Building Blocks

Age 10, group or independent

45 minutes, indoors or outdoors

• Building block (an oversized di made of cardboard with sides marked "protein", "carbohydrate", "mineral", "vitamin", "fat" and "water").
• question and answer sheets
• game directions (see below)
• scissors
• tape

  

  • Duplicate the building block and question & answer sheets.
  • Assemble the building block.

  

  • Divide group into two teams.
  • Select a reader for each team to read questions and determine correct
  • answers.
  • Select a scorekeeper on each team.
  • Read directions to the group.
  • Play the building block game.
  • Declare a winning team.
  • Review the correct answers.

  

  • Play the game with another group of team members next week.
  • Compare the results and scores.

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  Building Blocks Game Directions

  • Each side of the block names a major nutrient that we need to grow and be healthy.
  • Team members take turns rolling the building block.
  • The leader uses the Question & Answer Sheet to ask the individual who rolled the block a question related to the word that comes up on the block.
  • If the question is answered correctly, that person's team receives one point and another team member rolls the block.
  • If the question is answered incorrectly, the other team rolls the block and has an opportunity to answer a question.
  • The game continues until all the questions have been answered correctly.
  • If all questions for a particular word have been asked and correctly answered, roll the block again to get a different word.