Notes for teachers: This game helps students see how many different people, skills, materials and luck contributed to the creation of the first atomic weapons It is based on a real game that is just too complicated for classroom use This is my simplification that (hopefully) retains the teaching involved in the original You will need: One six-sided die The cards cut into individual cards (you will need enough for each student) Manhattan Project Game The world is at war! You are the leader of your own nation A team of pesky scientists comes and tells you that other (enemy) nations are constructing nuclear weapons You need to keep up!! You start the process with your team of scientists You will need another team of scientists and a university research facility to create ideas needed for the bomb one idea for a U235 bomb, two for a Pu239 bomb – You will need a uranium mine and at least one team of workers to mine yellowcake uranium – ore You will need an aircraft factory, a team of engineers and at least one team of workers to build fighter planes and bomber planes for delivery of the weapons You will need a uranium enrichment facility, a team of scientists, a team of engineers and at least one team of workers to retrieve U235 from yellowcake ore for a Uranium bomb OR you will need a breeder reactor, a team of scientists, a team of engineers and at least one team of workers to retrieve Pu239 ore from yellowcake for a Plutonium bomb You can make either a Uranium or a Plutonium bomb you to make both – don’t have Positions needed: Keeper of the Universities distributes university cards – Keeper of the Mines distributes mine cards – Keeper of the Factories distributes factory cards – Keeper of the Enrichment Facilities distributes enrichment facility cards – Keeper of the Breeder Reactors distributes reactor cards – Keeper of the Workers distributes the worker teams cards – Keeper of the Scientists distributes the scientist teams cards – Keeper of the Engineers distributes the engineer teams cards – Keeper of the Yellowcake distributes yellowcake ore tokens – Keeper of the U235 distributes U235 tokens – Keeper of the Pu239 distributes Pu239 tokens –
Notes for teachers: This game helps students see how many different people, skills, materials and luck contributed to the creation of the first atomic weapons It is based on a real game that is just too complicated for classroom use This is my simplification that (hopefully) retains the teaching involved in the original You will need: One six-sided die The cards cut into individual cards (you will need enough for each student) Manhattan Project Game The world is at war! You are the leader of your own nation A team of pesky scientists comes and tells you that other (enemy) nations are constructing nuclear weapons You need to keep up!! You start the process with your team of scientists You will need another team of scientists and a university research facility to create ideas needed for the bomb – one idea for a U235 bomb, two for a Pu239 bomb You will need a uranium mine and at least one team of workers to mine yellowcake – uranium ore You will need an aircraft factory, a team of engineers and at least one team of workers to build fighter planes and bomber planes for delivery of the weapons You will need a uranium enrichment facility, a team of scientists, a team of engineers and at least one team of workers to retrieve U235 from yellowcake ore for a Uranium bomb OR you will need a breeder reactor, a team of scientists, a team of engineers and at least one team of workers to retrieve Pu239 ore from yellowcake for a Plutonium bomb You can make either a Uranium or a Plutonium bomb – you don’t have to make both Positions needed: Keeper of the Universities – distributes university cards Keeper of the Mines – distributes mine cards Keeper of the Factories – distributes factory cards Keeper of the Enrichment Facilities – distributes enrichment facility cards Keeper of the Breeder Reactors – distributes reactor cards Keeper of the Workers – distributes the worker teams cards Keeper of the Scientists – distributes the scientist teams cards Keeper of the Engineers – distributes the engineer teams cards Keeper of the Yellowcake – distributes yellowcake ore tokens Keeper of the U235 – distributes U235 tokens Keeper of the Pu239 – distributes Pu239 tokens