Didactic Game "Birds Trapping"

Creation of an authorial didactic game with the topic of birds' research and birds trapping is the aim of this master thesis. The game guides high school students from historical birds trapping to modern research trapping methods for the purpose of bird ringing and further research. For the purposes of this game there are firstly described principles and benefits of didactic games as well as the history of birds trapping mainly in the territory of today's Czech Republic. The didactic game deepens the students' knowledge of the topic, concurrently it touches on the history and geographical knowledge of our country. Students develop their cooperation, verbal communication and the search for solutions and compromises. The game is designed for the smaller class group, students cooperate in small groups (3 - 5 students) which compete. Authorial game was tested in diverse class groups. Based on these experiences was verified the suitability of the game for students and were described the problematic points in the game rules and in the whole concept of the game. Key words: educational game, authorial game, birds trapping, teamwork, communicatio