Gaming in the Classroom

Wednesday 1:30pm-4:00pm Science Village 10

Afternoon Mini Workshop

Tabletop Boardgames are currently experiencing a golden age not seen since the 1980s, with sales increasing more than 20% from spring 2019 to 2022. Currently, there are thousands of new games released each year with themes ranging from; quilting, bird collecting, farming, zombie invasion, or even climate change. Many educators have seen that in a classroom setting, tabletop games can be some of the most interactive and engaging ways to explore a concept as well as strengthen problem-solving and team-building skills. In this workshop, participants will learn about current geoscience-themed tabletop games, explore strategies for using them in the classroom, and can get some time to play a selection of games.

Are you planning on attending this workshop and willing to be a designated game helper? This job involves being a game leader; we will prepare you in advance with game rules and ask you to help facilitate gameplay during the workshop. Contact Ander or Natalie if you are interested, we appreciate you!

Goals

By the end of this workshop, participants will:

Explore a variety of board games that can be used in the Earth science classroom
Create an action plan for integrating one or more board game(s) in their teaching
Access and gain experience with board games that facilitate integrating play and strategy into Earth science teaching
Become part of a network of educators interested in using games for teaching

Program

1:30 Welcome and introductions

1:40 Round 1: "Generate" gameplay.

2:10 Participants develop and discuss goals of integrating gameplay into teaching based on the "Generate" experience

2:20 Break

2:30 Round 2: Experience other games with integrated game helpers; different games at different tables

One Earth
Erosion
Mineral Supertrumps
Taphonomy
Holotype

3:00 Round 3: Rotate tables and experience a different game

3:30 Participants work on action plans with resources provided by the workshop

3:45 Wrap-up and workshop evaluation

4:00 Adjourn

Resources

Print and play Games (free)

Generate

Taphonomy: Dead and Fossilized

Mineral Supertrumps

Erosion BGG Erosion page

Erosion game resources:
- rules Erosion_English_Living_Rules_(10-3-09).pdf (Acrobat (PDF) 162kB Jun15 23),
- Show visual of card set up
- Show game play quick reference guide
- Natalie's lab exercise Lab 1.docx (Microsoft Word 2007 (.docx) 20kB Jun15 23)

Hazagora

Hazagora game resources:
- Character cards HAZAGORA_index_EN.pdf (Acrobat (PDF) 792kB Jul13 23)
- Game pieces HAZAGORA_pawns_EN.pdf (Acrobat (PDF) 518kB Jul13 23)
- Publication HAZAGORA_nhess_Mossoux_Paper.pdf (Acrobat (PDF) 5MB Jul13 23)
- Angela's PPT version of the game Welcome to Hazagora.pptx (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 576.9MB Jul13 23)