Educational Entrepreneur

Introduction

Introduction  

An educational games company has invited you to design a new board game. The publishers require a game that gives Year Four, Five and Six students practice adding and subtracting fractions, finding equivalent fractions and renaming fractions as percents as fractions.  

The game will need to be challenging, fair and exciting. It also needs to incorporate elements of chance, such as dice or spinners.  

Create a game that would be appeal to Year Four, Five and Six students and meet the publisher’s requirements.  

Who knows you could make a fortune.  

Task

Task 

Learning Intentions 

Write a list of requirements for the game. 

Draw a draft plan of a game board that meets all the publisher’s requirements. 

Construct the game and include appropriate questions or activities about the fractions. 

Write the rules and provide solutions or answers to the fraction questions or activities. 

Use the checklist to evaluate your own game as well as the game of other groups. 

Process

Process 

  1. Create a new folder called “Educational Entrepreneur” into your Maths investigation folder in your one drive.  
  1. Log into your iMaths account and open Investigation 3 “Educational Entrepreneur”.  
  1. Click on Student Pages and READ, UNDERSTAND AND PLAN your investigation.  
  1. Download and save your investigation printables to your “Educational Entrepreneur” folder.  
  1. Use this online dictionary to understand the meanings of the following words and create a glossary:-  

  

Educational game, evaluate, checklist, elements, entrepreneur, two-dimensional, three-dimensional, concept, incorporate, alternatively  

  

  1. Highlight and save your Rubric.  
  1. Complete and save your investigation plan.  

   

  1. Continue to follow the steps in Educational Entrepreneur and complete the investigation.  
  1. Investigate Board Games  
  1. Produce a Checklist  
  1. Plan and design the Game  
  1. Make the Game  
  1. Write the rules and test the game 

Evaluate the Board Games 

Investigation Weblinks:-  

Make your own board game www.wikihow.com 

Build your own board game www.instructables.com 

Evaluation

Evaluation 

You need to submit: 

  • checklist identifying everything the publisher requires for the game  
  • draft plan of their game board  
  • final version of their game, including a durable game board and all equipment to play the game  
  • game rules, clearly defining the rules of the game using correct spelling, punctuation and grammar  
  • evaluations of other board games in the class with constructive criticism. 

Conclusion

Communicating and reflecting

  • How did writing a checklist help you create your game? 
  • How did you incorporate the following elements into your game: adding fractions, subtracting fractions, equivalent fractions and renaming percents as fractions? 
  • How did you make sure your game helped students learn to add fractions, subtract fractions, make equivalent fractions and rename fractions as percents? 
  • How do you know the answers you provided were correct? 
  • Why is it important to draw a draft plan of the game before constructing the final version? 
  • How did you ensure the rules clearly defined everything required to play the game? 
  • How did you evaluate other games in the class? 
  • What were the strengths of the other groups’ games? 
  • Was there anything the other groups could have done to improve their games? 
  • How did you ensure your feedback to other groups was constructive?