Busato, J. E., & Miskioglu, E., & Martin, K. M. (2023, June), Board 160: Discovering Simple Machines; Fun with Problem-Solving in Elementary School  Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland. 10.18260/1-2--44627

\bibitem{asee_peer_44627}
  Busato, J. E., \& Miskioglu, E., \& Martin, K. M. (2023, June), \emph{Board 160: Discovering Simple Machines; Fun with Problem-Solving in Elementary School}
  Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland.
  10.18260/1-2--44627

Joselyn Elisabeth Busato, Elif Miskioglu, and Kaela M. Martin.  "Board 160: Discovering Simple Machines; Fun with Problem-Solving in Elementary School".  2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland, 2023, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2023.  https://peer.asee.org/44627 Internet.  26 Dec, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_44627}
  Joselyn Elisabeth Busato, Elif Miskioglu, and Kaela M. Martin.
  "Board 160: Discovering Simple Machines; Fun with Problem-Solving in Elementary School".
  \emph{2023 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland, 2023, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2023.
  https://peer.asee.org/44627 Internet.  26 Dec, 2024

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This Work in Progress paper details the objectives and applications of the beginning stages of an educational board game design. We have created an outreach activity targeted at elementary students to introduce them to key concepts relevant to engineering. Some of these concepts include simple machines, problem-solving, and optimization of materials and cost. We created a board game entitled Simple Machinery Mashup to introduce these key concepts to students in grades 3-5 in a hands-on approach. Teams of 2-4 participants move across the board by completing design challenge tasks with a provided set of simple machines and common household items. Participants must optimize their allotted money and provided materials to design and create structures that completes each task. Introducing these concepts of optimization, problem-solving and adaptability in a low-stakes environment encourages participants to tinker and explore during the game, as well as provide a sense of self-efficacy when adapting to new challenges. This paper describes the game and preliminary results from pilot tests of the game with a small group of adults with a background in elementary education. The four educators commented on the benefits of hands-on tinkering and exploration, but recommended including more opportunities for interaction with the board, highlighting the universality of simple machines, and creating more real-world situations in gameplay. Collaborating with educators that have firsthand experience and knowledge about classroom management and patterns of student participation can allow for the creation of a more effective educational tool. The comments and suggestions from the pilot test with educators will be used to create the final iteration of the board game before it is tested with the target demographic of elementary school students.

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