MONKEY QUEST

Teaching: An effective key to self-learning This project was funded by European Union.

PRESENTATION OF MATH GAME CREATED BY PUPILS

Part 1 – Development of the game• In September 2016 our team started to think

about the game for our meeting in Bulgaria.• We did not know what to do.• We decided to ask for help pupils from class 8.A• They made four groups and each was working on

ideas about their game. In each group was a member of our team.

• After half an hour each team presented their ideas to the rest of our class.

• Next week we involved class 8.B • 40 pupils worked on this task.

Brainstorming in small groupsclass 8. A

Game ideas presentations

Developing game in small groupsclass 8. B

Game ideas presentations class 8. B

Making our games

Explaining the game rules to our English teacher Mr. Brian Patz

Girls are laminating copies of

our game for international meeting in

Sevlievo.

Part 2 – Our game Monkey Quest Playing board

Monkey Quest Special Trick Fields:

LADDER

A player can cross the LADDER from both sides. This trick helps to pick more fruit. When the player gets to the last field, he waits for the end of the game. If he gets back to the START, he turns and wait for the next round to throw the dice to continue picking fruit.

Special tricks: KNIFE and NET

KNIFE

NET

If a player finishes on a KNIFE field, he gets a knife. When a player finishes on a NET field, he uses the knife card to cut through the net, returns the card and plays from the following field in

the next round. If the player does not have the knife, he does not play in the next round.

Monkey Quest Bad Man trick

BAD MAN

If a player finishes on a field BAD MAN, he must give him all his fruit. In game 2 version the players have special abilities to deal with the BAD MAN and other tricks.

Monkey Quest RulesGame 1

• Parts of the game: a dice, a playing board, playing pieces

• Players: 3 - 5 players, age 6+• Goal: to pick fruit and count points• Game: - In the beginning the players choose the length of the

round (15´, 20´, 30´, until someone reaches the end)- Each player places his playing piece on the START- Players take turn in throwing the dice and moving their

piece. If they finish on a field with an arrow, they continue in its direction in the next round.

- There are various special tricks in the game

Part 3 – Playing the game in School Club 6 pupils from grade 4, 14 October 2016

Playing the game in English lessonpupils from class 3.B, 17 October 2016

Part 4 - Feedback

• Nikola (9 years old): „Hi, I enjoyed the game very much because it

was creative and fun.“

• Honza and David (both 9 years old):„Hello, we liked the way how you drew this

game.“