[LM_NET] HIT: Survival games

[Sandra Lingo <slingo47@FUSE.NET>]

A teacher was looking for materials for a team building activity he learned in a 
college course.  Groups of students were given a list of items from which to choose 
and rank to enable them to survive on a desert island or the moon or a abandoned 
building.  Here are the responses.  Thanks to all who responded.  The teacher was 
thrilled, and I looked like a genius!

http://www.desertsurvival.com/applications.htm 
 
http://wilderdom.com/games/descriptions/SurvivalScenarios.html 
 
http://daudahmed.wordpress.com/2008/10/14/desert-survival-exercise/

www.shurdington.org/Downloads/NASA%20Exercise.pdf
http://scoutingweb.com/scoutingweb/SubPages/SurvivalGame.htm
It is the Desert Island Simulation and did not involve any computer or software. 
The teacher put us in a circle and presented a scenerio that the group has made a 
decision to leave the small island they are stranded on and get to the larger 
island they can see 40 miles in the distance. They only have two weeks of water and 
one week of food. They have 16 palm trees, 50 truck tires, balloons, crates, 
clothes and contents of packets. We were asked to plan out our strategy for getting 
to the bigger island. We didn't know the teacher had planted two ringers - 
individuals who were supposed to be contrary and belligerant. 
The wrap up discussion involved questions about how we felt about the simulation. 
All the questions asked about group goals, how we treated one another, empathy, 
support, paraphrasing, positiveness, approval, and questioning. We identified 
leaders and others who exhibited the above qualities.



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Sandra Lingo, Librarian
Delhi Middle School
5280 Foley Road
Cincinnati, Ohio   45238
slingo47@fuse.net

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