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Description
Solutions is an informative, educational game where students work cooperatively to fight climate change and reduce global emissions. Students face challenges and must propose climate solutions to keep warming under 1.5C. Each turn, they discuss the solutions with the highest carbon reduction impact to keep the temperature from rising too much. Students then rank the impact of their chosen solutions and flip the card to determine their fate. Students test their knowledge and ability to prioritize the selected solutions. The game creator designed a short mode specifically for teachers to play in class. Suitable for all ages, the complexity of the discussions varies amongst different age groups.
The solutions in this game are based on Project Drawdown: a climate solutions framework developed in collaboration of over 200 scientists. Project Drawdown shows a path forward to how we can beat climate change by the year 2050. They have ranked 76 climate solutions based on how much impact they can realistically have between 2020-2050, based on technology trends, adoption trends, economics, carbon lifecycle analysis, and more. The game is available for purchase to play in class or virtually. Students can turn their favourite climate solutions from the game into real-world action projects with the help of online templates.
General Assessment
Strengths
- The game creator designed a ‘Short Mode’ specifically for teachers with tight schedules and short classes, which generally takes 30-45 minutes if students have read the rulebook as homework. If you have a longer class, the normal game takes 60-90 minutes, which lets students see more solutions and have more discussions.
- The game is an excellent starting point for approaching the subject in a positive way that encourages action rather than climate anxiety.
- Students can choose their favourite solution and turn it into an action project.
- The educator's edition provides a curriculum linked downloadable handout that includes a lesson plan and sample projects.
- If teachers only have one copy, they can play the game with the whole class by putting the game board on an overhead projector and showing the cards.
- Each solution card provides a QR code if students are interested in learning information more about the solution.
- The game intrinsically makes players engage deeply with climate solutions and activates their critical thinking skills.
Weaknesses
- Teachers need to ensure students don't flip the cards which reveals the rating/answers.
- There may be some replayability issues once students get to know the cards by choosing the same solution cards.
Recommendation of how and where to use it
This interactive game is a unique way for students to explore the impacts of climate change in Canada and around the world. By discovering the predicted impacts under different temperature increase scenarios, students learn which solutions may be more effective in tackling climate change. Students can choose their favourite solution and turn it into an action project. The game sparks discussion on climate change's impacts and allows students to discover the different perspectives on how we and others deal with climate change. It's suitable for those new to or more knowledgeable about climate change. Each solution card has a QR code if students want to learn more about the solution. Curriculum links in Science for grades five to twelve.
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Themes Addressed
Air, Atmosphere & Climate (1)
- Climate Change
