Classroom Version

What is the Classroom Version?

The Watershed Game: Classroom Version is a large-format board game that includes both small-group work and whole-class play components. The game helps students understand community relationships between water quality and land uses. The Coast Model shows how to build flood resilience. Working in small teams or as an entire classroom, students apply tools such as prevention, practices, plans, and policies to decrease water pollution and increase a community's resilience to flooding while balancing financial resources.

The Watershed Game: Classroom Version emphasizes collaboration and cooperative decision-making, persuasive argumentation, teamwork, and leadership skills along with science and math. The game helps address Common Core and Next Generation Science Standards. The game may also help address individual state education standards.

The Classroom Version Comes in Two Tabletop Models:

The Watershed Game: Classroom Version — Stream Model addresses an entire headwaters watershed and the land uses often found in it. The goal of the game is to reduce nonpoint source pollution (excess sediment or phosphorus) from various land uses to the stream without going broke. The game is designed for middle school students (grades 6 - 8), but can easily be modified to use with elementary and high school students.

The Watershed Game: Classroom Version — Coast Model represents a typical coastal community or estuary. The goal of the game is to reduce nonpoint source pollution (excess sediment, phosphorus or nitrogen) from various land uses to the coast while also building the community’s resilience to flooding. The game is designed for middle school students (grades 6 - 8) and high school students (grades 9 -12), but can easily be modified to use with elementary and college students.

To sign up for a training event or a game demonstration, visit the Training and Events page.

To purchase a game, visit the Contact and Purchasing page.

Game Resources for the Classroom Version:

The following documents are provided to allow owners of the game to reprint materials as needed.

Classroom Version — Stream Model Materials

• The Watershed Game: Classroom Version – Stream Model Overview
• The Watershed Game: Classroom Version – Stream Model Lesson Plan Instructions
• The Watershed Game: Classroom Version – Stream Model Student Worksheet
• The Watershed Game: Classroom Version – Stream Model Key to Pollution Sources
• The Watershed Game: Classroom Version – Stream Model Fundamental Concepts PowerPoint

Classroom Version — Coast Model Materials

• The Watershed Game: Classroom Version – Coast Model Overview
• The Watershed Game: Classroom Version – Coast Model Student Worksheet
• The Watershed Game: Classroom Version – Coast Model Team Worksheet
• The Watershed Game: Classroom Version – Coast Model Team Scorecard
• The Watershed Game: Classroom Version – Coast Model Instructor Scorecard
• The Watershed Game: Classroom Version – Coast Model Electronic Instructor Scorecard
• The Watershed Game: Classroom Version – Coast Model Gameboard Keys
• The Watershed Game: Classroom Version – Coast Model PowerPoint for Full Play
• The Watershed Game: Classroom Version – Coast Model Fundamental Concepts PowerPoint