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

Pre AP Biology in a fun and interesting way.

Requirements:

Using whatever materials you want, create a board game. Spending a lot of money does not mean you’ll get a better grade. 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 50 questions and answers for your game that relate to Biology. All topics should be covered equally but they questions do not have to be ridiculously complex. Think Bold words and key terms. The questions must be somehow incorporated into playing the game. Questions should have clear answers: Multiple choice or one word responses.

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

|There are 50 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 Biology. Example: Game board involves plants, animals, DNA, Cells, 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 include them with the game.

|15 Points Directions make |10 Points Directions are |8 Points There are |5 Points |2 Points Complete revision|

|it perfectly clear how to |typed but have 2-3 minor |more than 3 errors. |Errors in grammar |needed. Many steps are |

|play the game. They are |grammatical errors. They |Directions are unclear|interfere with |missing or incomplete and |

|neatly typed with minimal |are somewhat unclear or 1 |and 2-3 steps could be|understanding of the |it is very difficult to |

|grammatical errors. |step is missing. |added to clarify. |directions. Much revision |understand how to play the|

| | | |is needed. |game. |

Content and difficulty

|15 Points |10 Points |8 Points |5 Points Game is very |2 Points |

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

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

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

|and not too easy. |too difficult. |questions are too easy.| |too difficult. |

Put the board game in some sort of container and decorate it appropriately (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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