Middle School Lesson 2 Activity 3 – The Guessing Game

The purpose of this PowerPoint is to demonstrate the effective way of teaching The Guessing Game.

There have been demonstrations of this activity that fall short of its intent and by following this procedure you will experience greater success in the classroom.

The objective of this activity is to demonstrate that taking risks may not only affect the person making the decision but those around them as well.

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This is an example of a classroom of twenty-four students.

Use the team concept to setup the class for the Guessing Game

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Score Board setup for The Guessing Game

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Every member of the class will answer the question without help from other team members.One member from each team is called upon to stand up and asked how many points they want to risk for their team. They will be asked to give the answer that they marked in their planner.

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Individual Team member risk points

•Yellow team member risks 10 points•Blue team member risks 20 points•Red team member risks 10 points•Green team member risks 30 points

(Score keeper records points each team member has risked)

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Begin Guessing Game

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DARE Instructor asks each team representative to answer question

Score keeper makes a note of the answer for each team next to the points risked.

Question 1: What percent of 12th grade students prefer to date a non-smoker?Answer 78%

Yellow, Red and Green team had correct answerBlue team had incorrect answer

Score keeper totals the scores

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Yellow Blue Red Green 50 50 50 50 +10 (78%) -20 (28%) +10 (78%) +30 (78%)

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Every member of the class will answer the question without help from other team members.

Second member from each team is called upon to stand up and asked how many points they want to risk for their team. They will be asked to give the answer that they marked in their planner.

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Individual Team member risk points

•Yellow team member risks 20 points•Blue team member risks 20 points•Red team member risks 20 points•Green team member risks 30 points

(Score keeper records points each team member has risked)

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Yellow Blue Red Green 50 50 50 50 +10 (78%) -20 (28%) +10 (78%) +30 (78%)

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DARE Instructor asks each team representative to answer question

Score keeper makes a note of the answer for each team next to the points risked.

Question 2: What percent of 8th grade students are current smokers?Answer 7%

Blue and Red team had correct answerYellow and Green team had incorrect answer

Score keeper totals the scores

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Yellow Blue Red Green 50 50 50 50 +10 (78%) -20 (28%) +10 (78%) +30 (78%)

60 30 60 80 -20 (39%) +20 (7%) +20 (7%) -30 (20%)

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Every member of the class will answer the question without help from other team members.

Third member from each team is called upon to stand up and asked how many points they want to risk for their team. They will be asked to give the answer that they marked in their planner.

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Individual Team member risk points

•Yellow team member risks 20 points•Blue team member risks 10 points•Red team member risks 80 points•Green team member risks 10 points

(Score keeper records points each team member has risked)

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Yellow Blue Red Green 50 50 50 50 +10 (78%) -20 (28%) +10 (78%) +30 (78%)

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DARE Instructor asks each team representative to answer question

Score keeper makes a note of the answer for each team next to the points risked.

Question 3: Use of marijuana by 8th grade students has increased in the last ten years?Answer: False

Yellow, Blue and Green team had correct answerRed team had incorrect answer. Even though they risked and lost all of their points they will still continue in the game and will choose how many points to risk. They may risk up to, but no more than 50.

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Yellow Blue Red Green 50 50 50 50 +10 (78%) -20 (28%) +10 (78%) +30 (78%)

60 30 60 80 -20 (39%) +20 (7%) +20 (7%) -30 (20%)

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Every member of the class will answer the question without help from other team members.

Fourth member from each team is called upon to stand up and asked how many points they want to risk for their team. They will be asked to give the answer that they marked in their planner.

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Individual Team member risk points

•Yellow team member risks 20 points•Blue team member risks 20 points•Red team member risks 30 points•Green team member risks 20 points

(Score keeper records points each team member has risked)

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Yellow Blue Red Green 50 50 50 50 +10 (78%) -20 (28%) +10 (78%) +30 (78%)

60 30 60 80 -20 (39%) +20 (7%) +20 (7%) -30 (20%)

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DARE Instructor asks each team representative to answer question

Score keeper makes a note of the answer for each team next to the points risked.

Question 4: What percent of 8th grade students used alcohol in the last thirty daysAnswer: 16%

Blue, Yellow, Green teams had incorrect answerRed has the correct answer

Score keeper totals the scores. (If Red at zero had continued to loose points they would continue with a negative total score. All teams continue to play, even with a negative score. Correct answers would add points to a negative score, possibly increasing their score to the positive.)

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Yellow Blue Red Green 50 50 50 50 +10 (78%) -20 (28%) +10 (78%) +30 (78%)

60 30 60 80 -20 (39%) +20 (7%) +20 (7%) -30 (20%)

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60 60 0 60 -20 (45%) -20 (45%) +30 (16%) -20 (45%)

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Continue until all students have been called upon to answer a question.

•Based on this example of the Guessing Game the DARE Instructor will ask a minimum of six of the questions so all students have a chance to answer and risk points for their team. •Depending on the amount of time the instructor has in the classroom will determine how many questions they have time to ask. •Instructor must complete all questions by using the PowerPoint, or giving the correct answer. •Remember this activity is used to illustrate the concept of risk and how one person may take a risk that can effect others (consequences). 24