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Decision Consequence Explorer

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About this MicroSim

Decision Consequence Explorer is an interactive MicroSim for this health-education textbook.

Students examine multiple options for a health-related situation and compare the likely short-term and long-term consequences of each.

Use the controls in the panel below the drawing to interact with the model, then talk through what changed and why. The MicroSim is width-responsive and can be embedded in any course page with the iframe shown above.

Bloom's Taxonomy level: Analyze (L4) — examine, compare, differentiate

Lesson Plan

Audience

This MicroSim is designed for Grade 5. For the K-3 bands the teacher typically drives the activity on a shared screen; older students can explore the MicroSim independently.

Learning Objective

Students examine multiple options for a health-related situation and compare the likely short-term and long-term consequences of each.

This activity targets Bloom's Analyze (L4) (examine, compare, differentiate).

Suggested Use (about 10 minutes)

  1. Warm up (2 min). Ask students what they already know about the topic and let one volunteer describe what they see on the screen.
  2. Model it (3 min). Demonstrate the interaction once, thinking aloud so students hear the reasoning behind each choice.
  3. Guided practice (3 min). Invite students to try the interaction and to predict what will happen before they act.
  4. Discuss (2 min). Ask why the result came out the way it did, connecting the on-screen result back to the learning objective above.

Check for Understanding

Have each student (or pair) explain their result in one sentence, using the vocabulary from this chapter. Look for reasoning that matches the Analyze-level objective rather than a lucky guess.

Specification

The full specification below was extracted from Chapter 7: Health Skills And Goal Setting.

Type: microsim
**sim-id:** decision-consequence-explorer<br/>
**Library:** p5.js<br/>
**Status:** Specified

Bloom Taxonomy: Analyze (L4)
Bloom Taxonomy Verb: examine, compare, differentiate

Learning objective: Students examine multiple options for a health-related situation and compare the likely short-term and long-term consequences of each.

Canvas layout: Left (450px) situation card with a branching tree showing 2-3 options; right (200px) consequence panel that updates based on the selected branch.

Visual elements: Situation card (e.g., "Your team invites you to walk instead of ride the bus home, but it means arriving 20 minutes later"); branch buttons for each option; consequence panel showing short-term and long-term effects.

Interactive controls: Click an option branch to reveal its consequence panel; "Compare Both" shows both consequence panels side by side; "New Situation" cycles through 6 situations (sleep, screen time, food choices, physical activity, honesty with a trusted adult, managing a disagreement).

Behavior: Selecting "walk with the team" reveals "Short-term: more physical activity and time with friends. Long-term: arriving later means less time for homework tonight."

Instructional Rationale: Analyze-level objective, so the tool has students break down and compare consequences across branches rather than being told a single correct answer.

Implementation notes: p5.js; situations stored as objects with an options array, each option containing short-term and long-term consequence text.

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