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= = ** Melbourne Project. **
 * ‘MELBOURNEOPOLY’ **

You have just been employed by the Melbourne City Council to create a __board game__ about Melbourne that can be given to children who come as visitors to Melbourne.

There are some guidelines that you need to follow for this project but now’s the time to shine with some really individual approaches to the task.

The game is for children aged between 7 and 10 years of age so the words you use will need to be in kid language. Of course the names of places can’t be changed.

We can give you a game board template to use but if you have another fantastic idea ask your teacher before going ahead.

Most of the boxes that you travel on around the game board should be Melbourne City street names. You will need to read the map for these names. Here’s where you will have to do some fraction work. About one quarter of the boxes need to be Melbourne Landmarks. E.g. Parliament House, Victoria Market, St Paul’s Cathedral, Melbourne Aquarium, Flinders Street Station ….. You will need to find small pictures of these landmarks to paste onto the boxes on the gameboard. Try [] or any Melbourne images search. So when a player lands on a box they can say, “I landed on Federation Square or I landed on The Docklands”. Yes it sounds a little like Monopoly doesn’t it?

There will be map in the middle so you can make at least 5 questions about places on the map. E.g. Find Yarra River. Point to it. Name some gardens on the Yarra. Everyone will have a map of Melbourne in the centre of their game. Your teachers will give you this.

You need to make a pile of at least 6 cards to go in the centre of the game and when you land on a Melbourne question box on the game board you have to get the question right otherwise you lose a turn. These cards are your research task for this project. You must have learned about Melbourne to write questions about Melbourne. The DVD we will watch in class and our excursion will help you get started. These cards can be typed or beautifully hand written. Not too small please. About font 20 would be good. Pictures on the project can be photos taken from the internet or pamphlets but you can also do your own drawings to add that personal touch!

Here’s some examples of question types.

Eg.1 On what street is Southern Cross Station? (a) Franklin St (c) St Kilda Rd You should highlight the right answer so the person asking the question knows the right answer. See how we have put it in bold letters and underlined it.
 * (b)** **__Spencer St__**

Eg.2 True or False Cars are not permitted down the Swanston St Walk. Answer: **__True__** or False

Eg.3 What is the name of the river that runs through Melbourne? Answer: **__The Yarra River__**


 * The questions you ask on your Melbourneopoly cards should cover things about the city, about the environment, the culture, about the economics (E.g. shops) and about history. Just like we did with ‘Local Living’ projects. **

Have some fun boxes on the game board too like: Laughing too hard at Lunar Park. Go back 3 spaces. Lost track of time at the top of the Eureka Tower, go back one space. Explored the city on the City Circle tram. Move ahead 4 spaces. We know you will come up with great ones.

Melbourneopoly Rules: Every game has rules and you get to write your own. It will be written like a procedural text. Isn’t it lucky we have been studying them in class. This should be stuck onto the back of the game board.

Aim of the game. Equipment needed. Number of Players Steps/rules to follow. How do you win?


 * This project is due at school on Monday June 15th. **

During the next 3 weeks there will be __no homework weekly challenge set__. There will be Mathletics, spelling, reading and tables/counting as usual. Your project is your homework. Start by reading this project sheet with your parents, getting your ideas down, using your excursion experience, searching the internet about Melbourne and talking to your parents, who probably know lots about Melbourne. Just like our last project there will be time allocated in class across the 3 weeks.

The presentation will involve showing the class the finished game, sharing 3 things that you learned (no reading from the project) and then we will have our Melbourneopoly games’ day with the doors open between our two classrooms. We will also be filming each presentation and upload them to this wiki so that all the families can share in the unit of work.Parents may like to come along and test their Melbourne knowledge by playing the games too.