Activity title:

21C-SDG board game

Group size:

The game is playable from 2-6 players or groups in case of more than 6 players.

Group age:

10-15 years old

Activity duration:

at least 60 min

Overview and objectives:

The activity is based on the 21C-SDG board game, which was developed by the Erasmus+ project 21C-SDG: 21st Century Skills in the Context of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals for Pupils. It consists of a quiz game that allow students to test their knowledge on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, while stimulate competencies that are essential to their full development and well-being in nowadays.  

The expected outcomes are:

- to deepen knowledge about current societal issues on climate action, responsible production and consumption, life below water, sustainable cities and communities, gender equality, and quality education;

- to strengthen competencies as character, citizenship, collaboration, communication, creativity and critical thinking.

Materials/
Equipment needed:

* The 21C-SDG board game, which is composed by:

-          Board (annex 1);

-          Question cards — 33 questions on quality education, 44 questions on gender education, 45 questions on sustainable cities and communities, 44 questions on responsible consumption and production, 45 questions on life below water, and 64 questions on climate action (annex 2);

-           Scoresheet (annex 3);

-          Game rules (annex 4).

* One or more dies

Preparation:

-          The components of the 21C-SDG board game must be printed before the activity (the Board Game in A2 or A3), being available on: https://21stcskills-sdg.eu/en/learning-activities/

-          Fill in names in the Score Sheet and decide colours of the players

-          Decide who asks the questions. Will it be the teacher or will the players/groups ask each other?

The game consists of a board with 7 mini-boards, each mini-board representing one of the Sustainable Development Goals, tied together by the centre board ‘21st Century Citizen’. Before the game starts, it can be selected which mini-boards to play on (it can be all or just part of them). The ‘21st Century Citizen’ board centre is mandatory. To access the ‘21st Century Citizen’ board centre players have to win all the SDG mini-boards that you decided to play on.

Tips/comments/ recommendations:

There must be at least 2 players. It can add other elements to the game, like time to answer or group competition.

Detailed instructions:

1- The player with the shortest hair decides which mini-board the game should start on.

2- All players/groups place their game pieces at the ‘Start’ square on the mini-board.

3- The player who has had their phone for the longest time starts. Next will be the player who has had their phone for the next longest time and so on.

4- The player/group rolls the die and moves the number displayed after rolling the die.

5- To have a 21C - SDG question the player/group must go to a square with a ‘21 C’ globe on. If this is not possible, the player/group will wait on an empty square until a new turn comes up and get the chance to move to a square.

6- When landing on a 21C – SDG board square, the player/group will be asked a dilemma question in the SDG from which board the player/group is on, combined with a 21 Century Digital Skill. For instance, the 21C skill could be Creativity. This means that you need to find the best and most creative answer to this SDG problem. There will be 3-5 possible solutions, where the best answer will bring 5 points and the worst answer only will bring 1 point. The player/group who first reaches 15 points finishes the mini-board and can continue to the next mini-board.

7- When a player/group has finished all mini-boards the player does now have access to the ‘21st Century Citizen’ mini-board. When the player/group accesses the 21st Century Citizen board centre, it will be asked 3 random questions from random SDGs and need at least 10 points to win the whole game and thereby reach the level of ‘21st Century Citizen’ (all group members). In case the player/group does not reach 10 points in the first attempt, the player/group can try again in the next round.