MEGA MINI GAMES: Design Game X is a hands-on project for teaching key fraction concepts through structured play and collaborative design.
Students work together to solve challenges with a Mega Building Kit, explore fractions through games, and apply their skills by designing an original game.
You'll need a Mega Mini Building Kit and gameboards to play MEGA MINI GAMES!
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Welcome
Welcome to MEGA MINI GAMES: Design Camp 1! In this opening session, students practice using the Mega Building Kit and working as a team.
Line Up
In Line Up, players start by dividing up jobs and building card holders. During the game, they draw and discard cards to place five fractions in order.
Launchball
In Launchball, players begin by building a Launchball court. Then, they bounce ping pong balls into targets, trying to cover squares.
Finish Line
In Finish Line, players build their own fraction dice. Then, they use those dice to make equivalent fractions and move along a number line.
Game X
It's time for the design challenge! Players learn to play GAME X, the unfinished new fraction game from the Mega Mini designers.
Create a World
Working as a class, players generate ideas for game "worlds," defining settings, goals, and obstacles for their version of GAME X.
Make Your Plan
Design teams outline their ideas for settings, goals, and obstacles, getting them ready for a production day in Session 8.
Make Your Game
Designers produce final versions of their game board and game pieces, bringing their plan for an amazing GAME X to life.
Play
Designers playtest their games. To prepare for the Game Expo, each team makes a commercial to promote their game.
Game Expo
Designers present their games to the class (or invited guests) and get a chance to see and play their classmates' games.
What Teachers & Students Say
"I want math to come alive for my students and to excite them as much as it excites me. This is what I've been searching for!"
"One just needs to look at their expression to understand the deep level thinking happening. I can't stop talking about your program. It is exactly how math should be taught."
"It's better than math, even though it IS math."
"The kids loved it. I loved it. This was the best thing we did all year."