Science Lab Race
A competitive board game where teams of teens move around a 24-space track by answering communicative speaking prompts anchored to real scientific scenarios. Players discuss observations, predict outcomes, explain investigations, and collaborate to solve problems using B1-level English with science vocabulary.
A free Board Game for Teens at CEFR B1 level. Topic: Science.
Speaking prompts on the board
- Ask your partner: What sense do you rely on most in your daily life, and why?
- Describe an experiment you have done in a science class. What did you observe?
- Your team must agree: Which sense would be hardest to live without? Explain your choice.
- Act out how a researcher measures the temperature of a substance in a laboratory.
- Ask your partner: Have you ever noticed a smell that warned you about danger?
- Explain how you would investigate whether a sound is loud or quiet.
- Stand up and mime tasting something delicious. Your team guesses what food it is.
- You have 45 seconds to present: Describe a species you know and its habitat.
- Discuss with your group: How do you predict the weather will change tomorrow?
- Ask your partner: What infection have you had, and how did it make you feel?
- Compare sight and hearing. Which one helps you learn more in school?
- Explain how a researcher would establish whether a substance is metallic or not.
- Show with your hands how you would touch something to discover if it is hot.
- Your team must agree: What is the most logical reason why we need to observe nature?
- Describe a heroic action a researcher or scientist has taken to help people.
- You have 50 seconds to present: Explain one experiment and predict what would happen if you changed one thing.
- Ask your partner: What central organ in the human body do you think is most important?
- Analyze this situation: A student touches a hot plate in the laboratory. What should happen next?
- Discuss with your group: How would you measure the height of a tree without climbing it?
- Act out a researcher investigating a mysterious sound. Show your team what you discover.
- Explain why a gene is important and how it affects a person's appearance or abilities.
- Ask your partner: What artistic or musical skill would you like to develop, and why?
- Your team must agree: Which laboratory safety rule is most important, and why?
- Describe a vision or prediction you have for how science will change the world in ten years.