Zombie Apocalypse Brainiac Smorgasbord

A.C.T.S. (Assessing Content in Theatrical Scenes) for Zombie Apocalypse Brainiac Smorgasbord

Goal
Students use theatre to identify scientific concepts

Objectives:
1. Students divide into groups of five to read-through and perform scene as readers' theatre.
2. Students complete assessment following their performances, then check answers with script.
3. Students will research science to find the one premise mentioned in the script that is not valid.
4. Student group that identifies the invalid premise first will learn lines and perform the scene as a roving drama group performing in other classes/schools.
5. Student group with the highest scores on the assessment given to each group will understudy the actors while the remaining groups will also go to other classes with to set up the set and props.
6. Students in other classes will complete assessment individually or in groups.
7. Students in other classes will rate performance and scene using a survey.

SCRIPT

PROPS LIST
Pizza box
Plastic flower pots
Bag of Sand
Tealight containers (used)
Cheesecloth or thin white or brige scarf
Generator
Small plastic bottle with yellow water
Simulated trap