Role-Playing Scenarios
Only a few of the following examples are actually ready-to-run in an undergraduate classroom, but they will provide inspiration and materials for your own role-playing exercises. Many of the scenarios, characters, and assignments need a few added details, which will enable you to tailor them to your course.
Earth System Topics
- Atmosphere 9 matches
- Biosphere 8 matches
- Climate 9 matches
- Earth's Cycles 2 matches rock cycle, hydrologic cycle, carbon cycle and nitrogen cycle
- Geography 2 matches
- Human Dimensions 16 matches
- Hydrology 5 matches
- Oceans 2 matches
- Solar System and Astronomy 2 matches
- Solid Earth 9 matches
- Surface Processes 1 match
- Time/Earth History 1 match
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The Living Edens: Virtual Yellowstone Tour part of Pedagogy in Action:Library:Role Playing:Examples
Students take the role of park rangers during this lesson and make use of a virtual tour of Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, particularly its spectacular geologic features.
Yellowstone Fires part of Pedagogy in Action:Library:Role Playing:Examples
This module enables students to take a problem-based learning approach to wildfires, in particular whether a "let-it-burn" policy makes sense in Yellowstone National Park.
The Great Energy Debate part of Pedagogy in Action:Library:Role Playing:Examples
This lesson plan explores the energy debate in the U.S. Students will hold a mock congressional committee meeting and make decisions about public lands and energy resources.
The Use of a Piece of Land part of Pedagogy in Action:Library:Role Playing:Examples
In this role-playing exercise, students represent groups interested in buying the same piece of land and will need to consult land-use laws.
Distribution of Active Volcanoes Exercise part of Pedagogy in Action:Library:Role Playing:Examples
In this series of inquiry-based exercises about volcanoes and plate tectonics, students will collect, plot, and interpret data and finish with a role-playing activity and a virtual field trip.
Eruption! part of Pedagogy in Action:Library:Role Playing:Examples
Eruption! is a volcanic crisis simulation model in which students role-play villagers, the governor, volcanologists, and the press, working to preserve their lives and homes from an active volcano.
WorldWatcher Project: Global Warming Project part of Pedagogy in Action:Library:Role Playing:Examples
In this exercise, students role-play advisors to various heads of state on the subject of global warming. The web site also has free modeling and GIS software and lesson and lab plans.
The Forecast Factory part of Pedagogy in Action:Library:Role Playing:Examples
This is a highly scripted role-playing exercise in which students act out the elements of the weather-forecasting process, from TV announcers to the continuity equation.
Deep Impact part of Pedagogy in Action:Library:Role Playing:Examples
This is collaborative problem solving using data in which students role-play NASA and other personnel determining a good strategy for launching a probe to study a comet.
