Activity: 3

Board Game Fun


Create your own board game with fun questions and facts about your earth cycle. Each game must have game board trivia questions and rules so that your class mates will be able to play your game on Discovery Day.


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Instructions

Step 1

Make a board game based on the theme of your cycle. The goal of the game is to reach the finish before other players. To do so each player must answer trivia questions correctly on the cycle.


Step 2

Brainstorm with your group the rules of the game. Write them down so that other students will get a change to play your game.


Step 3

Create a rough draft of the board game you will create. Plan out how many spaces the board game will have and how many trivia areas to included. Also decied what happens when the player answers the trivia question correctly or incorrectly i.e if they answer the question incorrectly move back 2 spaces.


Step 4

Create the board game and trivia cards. Use the computers to type up your trivia cards. Dont forget to create the ponds for each player.


Step 5

Play the game as a group and fix any problems that may happen in the game.


Step 6

Present the game on Discovery Day.



Take a look at the Magic School Bus Episode on your Cycle click image...




Energy Cycle

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Rock Cycle

MSB_rocks_and_rolls.jpg


Atmospheric Cycle

MSB_kicks_up_a_storm.jpg


Water Cycle

MSB_wet_all_over.jpg


The document that will be used by your fellow classmates to assess your board game is here-


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