Planet Trivia Card Game
I have designed a card set to be used for studying about the planets, but it can also be played as a game with 2 - 4 players.
The rules of the game are relatively simple and it can be enjoyed by almost any age group.
This is what the back of each card looks like for all different planets. In each category, there are 5 cards that each have a different question about the planet.
There are 8 different categories of questions, one for each planet in the solar system
There are five different true or false questions about each planet
In the game when it is your turn to answer a question, if you answer correctly then you will win that card
You might have more knowledge about one particular planet than you do about all the rest of them.
At the end of the game once all the cards read and answered, the players count their cards and tally up their points
5 of a kind
If you win all five of the cards in any given category, then you get to add 10 points to your final score once you have counted the total amount of cards you won.
4 of a kind
If you win four out the five of the cards in any given category, you get to add 8 points to your final score once you have counted the total amount of cards won.
3 of a kind
If you win three out the five of the cards in any given category, you get to add 6 points to your final score once you have counted the total amount of cards won.
2 of a kind
If you win two out the five of the cards in any given category, you get to add four points to your final score once you have counted the total amount of cards won.
If you only win one of the five cards, each of the cards will only count as one point.
The planets are shown on the backs of the question cards that pertain to each planet. Here are two examples. On the right is one of the cards from Uranus, and on the left is a card from the Earth category.
I am thinking about uploading PDFs of the cards for people to print and cut out at home. These could possibly be a great teaching tool for students having learn from home due to COVID-19, and I am also might extend the game into more topics or other card sets.
I would like to include a PDF with this template so that people can also print and assemble a box at home and they have something to keep their cards in.
During a time where people need creative learning tools more than ever, this will be a project that people will be able to download the PDFs for free. Then they can print the cards (from home please!) and even laminate them if they have the resources. Anyone who would like to make their their own nice set of cards will be able to do it for free, minus paper and printing, and they will also be able to make a nice box to put them in.
Once we can all safely leave our houses again and go to the planetarium, you might see this card game for sale packaged up in a collectable metal box.
