Nate has been working on his PEG (personal exploration game) for his Challenge class since about December. He needed to pick a topic that he wanted to learn more about and he chose Russia! He spent weeks doing research, complete with bibliography. The kids needed to design an original board game with trivia. The final project is due this week and Nate will present it to his homeroom class. In a few weeks he gets to have it on display at "Challenge Night" where all the kids in the program throughout the district display their works of art. He has worked so hard on this and it turned out great. His game is designed after the Trans-Siberian Railroad that travels across Russia from St. Petersburg to Vladivostok.
Here are some interesting things we learned about Russia:
*Russia has 11 time zones!!!
*Russians sweeten their tea with jam.
*Russia is almost twice as big as Canada.
*Russian children go to school 6 days a week.
*Grandfather Frost brings gifts to children at Christmas which is celebrated in January.
*"Babooshka" means grandmother.
Check out the playing pieces! Little nesting dolls or Matroishka dolls! I found these little keychains online and just took out the chain.
3 comments:
Excellent job, Nate! I want to play!!
Nate, what a great game! I want to play, too!!
LOVE the game pieces, so cute!
What a great idea! Vladivostok (the end of the railroad) is where I was! They say it takes 7 days minimum to go to Moscow via the TSR. There is also a route that would take 10... more "scenic" I guess! HAHA!!
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