Name: ________________
CREATE A BOARD GAME
Assignment: You are part of team of board game manufacturers, and you have been asked to
design a board game that will help students to learn about specific endocrine gland(s), the
hormone(s) secreted by the gland(s), the actions of the hormone(s) and the disorders that occur
when too much or too little of these hormone(s) are secreted.
In a group of five, you will research, design and make a board game based on the teacher
assigned gland(s): (1) Ovaries &Testes (2) Hypothalamus &Posterior Pituitary, (3) Pancreas &
Adrenal medulla, (4) Anterior Pituitary, (5) Thyroid &Parathyroid, and (6) Adrenal Cortex.
Game Requirements:
For 2-5 players.
Instructions must be clear and easy to follow.
Must include a minimum of 25 trivia questions on the specific endocrine gland(s), the
hormone(s) secreted by the gland(s), the actions of the hormone(s), and the disorders that occur
when shortage or excess of the hormone(s) occurs.
You must create/provide a board, game pieces and dice if necessary.
Group Members:
Assigned Gland(s):
As a group, begin by brainstorming the design of the board game.
1) Answer the following questions & record your answers below. You can use the sample design
on page 3 or create your own design.
a. OBJECT OF THE GAME: Decide how the game is won.
b. EQUIPMENT: What is necessary to play the game? (Game board, die, cards, etc.)
c. SET UP: How do you set up the board before play? How do you decide who takes the
first turn?
d. RULES OF PLAY: How does a player move around the board? Are there penalties for
wrong answers? How many players can play?
Sample Board Game Design:
1. Design and create the board game. Use cardboard, tag board, construction paper, or legal sized
file folders. Decorate the board with art that relates to the unit of study or book assigned. There
should be a START and FINISH box connected by at least a 22-space path. Label one half of
these spaces FACTS and one half DISORDERS, or other information that the group decides on.
2. Make up questions that relate to the unit of study or book. PRINT them neatly on 3” X 5”
index cards cut in half. Divide your questions equally between FACT and DISORDERS (or
other information that the group has decided on). Write the type of question (FACT,
DISORDERS, OTHER) on the back of each question card. Number each set of cards.
3. On a sheet of lined paper, write the answers to the factual questions. Glue this paper to a piece
of construction paper and label it ANSWERS.
4. Make up and write the rules for the game.
2) Decide on the roles of each group member and record the names below.
_________ Reader (reads directions, proof reads, etc.)
_________ Artist (draws or selects cut outs for the final version of game board)
_________ Scribe (writes questions, answers, and rules)
_________ Materials Manager (selects, gathers and returns materials)
_________ Monitor (makes sure everyone in the group contributes (stays on task), and turns in
everyone’s evaluation form)
Other students in the group may assist in these roles, but the student assigned has the ultimate
responsibility for completion.
3) Create your game using the suggested design or the design your team has chosen.
4) Make up and write the rules for the game.
5) Play the game through once. Adjust (correct) parts of your game as needed.
6) Exchange and play another group’s game.
7) Complete an evaluation form for each game played.
PEER FEEDBACK SHEET
Name: ________________
Boardgame Played: __________________
1. Instructions were clear and easy to understand.
Disagree
Somewhat disagree
Somewhat agree
Agree
2. All parts of the game were present and worked well. (ex) Dice, cards, game pieces.
Disagree
Somewhat disagree
Somewhat agree
Agree
3. The game help you to review the concepts associated with the glands and hormones.
Disagree
Somewhat disagree
Somewhat agree
Agree
Somewhat agree
Agree
Somewhat agree
Agree
4. The board game is fun.
Disagree
Somewhat disagree
5. The game is challenging but not too difficult.
Disagree
Somewhat disagree
6. My favourite part of the game was…
______________________________________________________________________________
7. I would recommend that the group change this part of the game…..
______________________________________________________________________________
8. Additional comments/suggestions:
______________________________________________________________________________
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Trivia Questions Recording Sheet:
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