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Lesson Plan

Champion Challenge Guide

Students will learn healthy screen-time habits, collaborate in teams to design digital wellness badges, engage in a Screen-Time Bingo game, and commit to a weekly pledge—aiming to reduce daily screen time and build peer motivation.

Teaching digital wellness empowers students to balance tech use with offline activities, develop self-regulation skills, and build healthier lifelong screen habits through teamwork and reflection.

Audience

4th Grade Students

Time

50 minutes

Approach

Team-based activities, games, and creative design.

Materials

Prep

Prepare Challenge Materials

10 minutes

Step 1

Introduction to Digital Wellness

5 minutes

  • Ask: “How many hours do you spend on screens each day?”
  • Discuss benefits and downsides of screen time
  • Introduce the Offline Champions challenge goals

Step 2

Present Badge Earning Rules

10 minutes

  • Open the Badge Earning Rules slide deck
  • Explain how badges are earned for balanced screen habits
  • Highlight examples of earning criteria and team scoring

Step 3

Badge Creation Workshop

15 minutes

  • Distribute templates and art supplies from the Badge Creation Workshop
  • In teams, students design three custom wellness badges
  • Label each badge with the behavior it tracks (e.g., "No-Screens-During-Dinner")

Step 4

Play Screen-Time Bingo

10 minutes

  • Hand out Screen-Time Bingo cards to teams
  • Explain rules: mark actions like "Read a Book Instead of TV"
  • First team to get bingo shares their marked behaviors

Step 5

Create Weekly Pledge Poster

5 minutes

  • Provide the Weekly Pledge Poster
  • Each team writes a collective pledge (e.g., "No screens 1 hour before bed")
  • Post pledges visibly in the classroom

Step 6

Reflection & Celebration

5 minutes

  • Teams share their favorite badge and pledge
  • Celebrate progress and cheer on upcoming challenge week
  • Remind students to track and earn badges over the next week
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Slide Deck

Badge Earning Rules

Welcome to the Offline Champions Challenge! Let’s learn how to earn digital wellness badges and help your team win!

Welcome students to the Offline Champions challenge. Briefly recap the goal: reduce screen time, earn badges, and help your team win.

How to Earn Badges

• Earn 1 badge for each day you follow a healthy screen habit
• Track your behaviors as a team chart
• Submit evidence (photo or journal entry) at day’s end
• Bonus badges for creative team activities

Explain that each healthy screen habit they complete earns them a badge. Clarify what counts as evidence and how to track.

Badge Categories

• No Screens During Dinner
• 1 Hour Screen-Free Before Bed
• Outdoor Activity Badge
• Mindful Moment Badge (meditation, journaling)
• Family Time Badge (board games, conversation)

Walk through each category, asking for student examples. Emphasize variety in healthy habits.

Team Scoring System

• Each badge = 2 points for your team
• Bonus badges (special challenges) = 3 points
• First team to 20 points earns a class celebration!
• Points reset weekly for a fresh start

Show how badges translate into team points. Encourage competition but stress teamwork.

Example Badges

• “No-Screens-During-Dinner” badge: skip devices at dinner
• “Morning Walk” badge: 15-minute walk before school
• “Tech Timeout” badge: 2 hours screen-free each day
• “Bookworm” badge: read a book instead of TV

Share an example of each badge. If possible, display sample designs or photos from past classes.

Let’s Get Started!

Grab your badge templates and art supplies from the Badge Creation Workshop.
Design three custom badges and label each with the habit it tracks.
Ready, set, badge up!

Transition to the creative phase. Remind students where to find templates and supplies.

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Activity

Badge Creation Workshop

Objective: Students will collaborate in teams to design three unique digital wellness badges that represent healthy screen-time habits.

Materials:
- Badge template sheets (3 per team)
- Colored markers, crayons, and pencils
- Scissors and glue sticks
- Example Badge Inspiration Cards (pictures of sample badges)

Time: 15 minutes

### Instructions
1. Activity Setup (2 minutes)
- Give each team their badge templates and art supplies.
- Explain that you will design three badges, each tracking a healthy screen habit (e.g., “No-Screens-During-Dinner”).

2. Brainstorm Screen-Time Habits (3 minutes)
- In teams, list healthy screen habits you’d like to earn badges for.
- Choose three habits for your badge designs.





3. Design and Color (7 minutes)
- On each template, draw a picture or symbol representing the habit.
- Add bold colors, patterns, and include your team name.
- Make your designs clear and eye-catching.





4. Label and Explain (2 minutes)
- On the back of each badge, write:
• Badge Name
• The habit it tracks
• One sentence on why this habit matters


5. Share and Prepare for Gallery (1 minute)
- Place your finished badges on the table.
- Be ready to walk around and explain your designs during the Gallery Walk in the next activity.

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Game

Screen-Time Bingo

Objective: Students will recognize and celebrate a variety of healthy offline activities by marking completed actions on a bingo card—encouraging reflection on past screen-free choices and inspiring new ones.

Materials:
- One bingo card per team with a 5×5 grid of offline activities
- Small markers or tokens (e.g., paper clips, pom-poms)
- Prizes or bonus points for the winning team

Time: 10 minutes

### Setup
1. Hand each team a Screen-Time Bingo card and a pile of markers.
2. Explain that each square lists an offline activity (e.g., “Read a Book,” “Played Outside,” “Helped with Chores”).

### How to Play
1. Teams look at their cards and discuss which activities they have already done this week as individuals or as a group.
2. For each activity they’ve completed, teams place a marker on the corresponding square.
3. The first team to mark five squares in a row—horizontally, vertically, or diagonally—shouts “Offline Champions Bingo!” and wins.

### Debrief
- Ask the winning team to name one of their marked activities and share why it was fun or important.
- Invite other teams to share any surprising or favorite activities they marked.
- Encourage students to try any unmarked activities before the week ends.

Ready, set, unplug—go for your bingo!

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Cool Down

Weekly Pledge Poster

Team Name: ____________________________ Week of: ___________

Our Team’s Pledge to Balance Screen Time and Real Life:





(Write one clear, actionable pledge here, for example: “No screens 1 hour before bedtime” or “Limit video games to 30 minutes per day.”)

How We’ll Track Our Progress:
- Habit to monitor: ___________________________________
- Daily check-in time: _________________________________
- Who records our badges: _______________________________

Success Celebration:
(Describe how your team will celebrate when the pledge is kept all week)





Team Captain Signature: ____________________________ Date: ___________
Teacher Signature: ________________________________ Date: ___________

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