Stomp
Test your knowledge and
reduce your carbon footprint
Stomp
The aim of the game
The aim of the game is for each team to reduce its carbon footprint to zero, the first team to succeed
wins. Each team’s carbon footprint is reduced by correctly answering questions on one of four
sustainability topics. Different sets of questions can be devised to cover any topic of interest as
long as the questions are banded into four distinct groups.
Setting-up the game
Place the 20 coloured rubber feet on the floor alternating left and right and randomizing the colours
(16 can be used if space is limited). Construct the large jigsaw foot scoreboard on a table and place
the four groups of questions in the appropriate coloured cut-outs. Place four blue, yellow, orange
and green Carbon Tokens (the small cards) onto each of the sections of the jigsaw. Each team will
be allocated a section of the foot, and will remove a Carbon Token of the appropriate colour on
answering their question correctly.
Divide the players into groups
Divide the group into teams of equal numbers (where possible) with between three and five players
per team, up to a maximum of four teams.
If you feel that the players might find the questions a little hard, organise fewer but larger teams.
If on the other hand you feel that the teams should know the answers, organise a greater number
of smaller teams.
Once you have your teams, allocate each a colour corresponding to a section of the jigsaw foot.
Allocate jobs
To play the game each team will need to:
• have one player on a foot (acting as a counter)
• roll dice
• answer questions
• remove Carbon Tokens from the scoreboard
• ask question
Either allocate the roles to particular team members, or let the team carry out the jobs on
an ad hoc basis.
Playing the game
Team One rolls the dice and from a pre-determined start position their team member moves from
one coloured foot to the next (in the direction of the feet) until they have moved the number of places
shown on the dice. The colour of the foot that they end on signifies the colour of the question that
they are to be asked. A member of Team Two then takes a question from the top of the appropriately
coloured pack of questions and reads it to Team One. If Team One answers correctly (the answer is
printed upside-down on the question card) a member of their team removes one Carbon Token of
the appropriate colour from their section of the scoreboard foot. If the answer is incorrect the team
must wait until their next go, roll the dice, move again and try to answer the new question correctly.
Once a question has been answered (correctly or incorrectly) it is placed at the bottom of the pile.
Team Two then rolls the dice, moves, and the following team asks them the question, etc etc.
As the game continues a team may land on a coloured foot for which they have already removed
all of the Carbon Tokens, in this case they must wait until their next turn to roll again.
The game is won by the first team to remove all of their Carbon Tokens from their section of
the scoreboard foot. The game can either be stopped at this point or the remaining teams can
continue to play.
Shortening the game
The game can be shortened in a number of ways:
• reducing the number of Carbon Tokens on each section of the foot to three of each
colour per team (this is the preferred option)
• playing for a set time only – the winning team is the team with least Carbon Tokens
on their section of the foot at the end of the allotted time
• removing a Carbon Token for every correct answer, regardless of colour
Alternative options
The game can also be used as an alternative to ‘brain storming’ instead of answering a question
with a specific answer, the players must formulate a solution to a designated problem. As an example
green could be for recycling, and a problem could be “How could recycling boxes from around the
College be effectively collected, emptied and returned?” The answers could then be jotted down and
discussed in greater detail after the game. A Carbon Token of the appropriate colour can be removed
at the discretion of the lecturer. A time limit to start answering could be set as a way of increasing
the sense of fun.
Foot Template x20 (five in each of the four colours)
Use this template to produce 20 large rubber feet.
The feet should be approximately 114 cm long by
57 cm wide. You need to have five feet in each of
four colours. Printing this foot at 410% will give you
the approximate size that you require.
Remove this square
completely, the
question cards of
the appropriate
colour sit in here
Remove this square
completely, the
question cards of
the appropriate
colour sit in here
Scoreboard Template x1
Use this template to produce a single rubber
scoreboard each quarter of which is produced
Remove this square
completely, the
question cards of
the appropriate
colour sit in here
Remove this square
completely, the
question cards of
the appropriate
colour sit in here
from one of the four different coloured rubbers.
The feet should be approximately 114 cm long by
57 cm wide. Printing this foot at 410% will give
you the approximate size that you require.
Carbon Tokens x64 (16 in each of the four colours)
Each token is 3.5cm by 3.5cm is printed on card and has rounded corners to decrease the likelihood
of the corners becoming dog eared. Print this page four times, five times if you would like to have
some spare Carbon Tokens incase of losses.
Question Cards (In each of the four colours)
The questions can cover as many different topics as you like as long as they are banded into the
four colour groups. As an example you could have:
Green = Reduce
Yellow = Reuse
Blue = Recycle
Orange = Re-educate
or you can combine them into
Green =Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Re-educate
Yellow = Food and Clothes
Blue = Energy and Water
Orange = Transport and Community
Different sets of questions can be produced at various levels and covering diverse topics, these
can be used with different groups or as a progression route throughout a course. The next few
pages give an example of how the question cards could look, and four pages that can be printed
to use as the back of the cards. The question cards are designed as 105 x 99mm which fits onto
an A4 sheet but can be any size that you like as long as they fit within the squares cut in your
scoreboard. Each card must contain a question, an answer and a way of identifying which colour
it is.
q
q
You never leave your TV, stereo and other
To save energy when cooking vegetables,
electrical appliances on stand-by.
you should:
A True
A Boil water in the kettle first
B False
B Leave the vegetables whole
C Cut the vegetables smaller
a
Boil the water first or leave the veg whole
a
True
q
q
When making toast, which appliance
In the garden, which conserves more water?
is the more energy efficient?
A Keeping your lawn very short
A A toaster
B Allowing the grass to grow
B The grill
a
Allowing the grass to grow - it also encourages
wildflower species and the grass will re-seed
a
A toaster - and less likely to burn
q
q
How much more energy is wasted by
The average person makes 400 car trips a
dusty coils at the back of your fridge
year. What percentage are less than 5 miles
than clean ones?
and could be made by bicycle?
A 10%
A 18%
B 20%
B 38%
C 30%
C 58%
a
58%
a
30%
Dalsouple Natural Rubber
The rubber used to produce the feet is a natural rubber produce by Dalsouple (see details below) and
is available in a wide range of colours and thicknesses. To produce this game you will require one sheet
1760 x 680 x 2mm of DalNaturel: Dal Uni, in Orange, Jaune Citron, Bleu Oiseau and Citron Vert. This can
be cut with scissors, a scalpel or by an appropriate laser cutter.
“DalNaturel boasts over 90% natural ingredients, with all the rubber content being natural. Natural rubber
is a wholly renewable raw material, and mature rubber trees are exceptionally efficient at carbon
sequestration - the absorption of harmful CO2 from the atmosphere. Rubber is also easy to recycle, not
just once but several times, with many potential applications. It has inherently low toxicity, particularly
compared to PVC based flooring. All these factors, combined with a long service life, contribute to an
environmental life cycle performance that is worlds away from existing resilient floorcoverings.”
http://www.dalsouple.com/Commercial-DalNaturel.htm
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