SAINT

GEORGES SCHOOL - 4th GRADE SCIENCE

GAME BOARD PROJECT GUIDE

Your project for this term will be to construct a game (question and answer board)
you can use to test how much your friends and relatives know. The topic you decide
for the game is up to you, but it has to be related to science. As an example in the
drawing below the game is made for guessing the capital cities of the world.
















Your grade will have two (2) parts:

1. ANSWER BOARD CONSTRUCTION (50%)
You need to construct and answer board of the topic you want to, following the
instructions in this guide. You will be graded for following instructions, innovation
and neatness of your work.

2. ORAL PRESENTATION (50%)
You will present the project (answer board) in front of the class in a two minutes
presentation. You need to explain the topic you worked with. You should know your
subject very well and be able to explain.

The dates of the presentations are:
4A: Wednesday February 12 (Day2)- 5th hour
4B: Wednesday February 12 (Day2)- 3rd hour
4C: Thursday February 13 (Day 3)- 7 hour
4D: Friday February 14 (Day 4)- 8 hour

**YOU MAY NOT COPY. Copying another persons idea or work is called plagiarism. It
is against the law and against the rules ant Saint George (Agenda page 41-42).


GOOD LUCK! J Miss Leslie


SAINT GEORGES SCHOOL- 4th GRADE SCIENCE
GAME BOARD PROJECT GUIDE

1. You need the following materials to get started
Ruler
Pen
Paper
2 iron paper clips
Masking Tape
File folder or 8 x 11 piece of cardboard
12 small metal fasteners or nails
9-volt battery
Insulated Wire
Wire strippers
Bulb
2. Use the ruler to draw a line on the left side of the cardboard, draw another line
the same length on the right side of the cardboard. Write questions above the
line on the left side of the cardboard. Write answers above the other line on
the right side of the cardboard. Starting at the top of the line, mark six dots
along each line. Label each dot in the question column 1 to 6. Label each dot
in the answer column A to F.

3. On a separate piece of paper, write six questions and number them 1 to 6.
These could be questions about any science topic you learned in school. It is
good to write some questions that will be hard to answer. Now write the
answers to each question and label them A to F BUT put the answers out of
order so that the questions and answers dont line up.


4. Introduce a small metal fastener or a nail through each dot on both lines of the
cardboard. Metal fasteners work well because the ends can be bent to hold the
wire in place.

5. Using your question and answer sheets as a guide, turn over the cardboard and
use a piece of wire to connect each question metal fastener or nail to the
correct answer metal fastener or nail. Attach the wire by twisting the
stripped ends of wire around each nail or metal fastener. Tape the wires in
place if needed.

6. Separately twist one end of a piece of wire around one side of the battery and
tape it into place. Twist the other end around a large metal paper clip.

7. Separately take the bulb and a piece of wire. Twist one end of the piece of wire
around one side of the bulb and attach it to the other side of the battery and
tape it into place.









8. Take another piece of wire and twist one end around the other side of the bulb.
Twist the other end of the wire around a paper clip.

9. At the end you will have a simple circuit as shown below.

Metal Paper Clips

10. Time to test your circuit board! Find someone to answer questions and give
them the two paper clips. Have them touch one paper clip to the question nail
or metal fastener and the other paper clip to what they think is the correct
answer nail or metal fastener. What happens when they get the correct
answer? What happens when they get the wrong answer?


11. What is happening? A basic circuit consists of three parts (source, conductor
and the use). A switch can be added to turn the flow of electricity on or off. In
this activity, the electrical current begins at the source (battery), moves along a
conductor (wire) and performs a use (turning the bulb on) that is regulated by
the switch (paper clips).

The bulb will only turn on if the circuit is complete. That means the paper clips
must touch two nails that are connected by a wire on the back of the
cardboard. The challenge is to figure out what connection will complete the
circuit by getting the right answer without seeing the wires on the back of the
cardboard.