The Jungle Breathes

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The goal is to cross the playground from one side to the other without being caught by the other team.

  • Ages: 7-14 years
  • Duration: 10 minutes
  • Teams: 2
  • material: no

Educational Objectives

Show the important role played by trees in absorbing carbon dioxide so greenhouse gas emissions do not accumulate in the atmosphere and harm the environment.

Rules

Molecule must avoid being absorbed by trees. If they get caught, they become oxygen and are out.

  • Split the group into two teams: one team represents the trees and the other team are the molecules of carbon dioxide.
  • Explain to the "carbon dioxide" that they must pretend to float in the air like a gas.
  • Explain the "trees" they must claim carbon dioxide by catching them. However, they are rooted in the ground and feet together, they can not move around.
  • The trees should spread out so they do not touch other trees when their arms are extended.
  • The molecules line up along the starting line. On the call of "Go" they try to get through the trees to reach the other side.
  • Once all the molecules either pass through the trees are were caught, the game stops and we reverse the roles.
  • You would probably change or add a few more trees or molecules of carbon dioxide to simulate changes in the environment (e.g remove most of the trees to represent deforestation, add lots of carbon to simulate lots of pollution, add lots of trees to represent the world 500 years ago)

Feedback

Discuss the fact that adding more trees, there will be fewer greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere. How would this change the world?