World Map

Topic
- Geography
Learning skills
- Spatial orientation
- Problem solving & decision making
Activity type
- Board game
Materials
- Basic
- StreetSmart Wheels Panels
Age
- 6 - 11 years
- 12 - 14 years
- 15 - 17 years
- 18+ years
5 - 15 minutes
2 - 4 players
Easy
Calm
Small (office, pavement)

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Everything you need to play this game

Bottle caps
World Map (GEOGRAPHY-A2) Download world-map-en.pdf (7mb)

A step-by-step guide to play the game

During the game, all players have on other player guess a country by just describing the country and/or country flag using the icons on the boarder of the game board.

The player who is going to guess, steps away so he doesn't know which country the group chooses.

Once the country is chosen, the player who is going to guess returns to the group.

Than the players take turns placing a bottle cap on an icon on the board to try to help the player who is going to guess the country. They can, of course, help each other choose the icons that best characterise the country or the flag of the country.

The player may guess as many times as he wants. However, the other players can only answer with yes or no to these guesses.

If the player has guessed the country correctly, they earn a point.

If the player cannot guess the country and gives up, the other players reveal the animal.

Now, another player can guess a country.

Extra game information

On the border of the poster, you can find different characteristics that can be linked to the countries. Each characteristic has a coloured border. The characteristics with the same-coloured border, belong to the same category. The icons are depicting (starting from bottom left clockwise):

Yellow = landscape: skyscraper, mountain, grassland, jungle, ice, meadow, forest, desert and beach.
Red = color: red, orange, yellow, green, brown, pink, purple, blue, white and black (this can refer to the color of the country flag or of the country on the map).
Blue = continent: America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania.
Red = size of the country: small, medium and large.
Green = shapes on the flag: star, sun, cross, moon, crest, vertical lines, horizontal lines, diagonal lines, triangles and circles.

Variations

Use the compass on the bottom right of the panel to learn about the four cardinal directions (north, east, south and west). Help players locate different countries by using the compass directions. Ask the players, e.g.: 'Which country lies south of the United States?' or 'Where is Mexico located?'

Specific learning objectives

Improve spatial orientation.
Learn about the location of different countries.
Recognise, understand and learn to use the cardinal directions and their abbreviations.

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