[NOTE: this product contains 6 (physical) game boxes, 6 (physical) decks of SDG cards, PLUS a comprehensive digital material that is accessed through the Snowflake Toolkit online platform]

The Dilemma board game is an interactive tool for introducing the concept of sustainable development. The game challenges students to go outside their comfort zone, to discuss and debate, think critically, as well as explain key concepts to one another.

The SDG (Sustainable Development Goal) cards is a versatile tool to introduce discussions around the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, the 17 SDGs included in the Agenda 2030. We have developed several workshop exercises around these cards and it is also easy to develop your own exercises based on them.

Progression in the Dilemma game is based on two different types of question cards: knowledge-based quiz questions and dilemma questions – both linking to sustainability. Knowledge-based questions can be used as a learning activity in their own right or as a knowledge-check in more advanced settings. The dilemma questions act as an incentive to initiate discussions in relevant areas.

Dilemma is used in two learning packages in the Snowflake Toolkit:

Values Thinking: in this learning package, students learn how to problematize around sustainability solutions. They practice to identify values that lie behind different opinions, and debate based on an assigned position. In the seminar, the SDG cards are also used.

Constructive Debate: in this learning package, students practice by again taking a position in a debate. They will then use the polarity mapping tool to understand a polarized subject, discuss how to manage such polarization and design well-thought-out compromises.

This package also includes 40 student licenses.

[NOTE: this product contains 6 (physical) game boxes PLUS a comprehensive digital material that is accessed through the Snowflake Toolkit online platform]

ClimeOut is a board game about Earth’s climate system and climate change. Teams compete and challenge each other in three different types of duels.

Teaching about climate change is challenging: the climate system is complex, forecasts of the future include difficult discussion on probabilities, and the topic as such awakes emotions. ClimeOut gives students the opportunity to discover the fascinating climate system together with their peers.

Since a lot of students worry about climate change, there is a great value of discussing scientific data together with peers, and translate the vocabular of climate research into a language used by the group. Clime Out increases student understanding and confidence in the topic of climate change – in an engaging, energetic and enjoyable manner.

In the game, teams compete to remove the largest amount of greenhouse gas from the atmosphere. The teams challenge each other in duels and the winner of each duel may remove a number of greenhouse gas tokens from the board. There are three types of duels: [1] the Quiz (fact-based questions within a climate-related topic), [2] the Glossary (duel on who is fastest at explaining climate glossary to their teammate) and [3] the Puzzle (duel on who is fastest at gap filling and explaining a graph, chart or a chain of events).

ClimeOut is used in one learning package in the Snowflake Toolkit:

Earth’s Climate and Climate Change: in this learning package students gain a deeper understanding of the Earth's climate system and climate change. They learn more about strategies for how climate research can be communicated to the public and they will also be able to practice explaining the natural science background of climate change (even if the students are not within a natural science field themselves).

This package also includes 40 student licenses.

The climate is at stake and there is no time to lose!

[NOTE: this product contains 1 (physical) game box PLUS a comprehensive digital material that is accessed through the Snowflake Toolkit online platform]

FishBanks is a simulation game in which participants take on the role of fishing companies. By managing their fishing fleet and the relationship with the other teams in the game in a thoughtful manner, the task is to maximize the value of their company. This task involves managing a renewable resource (fish) within the framework of a complex system with both reinforcing and dampening feedback loops and elements of competition as well as collaboration.

The game is a demonstration of the concept of the tragedy of the commons, an introduction to systems thinking, and trains strategic decision making with limited access to information. Linked to the game itself, there is a comprehensive debriefing material as well as suggestions for homework assignments.

FishBanks is used in one learning package in the Snowflake Toolkit:

Systems Thinking: in this learning package students experience basic principles from system dynamics, which is an approach to understanding systems. Through the role-playing game FishBanks they practice managing a renewable resource, while at the same time being part of a complex system with multiple actors and information overload.

This package also includes 40 student licenses.

The FishBanks game was developed by Professor Dennis Meadows (author of Limits to Growth and The Systems Thinking Playbook).