Activity #4 Shipping Board Game

Activity Objective
Understand how slow and difficult the process of shipping on the Great Lakes is. Uses the bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal, and spatial-visual intelligences.

1. Gather students into groups of 2-4.
2. Hand out printouts of the game board, paper pieces, and spinner to each group.
3. Read the instructions below and have the students start playing the game.
   1. Shipping Board Game Instructions:
      1. Cut out all pieces and spinning wheel.
      2. All pieces start at the same port, either Duluth or Detroit.
      3. One at a time, take turns spinning the wheel. Move the amount of spaces the wheel tells you to.
      4. If you are at a port and the wheel tells you to move backward, stay where you are.
      5. The first to the opposite port wins!
4. Once everyone is done, lead a short discussion which could include the following questions:
   1. What did you think of the game?
   2. Is there any strategy or does it feel random?
   3. Based on this game, do you think sailing on Lake Superior is easy or difficult?

Game Board Template
Spinner Template