Health Game

Health Game

The goal of this game is to educate players as to the fun and interesting facts about the fruits and vegetables they eat daily.

Game Pieces:

The game comes with a game board, 4 game pieces, crop cards, pair of dice, points recording sheet.

Rules

•  2 to 4 players
• player is allowed to pick one card
• the more you collect cards the more points you gain
• every player must make three complete rounds around the board
• players can challenge the other players by asking important facts about the crops they have collected
• If they are answered correctly, proceed with the game, but if not, the player has to give away the cards to the other player
• If a player has finished all three rounds and everyone is still not finished then he/she can still go around the board and collect more points
• the players with the most points wins the game

Making the Game

Characters:

 

APPLES		PEACHES	LEEKS		CABBAGE
Apples float because 25% of their volume is air. ------------------------------ The largest apple ever picked weighed three pounds, two ounces.		The botanical name for a peach is: Prunus persica ------------------------------ The peach originated in China, where it is the symbol of long life, and one of the most ancient domesticated fruits in China.	Leeks are one of the easiest plants to grow in your home garden. ----------------------------- In America, Leeks are commonly found in most areas of Texas throughout the year, but especially in late spring and during the winter.		Cabbage is considered Russia’s national food. Russians eat about seven times as much cabbage as the average North American. ------------------------------ There is a legend told to children that babies come from Cabbage Patches.
ASPARAGUS	KALE		STRAWBERRY	BLUEBERRY
Asparagus is a member of the Lily family. ------------------------------ Asparagus spears grow from a crown that is planted about a foot deep in sandy soils.	Kale was assumed to originate in Greece, with early historic records on the Romans calling it Sabelline Cabbage. ------------------------------ Cabbage like kale smell bad because of sulfur and mustard compounds in the plant released from cooking.		Strawberries are the only fruit with seeds on the outside. ------------------------------ The average strawberry has 200 seeds.	Blueberries are one of the only natural foods that are truly blue in color. ------------------------------ July is national blueberry month because that is the peak of the harvest season.
BLACKBERRY	GARLIC		PUMPKIN	CANTALOUPE
The blackberry is an aggregate fruit that is composed of many smaller fruits called drupes. ------------------------------ Blackberries are red and hard when they are immature and turn black and shiny when they ripen.	Approximately 90 percent of the garlic grown in the United States is grown in California. ------------------------------ Garlic, along with onions and chives, is a member of the lily family.		“Pumpkin” first appeared in the 17th century when the Cinderella fairy tale was written. ------------------------------ Pumpkin seeds help avoid prostate cancer in men.	1/2 cantaloupe contains 100% of recommended daily vitamins A and C, plus lots of potassium ------------------------------ It has only 60 calories per cup