Assignment #2: Create your own Holiday Board Game (Monday Dec. 21st 2015)

Dear Gatun Room Students,

I hope you enjoyed last weeks assignment!

This week, I want YOU to be creative and try to design your own board game, I hope that this will be an opportunity for you to use your ruler and some of your math skills! Keep in mind most board games have numbers or point systems.

1. Pick a Game Style -  I'm sure there are a lot of board games you might have played with family and friends (Monopoly? Risk? Clue?), you might even have some at home! Get some ideas!
This link provides a large list of board game https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_board_games. You could investigate one.

2. Look at some Ideas - In this video two kids describe how they created their own board game. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QGSxy-72jg. Look through more videos and ideas.

In addition look at how this teacher uses an egg carton to play math games https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCGXEy4RM2g.

3. Write the Rules- every game has a set of rules. On a piece of paper write the rules to your future holiday board game ( Use first, second, third, also, finally, after, etc..) .

Some examples:

- Every player gets two turns
- First you roll the dice, and then you move your piece.
- If you get a 4, you must pick a card.


4. Design and Complete your Game- Find some materials at home, create cards, a board (using paper, colors, cardboard etc..), maybe use wrapping paper or holiday stickers. Does your game involve money and buying items? maybe you need to create a currency.

5. Send a Photo- Take a picture of your game and send it to maria@gamboaschool.org

6. Comment on the Blog- Write as a comment below this post the name of the game you created by Sunday Dec. 27th.