9-26-06 Pirate mini retreat

Hand washing experiment:
Washing hands is effective. Could use a vague narrative – “ Yes, we are not getting sick as we used to get...”
Wash hands according to the USDA recommendations.

What we need to set up:
• How do we measure bacteria?
• How to count bacteria
• Identify the experiment and state hypothesis
• Need to explain why multiply pirates are needed and not just one
• Not a curse

Pre test:
Swabbie or Howard Hughes like Hermit could be used to explain the items in pretest (The pretest will be a narrative)
• Bacteria cause illness.
• Washing hands might remove bacteria but pirates aren’t washing. "Curse is not a curse – prove it"
• What is an agar plate – hermit might explain.
• Sample Size

Make case to captain:
Identify the following: Dependent Variable, Independent Variable, Constant & hypothesis.
DV - bacteria on plates, IV – wash hands or not, Constant – pirates and washing.
Player will need to identify these correctly first before moving on into the game.

The Game:
1. Pick pirates- divide into 2 groups or keep one big group - ask Randy.
2. Swab, wash (USDA recommendation), swab again: if use 2 groups, one group washes and other doesn't.
3. Wait 24 hrs
4. Interpret data
5. Report to Capt.

Randy
• if we need 1 or 2 gouprs for testing in DV/IV
• Write blurbs
• What is the ideal sample size
• Pre/post or control
• How he will guide us in interpretation
• What is the hypothesis
• Review the IV/DV

Assessment – a possible assessment
After proving one of USDA recommendations how do they feel about other USDA recommendation.
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IV/DV questions:
Adding hints helped the kids.
Have students play the drag and drop several times (both image and text).
Break down the levels for each cave.
Need to do have multi final questionnaire level so the students will play multiple times.
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Other items:
No cabin boy change to Swabbie.
Make sure diverse group of pirates (gender and color).
Players can choose their character - 4 different looking character (Swabbie) to choose from

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To do:
Matt
- Create up the 4 different characters for the player to select.
- Create diverse pirates.

Greg - update the IV/DV protype. Add the hints...

All:
Brainstorm ideas for final game.