Hacking the game

Hacking the game: “Values in Research”

Here is an example of how easily the game can be hacked or adapted not only for a different place but also for an entirely different context.

Largely keeping the game mechanics intact, we rewrote the cards to explore fictional research projects. Played it today with a group of Environmental Technology MSc students at Imperial College London. The game served as a good introduction to questioning research practices, and it was fun to play: bit.ly/ValuesInResearch

The last two pages are blank so that when printed as an A5 booklet the students have space for notes.

Kampala Yénkya Quiz

Test your knowledge by taking our online quiz!

As the first step towards developing Kampala Yénkya climate education materials, we asked students at the four participating secondary schools to complete a 20-question quiz to assess what they already know.

Download quiz questions, answers and the answer sheet below:

OneCutCO2 puzzle

CUTTING CO2 IS A CHALLENGE WE ALL MUST FACE! SOLVE THE PUZZLE — ONE CUT WILL SUFFICE.

For any shape with straight edges there is a way to fold a piece of paper so that this shape can be cut out with a single straight cut.

“FOLD-AND-CUT THEOREM” Proved in 1998 by Anna Lubiw, Martin and Erik Demaine; first examples by Kan Chu Sen in Wakoku Chiyekurabe in 1721, Japan.

Watch the short film by Dilman Dila, in which students from the Uganda Youth for the Environment club demonstrate how to do the OneCutCO2 puzzle:

Download and print the puzzle below.

This puzzle was part of the arts-led project called Carbon Deli designed to engage the public in conversations around carbon removal technologies that launched at The Great Exhibition Road Festival (2022).