The Change Game – Yr 6
Design Brief
Introduction
Miss Lowson wonders if the year 6’s have
been paying attention during this unit on
reversible and irreversible changes. She
decides to challenge the year 6’s to a
competition to test their knowledge. The
year 6’s accept the challenge and design
board games to prove themselves and
verse Miss Lowson.
Project specifications
Your board game must…
- Have a minimum of 5 players
- Be A3 in size
- Include a minimum of 5 key points of
information
- Be creative, colourful and look exciting
- Come with a rule book explaining how
to play the game
Presentation
Games will be presented as a class rotation.
Each group will set up their game on a group
of desks, and one by one stand and explain
their game to the class.
Then students will rotate through the groups
playing each of the games for an allocated
time.
Miss Lowson will also be rotating through the
games during this time.
Links to the
Science/Technologies/Maths
Curriculum
(ACSSU095) Changes to materials can be
reversible or irreversible.
(ACSIS110) Communicate ideas, explanations
and processes using scientific representations in
a variety of ways, including multi-modal texts.
(WATPPS33) Define a problem, and a set of
sequences steps, with users making decisions to
create a solution for a given task.
(WATPPS34) Identify available resources.
(WATPPS38) Work independently, or
collaboratively when required, considering
resources and safety, to plan, develop and
communicate ideas and information for
solutions.
In order to verse Miss Lowson your group needs to design and
make a board game.
Your board game needs to test what we learnt during this unit of
work on reversible and irreversible changes.
You must first brainstorm ideas for a boardgame and as a group
decide on the idea you will create.
You must look through the content we covered this term and
summarise the key points you wish to include in your game.
You can use various recyclable materials from home to create your
game.
Your game should be able to be played and work, which means
you need to test it before you present it.
Your game should present the information we learnt in a fun and
engaging way!
Evaluation
Miss Lowson will be looking for…
- A board game that can be played and should work.
- A summary of the key points from the unit
- A brainstorm of possible game designs and ideas.
- A rule book with instructions on how to play the game, rules,
how you work out who starts, how you win/is there a winner?
and how the game ends.
Time
First lesson: Brainstorm of possible game ideas and summary
of key points in the content.
Second lesson: Develop rules and instructions for the game.
Third lesson: Choose one idea from the brainstorm and begin
working on creating the game.
Fourth lesson: Creating the game.
Fifth lesson: Finalise the game and practice playing it. Make any
final adjustments.
Sixth lesson: Presentation of games and playing.
Resources/support materials
Learn more about recycling as a process of reversible reactions here
http://www.abc.net.au/science/experimentals/experiments/episode25_2.
htm
To find out more about recycling in your local area visit this website
https://www.recyclingnearyou.com.au/
Visiting the websites of your local council may also help. The council
our school is in is the City of Joondalup. There website is
https://www.joondalup.wa.gov.au/
The information you need to include in your game can be found in
your student journals which were used throughout this unit.