Science Revision Board Game (FREE VERSION)

This is the free version of a board game that I use with KS3 and KS4 students to revise for their end of unit tests or exams.

For the teacher this is quick and easy revision activity that requires a one-time set up and then it can be used time and time again! Very little effort is required by you and the students can happily spend all lesson playing the game (if you let them) leaving you free to do what you fancy! My students love it and I get chance to sit down with the students who need extra help, or catch up on a bit of marking.

To get started:
• Print the board game on white A3 paper.
• Print the question cards on blue paper/card, cut them up and pop them in little bags.
• Print the hazard cards on yellow paper/card, cut them up and pop them in little bags.
• Laminate the board game (optional but makes the game last longer)
• Get a little stash of counters or items that could be used as the player pieces e.g. coloured paper circles, novelty rubbers, little model etc
• Get some dice.

For a class of 30 I’ve found that 6 groups of 5 work quite well, therefore you’d need 6 game boards and 6 packs of cards.

How to play:
This game is suitable for 2-6 players, you need one di and each player needs a counter
(coloured tokens or paper circles will do).
• The players put their counter on the start square, take turns to roll the dice and move across the game board.
• The aim of the game is to be first to get to the end of the board.
• If the players land on a YELLOW square they should pick up a yellow hazard card.
• If the players land on a BLUE square the person to their left should pick up a blue question card and ask the player the question on the card, if the player gets it right they can move two spaces forward, if they get it wrong they stay where they are. The question cards have the correct answer either shown at the bottom or highlighted in bold.

These are the rules my students came up with but feel free to alter them to suit your needs.

For each unit taught I’ve made my own quiz cards so the students can test themselves on the unit content, I have quite a few different units which I am in the processing of uploading to TES now. Keep your eyes peeled for the bundles I am putting together.