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Resilience Strategies Games

Ort Report

Ort Report

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Mitigation Strategies
Climate Change Impacts
Game Duration
Number of Players
Facilitation Difficulty
Space Size

10 mins.

2+ players

Small Space with Tables

1

  • Learn about the relationship between food waste and climate change

  • Observe how much food waste is produced by their classmates on a daily basis

  • Learn how their actions (reducing their personal food waste) can mitigate the issue

  • Have fun with classmates → friendly competition  Increase enthusiasm about limiting food waste

Answer with your Feet

Answer with your Feet

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Resilience Strategies
Mitigation Strategies
Climate Change Impacts
Climate Change Causes
Game Duration
Number of Players
Facilitation Difficulty
Space Size

5+ mins.

6+ players

Medium Space

2

  • Energizer / introductory exercise

  • Opinion-based learning

Traffic Jam

Traffic Jam

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Resilience Strategies
Mitigation Strategies
Climate Change Causes
Game Duration
Number of Players
Facilitation Difficulty
Space Size

10-15 mins.

15+ players

Large Space

4

  • Explore the relationships between efficient transportation and carbon dioxide emissions

  • Explore approaches to climate change mitigation

Hop 'til you Drop

Hop 'til you Drop

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Resilience Strategies
Mitigation Strategies
Climate Change Impacts
Climate Change Causes
Game Duration
Number of Players
Facilitation Difficulty
Space Size

5-10 mins.

4+ players

Large Space

5

  • Learn about urban resilience plans and which are most effective

Cause and Effect

Cause and Effect

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Resilience Strategies
Mitigation Strategies
Climate Change Impacts
Climate Change Causes
Game Duration
Number of Players
Facilitation Difficulty
Space Size

10 mins.

2-6 players

Small Space with Tables

3

  • Help students rationalize causes and consequences of climate change and brainstorm solutions by stimulating critical thinking

  • Practice thinking and decision making

Race for Resilience

Race for Resilience

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Resilience Strategies
Mitigation Strategies
Climate Change Impacts
Climate Change Causes
Game Duration
Number of Players
Facilitation Difficulty
Space Size

10+ mins.

4+ players

Large Space

5

  • Discussion based activity 

  • Learn about climate change causes, mitigation strategies and resilience plans

  • Practice thinking and decision making under pressure 

  • Incentivize reflection from students, stimulate teamwork and collaboration

Survival of the M&M's

Survival of the M&M's

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Resilience Strategies
Mitigation Strategies
Climate Change Impacts
Game Duration
Number of Players
Facilitation Difficulty
Space Size

10+ mins.

2+ players

Small Space with Tables

4

  • Learn how to use resources in an efficient way Practice thinking and decision making under pressure 

  • Learn how to plan and prepare for expected climate change events

Find Someone Who

Find Someone Who

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Mitigation Strategies
Climate Change Impacts
Game Duration
Number of Players
Facilitation Difficulty
Space Size

10+ mins.

10+ players

Small Open Area

2

  • Introductory exercise

  • Opinion-based learning

  • Understand what people currently do in relation to climate change and why/how they should make changes

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