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Teaching with videogames: Building Class Cohesion - Mario Kart 8 Relay Race

Get your students cooperating in an exciting and fast paced Mario Kart relay race. In small groups students add to their videogame prowess closely communicating with teammates and helping and cheering others on.

Year levels: Recommended Years 5/7

Subject area: All subjects - student cohort cohesion activity

Technology required: Nintendo Switch, screen + sound, playable verion of Mario Kart 8 (or earlier multiplayer), 4 x Joi-cons

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Lesson activities

By the end of this lesson, students will

know
1.how to work as a team
2.how to clearly and respectfully communicate information
be able to
1.encourage and support teammates
improve
1.personal confidence in unfamiliar situations
2.ability to help other/peers

Author

You are free to copy, communicate and adapt this lesson plan which was created by Brett Jenkins and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0