Lost at the sea – situation game

Topic

Team Building, Feeling of Equality and Active Participation

Age

10-13; 14-15

Subject

Biology; Civic Education; Foreign Language; Geography; Natural sciences; Science

Country

Italy; Latvia

General objective

  • To encourage interaction and teamwork among young people.

Learning objective

  • To raise the students’ awareness on the crucial role of specific skills in hard situations.

Results, hints and inspirations from the experimentation

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Italy
Age:

14-15 years old

Subject:

English, Science, Civic Education

Local adaptation:

The activity wasn’t adapted.

How did the teachers implement the activity?

Teachers followed the guidelines of the manual, without adding or adapting locally the activity.

How did students react to the activity?

From the evaluations, students affirmed they understood better the importance of certain skills and topics in given situation, as well as the importance of teamwork.

Other comments:

N/A

Latvia
Age:

11-13 years old

Subject:

Geography, Biology, Natural Science

Local adaptation:

A teacher in order to support the activity implementation used an online video: https://youtu.be/-qwVJDRV014

How did the teachers implement the activity?

Teachers followed the guidelines as suggested by the manual.

How did students react to the activity?

Students participated in an active way and they felt very engaged, expressing positive feedbacks on the results of the activity.

Other comments:

Teachers suggested the implementation of this activity to make the lessons more interactive and raise the attention of the students.

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