10+ mins.
2+ players
Small Space with Tables
4
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Learn how to use resources in an efficient way Practice thinking and decision making under pressure
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Learn how to plan and prepare for expected climate change events
M&Ms
Straws
Plates
FACILITATION GUIDELINES
DEBRIEFING QUESTIONS
MATERIALS
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
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Give players 2 of each colored M&M. Each color represents a different resource:
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--> Green M&Ms represent trees
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--> Red M&Ms represent food
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--> Yellow M&Ms represent money
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--> Brown M&Ms represent land
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--> Blue M&Ms represent water
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--> Orange M&Ms represent shelter
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Present players with a different climate change event each round (i.e. rise in sea level) in which particular resources are necessary to stay alive. If a player does not have the necessary resources to survive the event, they are out of the game.
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Each round, have players put aside 2 M&M’s (the resources they may not need for that particular event). They will have to strategically select which M&M’s to keep and which to put aside. M&M's can be moved by sucking through a straw to pick them up from the plate.
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Each round M&M’s will “reproduce” by doubling (for example, if a player keeps 2 green M&M’s, the next round they will have 4 green M&M’s, if they keep 1 green M&M, the next round they will have 2 green M&M’s). Players will not be able to foresee what climate change event will happen next. As a result, they must strategically select which M&M’s to put aside and which to keep and “reproduce” to account for whatever may happen in the future.
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The game will have a specified number of rounds (players will be presented with a set number of climate change events).
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The player with the highest number of M&M’s (resources) at the end wins.
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What did you learn?
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Is it better to use up all your resources when you need them, or to save them in order to plan and prepare for potential climate change events?
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