Brain Games
About the Teachers...
Our family has always enjoyed playing board games, so we are very excited to share our games with you!
Your game masters are...
Your game masters are...
Michelle Rockenback - 1st grade teacher at Taylors Falls Elementary
Noah Rockenback - Computer Science Major at NDSU and Air Force Cadet
Nick Rockenback - Biology Major at Mankato State with a focus in Pre-med
Noah Rockenback - Computer Science Major at NDSU and Air Force Cadet
Nick Rockenback - Biology Major at Mankato State with a focus in Pre-med
The Game Plan...
Solve Puzzles - play Games - have fun!
Day 1, Thursday - June 15
We started our class with a Breakout EDU riddle, The Riddler's Room.
The Riddler had taken Batman and locked him in a secret room. It was our job to find the clues the Riddler left for us and make a potion that would free Batman. And we only had 45 minutes!
Mission accomplished! Clues were found and decoded! Batman was freed!
Next we learned how to play 4 different games...
Othello and Backgammon
Cribbage
Chess
A VERY FUN FIRST DAY!
Day 2, Friday - June 16
Today's games...
Carcassonne Catan
Carcassonne Catan
Day 3, Monday - June 19
Riddles of the Day:
#1 The rungs of a 10 foot ladder attached to a ship are 1 foot apart. If the water is rising at the rate of one
foot an hour, how long will it take until the water covers over the ladder?
#2 You're running a race and pass the person in 2nd place. What place are you in now?
#3 Johnny's mother had three children. The first was named April and the second was named May. What
was the name of the third child?
Introducing Early Finishers Games:
Quoridor
Blokus
Main Event Games:
Catan played by Ben, Ethan, and Rowan.
Carcassonne played by Aiden, Lexie, and Payton.
#1 The rungs of a 10 foot ladder attached to a ship are 1 foot apart. If the water is rising at the rate of one
foot an hour, how long will it take until the water covers over the ladder?
#2 You're running a race and pass the person in 2nd place. What place are you in now?
#3 Johnny's mother had three children. The first was named April and the second was named May. What
was the name of the third child?
Introducing Early Finishers Games:
Quoridor
Blokus
Main Event Games:
Catan played by Ben, Ethan, and Rowan.
Carcassonne played by Aiden, Lexie, and Payton.
Day 4, Tuesday - June 20
Riddles of the Day:
#1 Jenna wrote all the numbers from 300 to 400 on a piece of paper. How many times did she write the digit 3?
#2 Farmer Brown came to town with some watermelons. He sold half of them plus half a melon, and found that he had one whole melon left. How many melons did he take to town?
#3 How many times can you subtract the number 5 from 25?
#1 Jenna wrote all the numbers from 300 to 400 on a piece of paper. How many times did she write the digit 3?
#2 Farmer Brown came to town with some watermelons. He sold half of them plus half a melon, and found that he had one whole melon left. How many melons did he take to town?
#3 How many times can you subtract the number 5 from 25?
Games of the Day:
Players: Payton, Ben, Lexie
Ticket to Ride
Players: Aiden, Ethan, Rowan
Stratego!
Day 5, Wednesday -June 21
Riddles of the Day:
#1: I have four legs but never walk. I may be covered in flowers but have no soil. I hold food each day but never eat a meal. What am I?
#2: What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
#3: A snail is at the bottom of a pit 20 meters deep. Everyday the snail climbs 5 meters upwards, but at night it slides 4 meters back down. How many days does it take the snail to reach the top of the pit?
Puzzle of the Day: Expert Mazes
#1: I have four legs but never walk. I may be covered in flowers but have no soil. I hold food each day but never eat a meal. What am I?
#2: What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
#3: A snail is at the bottom of a pit 20 meters deep. Everyday the snail climbs 5 meters upwards, but at night it slides 4 meters back down. How many days does it take the snail to reach the top of the pit?
Puzzle of the Day: Expert Mazes
Games of the Day: Round 2 of Risk and Ticket to Ride
Day 6, Thursday -June 22
Field trip Day!
We headed to Taylors Falls for a day of games, ice cream, miniature golf, hiking, and fun! We had a lot of fun even in the rain!
We played Pothole BINGO and Alphabet Nature Scavenger Hunt at Interstate Park.
Nature Scavenger Hunt
Can you find the letters in these pictures?
Can you find the letters in these pictures?
We had an inside picnic because of the rain.
Then we headed to Schoony's for ice cream.
We ended our day with a round of miniature golf.
Day 7, Friday - June 23
Riddles of the Day
#1 A doctor gives you three pills and tells you to take one every half hour. How much time will pass when the final pill is taken?
#2 George, Helen, and Steve drink coffee. Bert, Karen, and Dave drink tea. Using logic, would Elizabeth drink coffee or tea?
#3 What are the only two states that have their state name in their Capital?
Game of the Day
Axis and Allies
#1 A doctor gives you three pills and tells you to take one every half hour. How much time will pass when the final pill is taken?
#2 George, Helen, and Steve drink coffee. Bert, Karen, and Dave drink tea. Using logic, would Elizabeth drink coffee or tea?
#3 What are the only two states that have their state name in their Capital?
Game of the Day
Axis and Allies
The war in the Pacific:
Japan played by Ben
United States played by Lexie
United Kingdom played by Payton
Japan played by Ben
United States played by Lexie
United Kingdom played by Payton
The war in Europe
Germany played by Ethan
United States played by Aiden
United Kingdom played by Rowan
Russia played by Noah
Germany played by Ethan
United States played by Aiden
United Kingdom played by Rowan
Russia played by Noah
Day 8, Monday - June 26
The battles continue...
In Europe, the Allies put up a good fight but Moscow fell to German tanks. England and the United States could not stop Hitler.
In the Pacific, the Allies banned together to defeat Japan.
Day 9, Tuesday - June 27
Catan Seafarers