EQUIPMENT
24 fuzzy balls
4 hula-hoops
9 short cones (1 red, 1 yellow, 1 blue, 1 green)
Optional: 1 flag per student
OBJECTIVE
Today we are playing Treasure Stash III. In this game, your objective as pirates is to work with your team to capture all the treasure (fuzzy balls) and bring it back to your ship without getting arrested by the Navy (tagger).
INSTRUCTIONS
- I will divide you into four pirate teams.
- I will select two of you to be the Navy. The Navy must start in the middle of the field.
- When I say, “GO!” one pirate from your team will run into the field, take a piece of treasure, return it to your pirate ship and high-five the next student.
- You may only carry one piece of treasure at a time and cannot pass or throw it to a teammate.
- The islands (hula-hoops) are where you may stash your treasure. If you stash your treasure on an island, you must leave it behind and return to your pirate ship.
- If you get tagged by the Navy, you must return the piece of treasure and go back to your team empty-handed.
- We will begin a new round after all the treasure has been stashed or a new Navy has been selected.
Game 1: Play as indicated above.
Game 2: Play as indicated above with flags for each pirate.
Game 3: Add a Navy prison. If a pirate gets tagged he/she goes to prison and must be freed by another teammate tagging him/her.
Variation: Consider allowing pirates to use islands as safe zones where the Navy cannot tag them for 10 seconds.
Variation: Consider adding more Navy.
TEACHING TIPS
- Discussion: Ask the Navy to share examples of how they adjusted their speed as they approached the pirates.