Board Game: Photosynthesis & Cellular Respiration



BIOLOGY-Board Game: Photosynthesis & Cellular Respiration

Group members’ names: ___________________________________________

Assignment:

You are a board game manufacturer, and you have been assigned the task of creating a board game that will help students review everything they know about photosynthesis & cellular respiration in a fun and interesting way.

Requirements:

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 decorate the inside so that it is a game board. Make it neat, colorful, interesting, and creative.

|15 Points |10 Points |8 Points |5 Points |2 Points |

|Everything is neatly |Game board is |Game board is complete but|Most of the directions |There is a game board but it|

|created and directions were|excellent but some |1 or 2 elements are |were ignored and the |is not colored and no extra |

|followed completely. |parts are a little |missing and it could be |board is sloppy. |efforts were made at |

| |sloppy. |neater. | |creativity. |

______Create at least 25 questions and answers for your game that relate to photosynthesis & cellular respiration. The questions must be somehow incorporated into playing the game. Keep cards & playing pieces in ziplock bag.

|25 Points |20 Points |15 Points |10 Points |5 Points |

|There are 25 questions and |A couple of questions |Some questions are missing |Half of the questions |Many questions are |

|answers, and they are well |or answers are missing|OR one could play the game |are missing OR questions|incorrect or missing and |

|incorporated into the game. |or incorrect. |with answering most |are hardly used in the |very few are required to |

| | |questions. |game. |play the game. |

______The format and purpose of your game must in some way relate to photosynthesis & cellular respiration. Example: Game board involves plants, animals, cells, sunlight, sugar, ATP, chloroplasts, mitochondria, etc.

|15 Points |10 Points |8 Points |5 Points |2 Points |

|The purpose of the game |The purpose closely |The purpose partially |The purpose slightly |It is unclear what the |

|relates directly to the |relates to the topic and |relates to the topic and |relates to the topic |purpose and theme of the |

|topic and the game board |the game board somewhat |the game board doesn’t |but does not represent|game are from the |

|represents the theme. |represents the theme. |clearly represent a |a theme. |appearance. |

| | |theme. | | |

______Write directions for your game that would make it perfectly clear how to

play the game. Type the directions and glue them to the back cover of the file folder.

|15 Points |10 Points |8 Points |5 Points |2 Points |

|Directions make it |Directions are typed but |There are more than 3 |Errors in grammar interfere|Complete revision needed. |

|perfectly clear how to |have 2-3 minor grammatical|errors. Directions are|with understanding of the |Many steps are missing or |

|play the game. They are |errors. They are somewhat |unclear and 2-3 steps |directions. Much revision |incomplete and it is very |

|neatly typed with minimal |unclear or 1 step is |could be added to |is needed. |difficult to understand |

|grammatical errors. |missing. |clarify. | |how to play the game. |

______ Content and difficulty

|15 Points |10 Points |8 Points |5 Points |2 Points |

|Questions and rules of play|Rules of play are age |Game is a bit too simple|Game is very simple and|Game is not appropriate for|

|are of an appropriate |appropriate but some |for the grade level and |most questions are too |the grade level and |

|level--not too difficult |questions are too easy or |some questions are too |easily answered. |questions are too easy or |

|and not too easy. |too difficult. |easy. | |too difficult. |

_______ Decorate the front cover of the folder with the game title and illustration.

(10 pts)

Answer the following after you have played the games presented in your class (10 pts).

• What would you do differently to your game now that you've played everyone else's?

• How do you think your group worked together?

• What was it that made some games more fun to play than others?

• How important was it to write good directions?

• What did you learn from this project?

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