student handout
Group Members’ Names_________________________________________________________________________________________
Cycle________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Name of your game_____________________________________________________________________________________________
Create a Game
Your Task: You work for a board game manufacturer and have been assigned the task of creating a fun,
interesting board game or card game that will help students review everything they need to know about a specific
earth cycle.
1. Using a file folder, colored paper, colored pencils and markers, create a game board. Put the name of your game on the tab of the
folder and design the game board on the inside. Make sure that your game design is neat, colorful, interesting and creative. If you
wish, you can create a card game rather than a board game.
2. Create at least 25 questions and answers for your game that relate to your assigned cycle. The questions must be incorporated into
the game play so that the game cannot be won without answering the questions correctly.
3. Design your game so that all the information that students need to know about the assigned cycle (including where it is stored, how it
cycles through the lithosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere and how humans impact it) is included in the game.
4. Write a summary of your game that will appear on the game “box” and in advertisements for the game. People reading your
summary should be informed and want to play the game. The summary must include this information:
a. An overview of how the cycle works
b. An explanation of why this cycle is important and how human activities impact this cycle
c. Information about the game that makes it sound fun to play
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