We included a lot of concepts in our game: volcanoes, tsunamis, earthquakes, hot spots, fault lines, slab pull, layers of the earth, continental drift, continental plates, etc. GPS is used as direct evidence to support the theory of continental drift. Indirect evidence is used to support our understanding of layers of the earth. Seismic waves are studied as they travel through the earth, the speed of the waves changes as it passes through the earth. This gives us information about the density of each of earth layers .
Our group used our class time efficiently and effectively. We worked as a group pretty much the whole time. Where you might divide the duties, we decided to work so a group. First we drew out the whole game in Sketches Pro. When it came to the rules, one person would put in a suggestion and the rest of us would decide if we agreed or disagreed. This is the method we used for most of the game: someone would come up with an idea and we would say if it sounds good or not.
When it comes to the physical game, we just glued pieces of paper to a sheet of cardboard. All of us wrote out the cards on pieces of paper, and we all cut and glued together. It was a quite a colourful board game. We used construction paper from the huge rolls of it; we used orange, yellow, black, red, green, and blue.
I had a good time working with my group. There were some respectful disagreements, but we were able to get the project done on time using class time.
Probability was used in our game through the use of dice, through the chance cards, and through calculating the probability of landing on each square. We had 30 squares total, so for example there was a 2/30 or 1/15 chance of landing on a hot spot and a 3/30 or 1/10 chance of landing on a tsunami space. An example of when we used independent probability, we combined 2 probabilities to show the chance of rolling a certain number on the dice and also landing on a certain square. We found this through multiplying the probabilities.
Below is a copy of our board game:
Plate tectonic MindNode:
