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Gusty: The Gut Microbiome Card Game ActivityGusty: The Gut Microbiome Card Game Activity
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American Museum of Natural History
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6th - 12th
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Science
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30 mins
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Gusty: The Gut Microbiome Card Game

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Build up your gut. Groups up to four play a card game to learn more about the microbiome in the gut. Learners try to build a healthy gut with their cards. The player acquiring six microbes without any pathogens wins the game. 

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Concepts

digestion, the digestive system, microbes, human body systems

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Provide microscopic views of different microbes from the digestive system
  • Study what actions a person can do that are beneficial to and harmful to their microbiome

Classroom Considerations

  • Assumes students know about microbes within the gut

Pros

  • Includes multiple game options
  • Contains information about microbes in the game

Cons

  • None

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