APP:
CDC HEADS UP Rocket Blades -The Brain Safety Game
Developer: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Publication: 2017
Version: 1.0.1
Cost: Free!
Description: This app teaches students about dangers of the world to help prevent brain injuries. The app has students go through the world and try and avoid dangers. This teaches students about the things that they need to avoid in the world. The game is a fun way for students to engage with the dangers of the world through a game setting. Through the game the students collect power gems that help them survive and make it further in the game.
ELA Core integration: The students will be given a chance to play this app on a classroom iPad during a station time for ELA. After playing this app, the students will present what they learned about traumatic brain injuries and concussions to the class. They will report how the game went for them and what they learned through playing this game. They will also have a discussion about the differences they found in the game. There will be a discussion about situations where there is a risk of concussion and risky behaviors that could lead to a concussion. The students will be assessed based on the facts they bring to their presentation and the way they speak in front of their peers.
NHES standards:
- 5.2 Explain how injuries can be prevented
- 5.3 List examples of dangerous or risky behaviors that might lead to injuries
- 5.1 Describe characteristics of accurate safety and injury prevention information
- 5.1 Identify situations that need a decision related to safety and injury prevention
- 5.2 Decide when help is needed and when it is not needed to make a decision related to safety and injury prevention
- 5.3 Make a commitment to practice safety and injury prevention
Common Core Standards:
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.3.4: Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace.