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Natural Wildlife Trivia Game
Welcome! I’m Olivia Owl, the host of Natural Wildlife Trivia Game. Today our two contestants are Penny the Possum and Wilbur the Woodpecker. Each question is worth one point and each contestant will have a chance to answer the question. If they miss the answer, the other one has a chance to answer it. The winner wins a month’s supply of winter food (their choice). Now we did a coin toss and Penny will be going first.
Olivia: What spider lives in a home that has an opening with a hinge and usually found in the side of road beds?
Penny: A trapdoor spider.
Olivia: Great! That’s one point.
Olivia: What is the largest conservation tract in South Carolina?
Wilbur: The Clemson Experimental Forest
Olivia: Another point!
Olivia: What yellowish stalk is a flower and indicates that beech trees are growing near?
Penny: ummmm, Daisies?
Olivia: I’m sorry, that is not the correct answer. Wilbur?
Wilbur: Beechdrops!
Olivia: That is correct. Now Wilbur it is your turn.
Olivia: What are considered the giants of the forest?
Wilbur: Beech trees
Olivia: One more point.
Olivia: Penny, what is an evergreen ground cover with small red berries.
Penny: Partridgeberry.
Olivia: Good, one point.
Olivia: Wilbur, what is considered the rarest type of habitat?
Wilbur: oak hickory forest?
Olivia: No, I’m sorry that isn’t correct. Penny?
Penny: a meadow!
Olivia: Okay, one point for Penny.
Olivia: What 3 purposes does the Clemson Experimental Forest serve?
Penny: conservation, education, and recreation
Olivia: Great! One point.
Olivia: What kind of pine is good for paper and lumber?
Wilbur: Loblolly
Olivia: Okay, another point.
Olivia: What is the difference between white oak acorns and red oak acorns?
Penny: Red oak acorns have more tannin, more nutritious and are on the ground longer. White oak acorns have less tannin, less carbohydrates, but not as bitter as red oak acorns. Bears love the white oak ones much better.
Olivia: Another point for Penny.
Olivia: The Clemson Experimental Forest was 26,000 acres. Now it is only 17, 500 acres. What happened to the missing acreage?
Wilbur: It is under Lake Hartwell.
Olivia: Another point for Wilbur.
Olivia: The Clemson Forest is broken up into how many parts?
Penny: 2 parts – The North part and the South part.
Olivia: one point for Penny
Olivia: Pine needles grow in bundles called what?
Wilbur: Fascicles
Olivia: one point for Wilbur.
Olivia: Name species that are making a comeback?
Penny: Bald eagle, wild turkey, white tailed deer, beaver, river otter, and black bears
Olivia: Great job! One point.
Olivia: How much were turkeys sold to other states?
Wilbur: $500 for each turkey
Olivia: Great! I wish I had turkeys to sell!
Olivia: What are some common characteristics of an old home site in forests?
Penny: rock piles (usually from the chimney or the footing of the house), daffodils, in the winter, it looks like a mowed lawn, and black walnuts.
Olivia: Good. One point.
Olivia: Why did people plant black walnuts?
Wilbur: For food and dye. And the chemicals in the walnut trees poisoned the area so no other trees could grow.
Olivia: Good.
Olivia: What is the Firewise Program?
Penny: a program to educate homeowners how to prepare for and prevent wildfires in their communities.
Olivia: Good!
Olivia: How many freshwater fish species are there in SC?
Wilbur: 150
Olivia: Great!
Olivia: How many species of crayfish are there?
Penny: 36 and 9 of them are found exclusively in SC.
Olivia: Wonderful!
Olivia: What book did the Stream Team recommend to their audience?
Wilbur: Freshwater Fishes of SC.
Olivia: Good.
Olivia: Well, that ends our game. It seems that we have a tie and we need to have a tiebreaker. Whoever buzzes in first, and answers the question correctly, wins our game and a month’s supply of winter food. What fish is on the forty five cent US postage stamp?
Wilbur: (buzzes in first) The Pumpkinseed Sunfish!!
Olivia: Wilbur wins! Congratulations Wilbur!
Hope you enjoyed our nature trivia game. Hope to see you next time!
(I think putting facts and information in a game form really helps students learn the material. If the facts and information is just given in a list, many students will become bored with the information. Students can be individual contestants or you can put them in teams. I think that many students are naturally competitive and will help their team members learn the material so they can win. You can have a trivia contest like this. Or put the answers on a bingo card and then ask the questions. If they have the right answer, they mark out the answer. There are many ways to play games in order to review information given. If you have any other suggestions for games, please share!)
Posted on the Successful Teaching Blog by loonyhiker (successfulteaching at gmail dot com).
Photo credits:
Original Picture by Pat Hensley
US Postage stamp of Pumpkinseed Sunfish
1 comment:
I agree. Review "games" accomplish the goal in a fun way. When we play, the other teams get a chance to "steal" the points if the team that chose the category and level gets the answer wrong. In fact, each team after the original team with the question can "steal" which means that when a question is asked, each team quietly confers, so they're ready (and they whisper, because if they're too loud, they might help out one of their opposing teams).
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