Green Ambassadors


	Index Introduction Becoming a Sustainability Expert California Science Standards California ELA Standards How to Be a Green Ambassador Unit: Creating an Earth+ Photo Story Unit: Delivering an Earth+ Presentation Unit: Creating and Delivering an Earth+ Presentation Unit: Writing an Earth+ Script Unit: Producing an Earth+ Video Documentary Unit: Creating Earth+ Marketing Materials Unit: Producing an Earth+ Event Unit: Earth+ Social Marketing Unit: Producing an Earth+ Fundraiser Unit: Earth+ Public Relations Training Unit: Planning and Delivering an Earth+ Elementary Lesson Unit: Creating an Earth+ Game Unit: Creating Earth+ Alternative Marketing

Teaching Guide: Creating an Earth+ Game
Summary	Students evaluate an example of a game designed to teach players about earth+ issues and solutions, then create and test their own game.
Guiding Questions	How can we use games to spread messages about earth+ issues and solutions?
Objectives: Language Arts	Standard NL-ENG.K-12.4 COMMUNICATION SKILLS Students adjust their use of spoken, written, and visual language (e.g., conventions, style, vocabulary) to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences and for different purposes.
Objectives: Values	Students believe that they have a responsibility to contribute to the well-being of their community. Students work to gather and share knowledge that supports the well-being of their community. Students encourage other community members to engage in practices that contribute to the well-being of their community.
Assessment	In the performance task for this lesson, students create, test and then implement a children's game to teach others about earth+ issues and solutions. (View Performance Task here)
Preparation	Review the rules for the Earth+ Compost Game (download here) , and print out the Cycle of Compost chart in that document. Make enough copies of the Checklist for an Effective Earth+ Game for each student team. (download here) Make enough copies of the handout Earth+ Marketing Worksheet for each team. (download here) Make enough copies of the handout Earth+ Talking Points Worksheet for each team of students. (download here) Make enough copies of the Earth+ Game Worksheet for each student team. (download here)
Into	Play the Earth+ Compost Game with students for 5 minutes or so. Then hold a class discussion using this prompts: Do you think a game like this is a good way for children to learn? Why?
Through	Ask teams to respond in writing to this prompt: What are the characteristics of an effective earth+ game? Distribute the Checklist for an Effective Earth+ Game, and review it with students. Discuss whether or not you would add any items to the checklist based on what you have talked about in class today, and have students write in on their copies any additions that the class as a whole decides to make. Tell students to keep these checklists, since they will be using them. Tell each team that they are to create a game based on a specific earth+ issue and/or solution. Ask each team to fill out the Earth+ Marketing Worksheet and Earth+ Talking Points Worksheet for the game, so that they have a clear idea of what they want to teach with the game. Distribute copies of the Earth+ Game Worksheet and have the teams fill them out as they create their games. Ask them to they start by writing down what they want players to learn as they play the game, then decide what kind of game to play. Each team is to work out what they will do to find out what the players learn from playing their game. This could be done simply by asking players what they learned, and/or by asking players specific questions about the earth+ issue/solution that the game was designed to teach about. Once the games are completed, pair up the teams and have them teach each other how to play the games they invented, find out what the players learned, and revise the games to correct anything that didn't work as intended.
Beyond	See Performance Task for this lesson.