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Description

This game’s aim is to show some of the problems faced by conservationists. Before or after the game you should talk to the players about the black rhino and give them the hand out. During the game the Leaders take the part of the black rhino.

Resources

A stopwatch
A whistle
Two different colours of paper to make into lives
White Paper to resemble the ivory

Instructions

There are three groups in this game - the conservationists, the poachers and the black rhinos. The Explorer Scouts are split into two teams and are either the conservationists or the poachers. The Leaders are the black rhinos and will start off with something resembling ivory. At the beginning of the game each player is issued with a life and once they have lost this life they are out for the rest of that half of the game. Before the game, give each player a life. This should be represented by coloured pieces of card, one colour for each group. If a member of the other team catches a player they must hand their life over, as well as any other lives or ivory that they have on them.

The playing area is split into three areas, these are
the animal’s home area: where the black rhinos live;
the poachers’ camp and the conservation area.

The rhinos are not allowed out of their home area; and the conservationists must protect the rhino’s home area from the poachers camp. They must not go into the rhino’s home area, as to do so will disturb the endangered species. If one of the conservationists goes into the rhino’s home area they automatically loose their life.
The conservationists can only go into the poacher’s camp after the start of the game. The poachers can go anywhere in the playing area.
The size of the playing area will depend on the number players on each team.

During the game each team in the game has different objectives:

The conservationists: This team must stop the poachers from getting too close to the rhinos. They can do this by taking the life of them that they were given at the beginning of the game.

The poachers: This team must try and get past the conservationists and get into the rhino’s home area; once there they must take their ivory from them. This will be an object that each of the Leaders will have. They must then get it back to their camp or somewhere safe within the playing area. If the conservationists apprehend them they must had over all their ivory and their life. They can only take one piece of ivory at a time.

The black rhinos: The Leaders are the black rhinos and must stay within their home area.
Swap the conservationists and the poachers half way through the game.
Community Service and Physical Recreation
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• The poachers get 1000 points for each piece of ivory they have.
• The conservationists get 1500 points for each rhino that they save.
• The conservationists get 100 points for each poacher that they apprehend.
• The poachers get 150 points for each conservationist they get.
• The conservationists gets 200 points for recapturing ivory.

Tags

• Environment

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