
your Ecosystem Sheet:
4 worms
3 bees
2 parrots
1 owl
4 snails
3 butter昀氀ies
2 shore birds
1 lizard
3 moths
2 trees
1 koala
3 昀氀owers
2 shrubs
1 possum
2 frogs
5. Flip a coin (or spin a wheel) to randomly indicate the selection of a Positive or Negative chance card. For
example, if you 昀氀ip ‘heads’ on a coin, select a Positive card, if ‘tails’ select a Negative card.
6. Once you have selected a card, read the scenario and carry out the instructions by either adding or
removing species from your ecosystem. If you don’t have any left of that species to be subtracted, just
ignore the card.
7. In the Game Card Record Sheet, record the details of the change in species due to the action on the card.
a. At Column 1, write the number at the top of the card. Each card has a speci昀椀c number identi昀椀cation.
b. At Column 2, add or subtract the total number of organisms added or taken away. This is a running
total so will change each time you action a card.
c. At Column 3, subtract any total loss in species; for example if you lose all the sea birds,
then -1 from this total on the previous row. If you lose an owl or a koala as well, this becomes -2.
d. At Column 4, write a few words to describe the event on
the card, such as ‘clean up Australia’ or ‘bush昀椀re’.
8. Replace the card back in the pile randomly, face down, so it is shu昀툀ed.
9. Flip the coin again to select another Positive or Negative chance card.
Carry out the action on the card and record it in the Game Card
Record Sheet.
10. Repeat steps 8 and 9 several times before using the data in your
Game Card Record Sheet to answer the questions related to
your experience with this Species Diversity Game.
SPECIES SURVIVAL – MORE THAN JUST SUSTAINABILITY
SAFETY FIRST – WHEN
USING SCISSORS, STUDENTS
MUST HOLD THEM BY THE
HANDLES, CUT AWAY FROM
THEMSELVES, STORE WITH THE
BLADES CLOSED, CARRY THEM
WITH THE BLADES CLOSED
AND FACING DOWN AND
ALERT THEIR TEACHER IF
THEY HAVE ANY QUERIES
OR CONCERNS.
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