Students will love creating their own board game that they can play with their friends!
This Game Board project can be used in all subjects, such as to reinforce math facts, review questions in Social Studies or Science, or just for fun! Teachers could also have their students copy their finished board game to create an Answer Key.
Teachers can use this as a final assessment or culminating project to finish a unit. Then, students will enjoy celebrating their achievement by playing their games together at the end! Teachers can print out and laminate the games and set them up in different stations around the room so that students can travel around and try out each one. This could also be a great addition to a parent's night, science or math fair, or other school community showcase.
Remember teachers, for each assignment in Storyboard That you can add as many templates as you wish! This can help to differentiate assignments but also increases engagement by providing student choice. For more templates to add to this assignment, check out our game poster templates!
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Due Date:
Objective: Create a board game that demonstrates your understanding of our unit.
Student Instructions:
Encourage students to share their games and give constructive feedback to each other. Peer review builds critical thinking and helps students improve their game designs.
Explain what helpful feedback looks like—focus on specific suggestions and positive comments. Students feel more comfortable sharing when expectations are clear.
Have students rotate and play each other’s games in small groups. This exposes students to a variety of ideas and lets them see how different designs work in action.
Give students a short form with prompts like “One thing I liked…” and “One suggestion I have…”. This keeps feedback focused and actionable.
Let students read their feedback and make quick improvements to their games. This step reinforces the value of constructive criticism and helps students take ownership of their learning.
Board game projects are a fun, interactive way to review a unit. Have students create games that include questions and challenges based on key unit concepts. This reinforces learning and lets students demonstrate understanding while playing with classmates.
Easy steps include: 1) Choose a topic or review questions; 2) Design the board and add spaces, numbers, or symbols; 3) Write instructions; 4) Create question cards or prompts; 5) Make or choose tokens; 6) Print and laminate for durability.
Differentiate by offering multiple templates, allowing students to choose topics, or adjusting complexity of questions. You can also let students work alone or with partners and provide extra support or challenge as needed.
Board game activities work well in math, science, social studies, and language arts. They're great for reinforcing facts, vocabulary, or comprehension—basically any subject where review questions or concepts can be included in gameplay.
Yes! Student-made board games are excellent as a final assessment or culminating project. They show understanding of the unit and encourage creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking.