Battleship Class Competition

This activity takes some preparation time and is a live, large-scale version of the game Battleship.  Prior to the activity, create two equal-sized grids.  Between the two grids, hang a sheet so participants cannot see one another. Each class will have 8 participants or two boats that are four-people strong. Consider putting the seniors and juniors on one side and the underclassmen on the other.  Once the game begins, a person from each “boat” simply calls out a coordinate. If he/she calls out a coordinate that has someone on that square, then the “game-keeper” yells "hit", or if an empty square, conversely "miss."  Anytime a student makes a hit,that boat gets to throw a water balloon over the sheet. If the water balloon hits a member of one of the opposing boats, that team is considered sunk. A team is also considered sunk if all four members of their boat have been “hit."

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