Make Your Own Card Game

Curriculum Ties (in addition to satisfying multiple core competencies)

ADST Core Competencies:

Communication

• Collaborating : Students will collaborate with each other by creating and sharing their games with their peers

Thinking

• Creative Thinking: Students will ideate and create their own designs for a card game

ADST Curricular Competencies 

Understanding Context: Students will gather inspiration from other games they have played

Defining: Students will be able to identify the main features and story for their game

Ideating: Students work in groups to ideate and create their game.

Prototyping: Students will be given the opportunity to build a prototype from their potential ideas.

Testing: Students will be able to test and present their prototype and gather feedback from teachers and peers. 

Making: After multiple rounds of testing and making alterations, students will be able to construct the final product incorporating all of the planned changes.

Sharing: You can also allow time for students to play with or present each other’s games

Applied Skills

• During the multistep process the students will have ample opportunity to learn how to use their materials, tools, and technologies in a safe manner. 
• Students will also be able to develop their design and presentation skills. 

Grade 6/7 ADST: 

• Computational Thinking

• Simple algorithms that reflect computational thinking

• Sorting, searching, sequence, selection, repetition
• Specific statements to complete simple tasks

• Visual Programming

• Computer system architecture
• Drafting

• Technical drawing

• Including sketching and manual drafting techniques

• Elements of plans/drawings

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