Let's play "What's in the Box?"
A "Good Thinking!" Game for Everyone
How to Play the “What’s in the Box?”Game:
The Box-holder puts a "secret" object in the Box and thinks up some clues for figuring out its identity. Usually five clues, from general to more and more specific, is a good number. It helps a lot to write down the clues and number them in order, so they can be repeated accurately during the game.
Here are three Variations of the Game that we play at school:
1. Talking Game: All players "brainstorm" the object's identity as each new clue is given, until finally the object itself is revealed by the “Box-holder.”
2. Drawing Game: Each player draws his first "idea" (a quick sketch) from each clue given, and then adds one more sketch to the sequence, once the object is revealed at the end. Part of the fun is to discuss the metamorphosis of the first "idea" that occurred with the first clue, and note how changes in the drawings may have developed with each added clue.
3. The Wings class plays an advanced version of this game, like the game “20 Questions;” our version begins with the phrase: “Out of all the things in the Universe, there are things we think of as alive, and things we think of as not alive.” Now, they say “Alive” or “Not alive.” The “Box-holder” reveals the correct choice [to determine this first answer, the steps may include finding that the object looks like something alive, or came from something that was alive, etc.]. The next phrase, if “alive’ was correct, is: “Out of all the things that we think of as alive, there are two great Kingdoms: the Plant Kingdom and the Animal Kingdom.” Again, the choice is determined. The next step is to identify, for example, if Animal is correct, if the object is related to Fish, Reptile, Amphibian, Insect, or Mammal. And so on.
The important thing is to talk
things over
and have fun, learning together!