🔧 Part 1: Safety First - Material Properties & Tool Use

1. Which material property makes cardboard perfect for building game boards?

It's transparent

It's lightweight and can be cut easily

It conducts electricity

It's magnetic

2. When using scissors to cut materials for your game, you should:

Cut towards your body

Leave them open on the desk

Cut away from your body and close them when finished

Run with them to save time

3. Which safety rules apply when building a simple circuit for your game? (Select all that apply)

Use only batteries, not mains electricity

Check connections are secure before testing

Touch wires with wet hands

Keep circuit components organised

4. The best material for making game pieces that need to be durable is:

Tissue paper

Wooden blocks

Jelly

Ice cubes

🎮 Part 2: Game Lab Planning & Investigation

5. You're designing an obstacle course game. Plan your investigation by filling in the blanks:

Question: Which material will make the best ramp - cardboard, wood, or plastic?

Prediction: I think _____________ will work best because _____________.

Fair Test: I will keep the _____________ and _____________ the same, and only change the _____________.

6. Describe two safety procedures you must follow when assembling materials with glue:

7. Your game component isn't working as expected. Explain the steps you would take to evaluate and improve it:

🔬 Part 3: Testing & Evaluation Station

8. You've built a simple buzzer game using a battery, wires, and LED. When you test it, the light doesn't work. List three things you could check:

1. _________________________________________________

2. _________________________________________________

3. _________________________________________________

9. Match the material to its best use in your game lab:

Aluminium foil

Rubber ball

Cardboard tube

Magnets

Moving game pieces

Tunnel or tube track

Bouncing element

Conducting electricity

10. Draw and label a simple game component you could safely build using cardboard, scissors, and glue. Include safety symbols:

Material World Game Lab

Material World Game Lab

🔧 Part 1: Safety First - Material Properties & Tool Use

🎮 Part 2: Game Lab Planning & Investigation

🔬 Part 3: Testing & Evaluation Station

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