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Description

Learn the qualities of a good Jedi and experience nature and your local area by searching for items on a bingo card.

Resources

Pens or pencils
Printed copies of bingo cards (enough for one each) (see attachments)
A device connected to the internet

Instructions

This activity requires you to have access to a green space, so you may want to plan to go to a local park or outdoor area during the meeting. Make sure you’ll have enough adult helpers and supervision, always following the Yellow Card.
Make sure to print out enough bingo cards for everyone to have one each, with some spares.

Gather everyone around and tell them that today they’re going to be Jedi younglings.
Explain that you’re going to learn about the Jedi code to help us look after the environment on our adventures.
If you’ve a device connected to the internet, tell everyone you’re going to meet the Young Jedi and play Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures - Nubs and the Flower Fiasco. (on Youtube)

The Jedi code:

Ask if anyone knows the qualities of a good Jedi.
The Jedi code teaches compassion, self-discipline, teamwork and patience to Jedi younglings to become Jedi Knights.
How might the Jedi code keep us safe while on our adventure today
What does everyone know about the Countryside Code? Ask if anyone knows the three parts of the countryside code. Explain that they’re Respect, Protect and Enjoy/
Tell everyone the Countryside Code is just like the Jedi, as the Jedi work to protect democracy, peace, and justice in the galaxy. We need to use the qualities of Jedi Knights to be able to follow the Countryside Code.

Go on a scavenger hunt
Ask the Jedi younglings to gather round.
Tell everyone that as Jedi younglings, you’ve just landed on a new planet to learn about and observe the natural world. You need to know how to look after and help protect different planets in the galaxy as part of your Jedi Knight training.
Divide everyone into small teams, or Jedi clans. Make sure each team has an adult volunteer, or Jedi Master, to accompany them.
Only Jedi Masters (adults) will have pens and will be able to cross off the items for the Jedi younglings (young people).
Everyone will receive a bingo card. They’ll need to find and observe as many items on their bingo card as they can to become a Jedi Knight, so they’ll need to use compassion, self-discipline, teamwork and patience.
Ask everyone how they can show these qualities in this challenge. They’ll need patience to find the items, they’ll need to work as a team to support each, they’ll need to use self-discipline to keep going and not cheat, and they’ll need to be compassionate and kind to the environment, flowers and trees.
Remind everyone that in line with the Countryside Code, the only thing we should take from this space is our memories. We need to leave everything as we find it, so we need to make sure that we don't pick anything up, break it or disturb it.
Tell everyone that when they have found an object on their bingo card, they need to use their senses to experience and understand it. They could see what colour it is, if it makes any sounds or what it smells like.
When each Jedi youngling has found an object, they’ll need to explain what they have seen to their Jedi Master. If they’re right, their Jedi Master will then cross it off.
They’ll need to get four in a row, horizontally, vertically or diagonally.
You could say that it’s the first team of Jedi to get four in a row that wins, but prizes could also be given for care to follow the Countryside Code, teamwork, patience, compassion, determination and curiosity.

Once you’ve finished your bingo game, head back to your meeting place. You could make a poster to tell your local community to look after nature, take litter home, leave flowers to grow and close gates, just like the Jedi help to look after the galaxy.

Tags

• bingo
• countryside code
• scavenger Hunt
• star wars

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