Nuclear War card game

This game is about radioactive decay, not military war with nuclear weapons! The most peace-loving people among us still need to know how alpha, beta and gamma particles behave and what "decay" actually means. This team card/board game steps students through the process so they'll remember it.

It's a team game with a moderator directing when the first team should stop trading or moving cards, and the second team should begin. You can play it with team members using only cards they've drawn, or you can allow a Stock-Exchange-style trading floor with students calling out "does anyone have a minus or a plus?" and scanning each other's boards to see how fast decay can go on. The first team to retire all of their unstable nuclei wins.

Once the game starts, the play moves fast, and one game may be over in five minutes.

Each student gets a playing mat that lays out what's needed to make a radioactive nucleus decay. It's an answer key, in a way. Cards in piles are laid out near each player, with 48 cards for every 2 players. You can print the cards on a home printer on heavy paper or card stock, and also the playing mats. There's limited assembly with tape and glue sticks.

You can watch this video to see how the team play works:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c9UyvdPumY

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