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Teacher Notes and Solutions - Woodland Wildlife Game
The Woodland Wildlife Game has been devised to enable pupils to learn about the habits and habitats (Ecology) of various animals that live in the countryside.
Components to download:
10 Factfile sheets
10 Prey/Food sheets
10 Footprint sheets
10 Home sheets
10 Features sheets
10 Food sheets
The components of the games listed above could be given to the children to make up their own game around the pieces, e.g. board game. We have suggested the following as games which can be played with the information provided.
NB: A Footprint and Foodchain quiz can be carried out interactively on the Field to Fork website. This website is packed with activities. The Teaching Trees website is also very good.
Detective Work Game
To play the game:
- This game can be played by up to 10 individuals or teams of players
- The factfile sheets are placed on the table face down.
- Each pupil takes one of the factfile sheets - this is the animal that they will be finding out about in the game.
- The prey/food, footprint, home and features sheets are all placed on a table face down. These sheets are to be put into one pile and shuffled so they are mixed up, (we could call this the Details pile).
- Each pupil in turn reads the details on their factfile sheet.
- When it has been decided who will start the game, that person takes the top sheet off the Details pile and looks at it to see if it matches their animal factfile.
- If they think that it matches their factfile they keep it and arrange it as in the examples provided. If it does not match, then that sheet is put face up in a pile next to the Details pile. The next player can then choose the sheet that the previous person has dropped if it is one they require or, if not, they take one from the Details pile.
- When all the sheets have been put face upwards in the second pile, this is then turned over and the next player takes the top sheet, and so on as before. Then each pupil in turn does the same until there are no sheets left.
- A turn may be given in exchange for putting back one of the sheets at the bottom of the pile, if the pupil decides it does not go with their Factfile. At this stage another sheet cannot be taken to replace it.
- When a pupil thinks they have completed an animal's details (1 Factfile and 4 Details sheets, one from each set), their set of sheets is put to one side and another Factile sheet is taken to try again.
- When the pupils cannot go any further with the game, it may be that one or more of them have taken the wrong sheet for their Factfile. In this case, if the game stops, each pupil in turn can read aloud the Details sheet they have picked and if any of the others realise it is theirs they can exchange it. The sheet to be thrown away is put face upwards on the pile as before.
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the game is finished the WINNER of the game is the pupil or groups
of pupils who have accumulated the largest amount of points.
(Note: Not the quickest to finish.)
Note: The earthworm 'footprint' sheet is annotated "The footprint card for this animal is blank".
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Points scheme
- 25 points for each Factfile sheet (to start off with)
- 15 points for each correct details sheet
- TOTAL amount of points for a full correct set = 85 points + 15 bonus
- For each wrong details sheet 10 points are deducted.
- If all details sheets are wrong, then 85 points are deducted.
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Factfile (number of Factfile Sheets) x 25 = ____________
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No of correct detail sheets x 15 = ____________ |
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No of wrong detail sheets x 10 = ____________ (taken away) |
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No of wrong Factfile and detail sheets x 85 = ____________
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BONUS POINTS |
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OVERALL TOTAL
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Solutions for the Detective Work Game
Food
Web Game - for
this game you will
need the Factfile and the Food sheets.
- This game can be played by either groups of pupils or individuals.
- Quite a large amount of floor space is required for this game.
- All the sheets, both Factfile and Food, are shared out equally among either the individuals or groups.
- When it has been decided who will start, that person puts down one of their Factfile sheets, the next pupil can put down a Food sheet. After the first two sheets are put down, the next pupil can then put either a Food sheet or a Factfile sheet down, making sure it links in with other sheet(s).
- The PROVISIONAL WINNER is the pupil, or group of pupils, who put down all their sheets first. The food web will then have to be checked and the WINNER is the pupil, or group, who have put down their sheets correctly.
Match Up Game
- Each player is given one/or more than one Factfile sheet depending on the size of the group.
- All the other sheets are shuffled, i.e. Footprints, Home, Features, Prey/Food) and are dealt to players until none are left.
- The players then spend time deciding which sheets to keep (the ones which match up to their Factfile) and which to play with.
- The players then ask questions, going in a clockwise direction, to the next person. From looking at the sheets they don’t want, they make up questions, i.e. "Does your animal feed mainly on earthworms?" If the person says yes then the sheet is given to the person and he/she then asks a question of the person next, still going in a clockwise direction.
- WINNER - First person to match the four sheets (i.e. one of each of the four categories) to their Factfile sheet.
Additional Suggested Activities
Draw scale drawings of each animal from the 'Animal Factfile'.
Trace the animal and with rulers draw a scale to show the actual size, e.g. cm/mm.
The children can colour in the animal from the description given on the Features sheet which describes the animals' looks.
Craft Work - made models/scale models of the animals.
Computer work - inputting different animal facts to make a database.
A visit to a museum or animals could be brought into the school from a local taxidermist. This would show the children the actual size, texture, etc. of the animal(s).
Detailed pencil drawing concentrating on line, pattern and texture. Developing the drawing into a design motif for material.
Three dimensional structures in card by folding, scoring, cutting, etc.
Lino Cuts.
Collage work.
Pottery - clay models.
Food chain mobiles.
As a stimulus for creating writing, drama, music.