FRACTIONS
Welcome to MEGA MINI GAMES!
To get started, you’ll need:
Player’s kits (game boards, design materials & game pieces)
A school membership (for step-by-step guides to leading the activities and games with your students)
You can also play 3 free games!
DESIGN CAMP 1
1: WELCOME
Building with fractions
Welcome to MEGA MINI GAMES: Design Camp 1! In this warmup activity, students practice using the design kit and working as a team.
TEACHING:
Quick Reference & Teaching Tips
MATERIALS:
Mega Design Kit
Paper | Pencils | Markers
Team Guidelines poster
PRINT:
EXTENSIONS:
More Building Tasks
2: LINE UP
Comparing & ordering fractions
In the first Mega Mini Game, students divide up jobs and build card holders. Players draw & discard to place 5 fraction cards in order from least to greatest.
TEACHING:
Quick Reference & Teaching Tips
MATERIALS:
Line Up cards
Mega Design Kit
Anchor chart
PRINT:
3: LAUNCHBALL
Adding fractions
Students change groups for session 3. After building a fraction grid, players bounce ping pong balls into targets, trying to cover squares and make 1 whole.
TEACHING:
Quick Reference & Teaching Tips
MATERIALS:
Launchball game board
Ping pong balls
Mega Design Kit
PRINT:
Scorecard A (like denominators)
Scorecard B (unlike denominators)
4: FINISH LINE
Equivalent fractions
In the 3rd rotation at Design Camp, players roll a fraction & whole number and advance through a long fraction number line.
TEACHING:
Teacher’s Guide Video
Quick Reference & Teaching Tips
MATERIALS:
Finish Line gameboard
Dice kit + challenge cards
Mega Design Kit
PRINT:
Building Instructions
Player’s Guide
5: GAME X
Comparing fractions
It’s time to start the design challenge! Players learn GAME X, the unfinished new game from Mega, and get ready to make it their own.
TEACHING:
Teacher’s Guide Video
Quick Reference & Teaching Tips
MATERIALS:
GAME X gameboard
Dice + battle cards
Mega Design Kit
PRINT:
Fraction Comparison sheet
6: CREATE YOUR WORLD
Comparing fractions
Working as a whole class, players generate ideas for game “worlds,” defining settings, goals, and obstacles. At the end of the session, students join their teams for the rest of Design Camp.
TEACHING:
Teacher’s Guide Video
Quick Reference & Teaching Tips
MATERIALS:
Game World Planning poster
7: MAKE YOUR PLAN
Working as a team
Design teams outline their ideas for settings, goals, and obstacles, getting them ready for a production day in Session 8.
TEACHING:
Teacher’s Guide Video
Quick Reference & Teaching Tips
PRINT:
Game Planner
8: MAKE YOUR GAME
Working as a team
Designers produce final versions of their game board and game pieces.
TEACHING:
Teacher’s Guide Video
Quick Reference & Teaching Tips
MATERIALS:
Game X boards
Markers
PRINT:
Game Piece template
9: PLAY
Working as a team
Designers play-test their games. To get ready for the Expo, each team makes a commercial to promote their game.
TEACHING:
Teacher’s Guide Video
Quick Reference & Teaching Tips
MATERIALS:
OPTIONAL: Video for game promotions
PRINT:
Script organizer
10: GAME EXPO
Comparing fractions
Designers present their games to the class (or invited guests) and get a chance to play other designers’ games!
DESIGN CAMP 2
1: WELCOME TO DESIGN CAMP 2
Orientation & review
Welcome to MEGA MINI GAMES: Design Camp 2! Students use the design kit and work as a team on a complex fraction building challenge.
TEACHING:
Teacher’s Guide Video
Quick Reference & Teaching Tips
MATERIALS:
Mega Design Kit
Team Guidelines poster
2: ROLLERSLIDE
Subtracting mixed fractions
The 1st game at Design Camp 2 uses a long number line, a launch track, and a slider. Players draw a mixed fraction, then try to reach that target on multiple slides.
TEACHING:
Teacher’s Guide Video
Quick Reference & Teaching Tips
MATERIALS:
Rollerslide gameboard
Sliders & track
Mega Design Kit
PRINT:
Building Instructions | Player’s Guide
Scorecard A | Scorecard B
EXTENSIONS:
3: COLLISION
Multiplying fractions by whole numbers
In the 2nd rotation at Design Camp 2, players learn Collision. How many balls can they knock into each shape to activate the multiplier?
TEACHING:
Teacher’s Guide Video
Quick Reference & Teaching Tips
MATERIALS:
Collision gameboard
Sliders & game balls
Mega Design Kit
PRINT:
Building Instructions | Player’s Guide
Scorecard A | Scorecard B
4: APEX
Dividing fractions
In the 3rd rotation players slide a puck to one of 2 concentric targets. To score, they’ll divide a fraction by a whole or a whole by a fraction.
TEACHING:
Teacher’s Guide Video
Quick Reference & Teaching Tips
MATERIALS:
Apex gameboard
Sliders
Mega Design Kit
PRINT:
Building Instructions | Player’s Guide
Scorecards: A | B | C | D
5: X-2
Comparing fractions
The designers are ready! GAME X was a major success, and the designers are hard at work on X-2 … but they’re only halfway done. Players get ready to make it their own.
TEACHING:
Teacher’s Guide Video
Quick Reference & Teaching Tips
MATERIALS:
X-2 gameboard
Dice + battle cards
Mega Design Kit
PRINT:
Building Instructions | Player’s Guide
Scorecard A | Scorecard B
6: THE WORLD OF X-2
Working as a team
It’s time to create a “world” for X-2. The class generates many ideas for settings, goals, and obstacles. At the end of the session, students join their teams for the rest of Design Camp.
TEACHING:
Teacher’s Guide Video
Quick Reference & Teaching Tips
MATERIALS:
Game planning poster
7: PLANNING X-2
Working as a team
Teams develop their game’s settings, goals, and obstacles and get ready for a production day.
TEACHING:
Teacher’s Guide Video
Quick Reference & Teaching Tips
PRINT:
Game planner
8: PRODUCTION
Working as a team
Designers produce their game board and game pieces.
TEACHING:
Teacher’s Guide Video
Quick Reference & Teaching Tips
MATERIALS:
X-2 gameboard
Mega Design Kit
9: PLAY TESTING
Comparing fractions
Designers test out and refine their games. To get ready for the Expo, teams create promotions.
TEACHING:
Teacher’s Guide Video
Quick Reference & Teaching Tips
MATERIALS:
OPTIONAL: Video production tools
PRINT:
Script organizer
10: GAME EXPO 2
Subtracting mixed fractions
After presenting their games to the class and invited guests, players try out the other designers’ games.
TEACHING:
Teacher’s Guide Video
Quick Reference & Teaching Tips
EXTENSIONS:
Family Night
FREE FRACTION GAMES
TARGET ZERO
Subtracting fractions
FREE. Create a mixed fraction from random draw of whole numbers. Subtract it from 12, then decide whether to risk another draw to try to get closer to zero.
TEACHING:
PRINT:
PLAY:
ESCAPE FROM EVEREST
Multiplying whole numbers by fractions
FREE. Working as a team, assemble fraction equations from a set of 5 numbers and try to escape from Everest before nightfall.
TEACHING:
PRINT:
PLAY:
MEGA BINGO
All fraction operations
FREE. In this twist on the classic game, players are given a whole number and a fraction. They add, subtract, multiply, and divide them to create 5 options to play on their card.
TEACHING:
PRINT:
PLAY: