Health and Systems GAME!

Hello!

Final assignment for our first unit of the year!

Students will be put in groups to create a game to teach people how their personal choices are connected to the health of their body. The goal is to show your knowledge from the unit!

A minimum of 30 questions must be included with information from the unit.

A winner should be able to be determined after 30 minutes of play.

The game can be a board game, cards, 3-Dimensional, jeopardy, etc.

 

Step One  Make up a theme for the game. We will brainstorm some themes together in class, so feel free to use one of those or make up your own.

Step Two  Create the rules of the game. Write them down for your players to study.

Step Three  Look at materials we have available. Think about how much time you have to build. Then, make a draft of what the game will look like and a list of the materials you will need.

Step Four   Make the game. As you find issues with construction, don’t worry about changing your idea, but keep track of how much time you have to build so it is finished on time and meets criteria. Make sure you think about the knowledge the game is supposed to teach.

Step Five   Add playing pieces and think about how to store the game so pieces are not lost.

Step Six    Find someone to play the game with. Have them evaluate your game. Evaluate yourself on the rubric.

 

Tips and Ideas:

  • Always remember simple is better. If the game is easy, it will be more fun to play.
  • Add a start and a finish space. Add a path, maybe one that’s short but dangerous, or a long but easy one.
  • Add a gimmick like put in items or a jail; use your imagination for this step.
  • Add spaces where you have to draw a card and print or hand write cards on heavy paper
  • Have a few test plays by yourself to see if it is too hard or has too many spaces.
  • Cut small figures out of paper to use as game pieces, or use Legos, etc.
  • Get ideas from other people. Creativity doesn’t just come from one person. The best ideas are ones that involve lots of ideas.
  • Make it colorful and eye-popping. Make it 3D! Don’t make it too big.
  • Name it! Come up with something of your own – don’t use a name out of a movie or comic book.
  • If you want people to play your game make it unique – people won’t want to play it too much if it’s already been done.
  • Add something like spaces that take you to other spaces or a space that gives you triple of your next roll. Remember to use your imagination.
  • Try playing around with rules. Rather than moving a set number of spaces, for example, have a player be allowed to move freely for a set time period.
  • You could have an objective instead of a finish space such as find a golden nugget or land on the water fountain 10 times.
  • For the base of the game you can ask for a clean take out pizza box from a restaurant or buy some from a restaurant supply. Any supplies from home are also okay, as long as Mom and Dad are okay with it!
  • Minute timers, dice with 6 to 32 sides, and some playing pieces may be available from Ms. D, but you will have to return them after we are done playing with the games 

A rubric will be provided to self-assess at the end of the project. The project is due by November 10th.