Learning Landscape Network

Created by: Alfonso Díaz & Lorena Félix

Age group: Ages 8 – 12 (Grades 4 – 8, varies according to the difficulty of the questions).

Number of students recommended: 15-25 students

Subjects/skills learned: Contemporary art, fine art, art history

Object of the game: Earn points by rolling the ball to answer questions about art. Students remember contemporary art concepts through questions. The questions will be chosen with the help of the tires and a ball.

Setup: The questions of contemporary art will be hidden in the tires. The level of difficulty of the questions varies according to the row of tires (the closest row …more

Created by: Alfonso Díaz & Lorena Félix

Age group: K-8 (varies according to difficulty of questions)

Number of students recommended: 10-25 students

Subjects/skills learned: Contemporary art, fine art, art history

Object of the game: Reinforce the knowledge of artists, concepts and correspondent characteristics of contemporary art through questions. The questions will be hidden in the tires.

Setup: Questions about contemporary art will be hidden in the tires, with a basic level of difficulty. The teacher has other questions with a higher level of difficulty. The number of participants corresponds to the number of tires, plus one.

Game Play: This game is an adaptation of the …more

Created by: Alfonso Díaz & Lorena Félix

Age group: 3-8 (varies according to difficulty of questions)

Number of students recommended: 25 students (ideally 5 teams of 5, one team per row of tires, though other numbers can work)

Subjects/skills learned: Contemporary art, fine art, art history

Object of the game: Guess the artist to whom clues correspond to. Reinforce the knowledge of the correspondent characteristics of different artists by getting clues and answering questions. The clues will be hidden in the tires.

Setup: In each row of tires will be clues hidden about any artist (clues can be written on index cards and placed underneath …more

**Tip: This game works for almost all subjects. The example included is science-related content, but the game rules can easily be adapted for multiple subjects and age groups by simply changing the content of questions asked.

A two team race to get your rabbit to other side before the other team’s fox catches it!

Created by: Project H volunteer designers, in collaboration with educators in and around the San Francisco Bay Area

Age group: Ages 8-13, Grades 4-8

Number of students recommended: 10-30

Subjects/skills learned: Core subjects (math concepts, science questions, history, social studies, vocabulary, etc.), team strategy, spacial awareness, cause and effect.

Object of the …more

An active quick-fire question-and-answer game

Age group: Grades 1-4

Number of students recommended: 25

Subjects/skills learned: Any subject or combination of subjects (math, English, science….)

Object of the game: To think quickly and correctly answer questions on an individual basis.

Setup: No set up needed.

Game Play: All of the students start by sitting on the tires. The teachers call out to start, and all the students get up and move throughout the playground (similar to musical chairs). When the teachers call out stop, all the students must find a tire and sit down. Randomly the teacher chooses a row or column and ask that …more

A trivia-based inspired by the game show, with increasing levels of difficulty

Age group: Grades 2-8

Number of students recommended: 20

Subjects/skills learned: Any subject or combination of multiple subjects (math, English, science….)

Object of the game: The team with the most cumulative points at the end of the games wins.

Setup: On each tire in the first row of tires, use chalk to write a category, depending on the subject (for example, for geography, it may be “States” or “Cities,” and for Biology, it may be “Mammals” or “Plants”). These tires mark the “category” for the column of tires behind it. In …more