{"id":525,"date":"2026-05-15T13:56:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T17:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/kvitkolab\/?page_id=525"},"modified":"2026-05-15T14:58:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T18:58:53","slug":"lab-partner-board-games","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/kvitkolab\/lab-partner-board-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Lab Partner Board Games"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p>The Lab Partner Board Games Faculty Learning Community brings together faculty interested in creating, adapting, or exploring STEM-themed board games for use in teaching. We work together on multiple open game-based teaching projects at different stages of development, including initial conception, game design and playtesting, integration into courses, and testing and piloting ideas with students. The Lab Partner Board Games FLC is a member of GAMA.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"688\" src=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/kvitkolab\/files\/2026\/05\/Illustration201_4x-1024x688.png\" alt=\"Lab Partner Board Games Mascots Erl, the Erlenmeyer flask and Cosmo, the ringed planet play a game\" class=\"wp-image-528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/kvitkolab\/files\/2026\/05\/Illustration201_4x-1024x688.png 1024w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/kvitkolab\/files\/2026\/05\/Illustration201_4x-300x202.png 300w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/kvitkolab\/files\/2026\/05\/Illustration201_4x-768x516.png 768w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/kvitkolab\/files\/2026\/05\/Illustration201_4x-1536x1033.png 1536w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/kvitkolab\/files\/2026\/05\/Illustration201_4x.png 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/kvitkolab\/files\/2026\/05\/12x4-LPBG-logo-1024x341.png\" alt=\"Lab Partner Board Games Graphic\" class=\"wp-image-529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/kvitkolab\/files\/2026\/05\/12x4-LPBG-logo-1024x341.png 1024w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/kvitkolab\/files\/2026\/05\/12x4-LPBG-logo-300x100.png 300w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/kvitkolab\/files\/2026\/05\/12x4-LPBG-logo-768x256.png 768w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/kvitkolab\/files\/2026\/05\/12x4-LPBG-logo.png 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"880\" src=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/kvitkolab\/files\/2026\/05\/gama_member_icon.png\" alt=\"gama_member_icon\" class=\"wp-image-532\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.8522570044967139;width:174px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/kvitkolab\/files\/2026\/05\/gama_member_icon.png 750w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/kvitkolab\/files\/2026\/05\/gama_member_icon-256x300.png 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Active Projects<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/kvitkolab\/files\/2026\/05\/sell-sheet-v12.jpg\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/kvitkolab\/files\/2026\/05\/sell-sheet-v12.jpg\"><strong>CREATURE FEATURE:<\/strong> <strong>a game of speculative evolution<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>10 simple rules for creating an educational board game<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/kvitkolab\/files\/2026\/05\/Lesson-plan-design.png\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/kvitkolab\/files\/2026\/05\/Lesson-plan-design.png\">Theory-Informed Framework for Designing Board Game-Based STEM Learning Experiences<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Active Members<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table caes-extended-core-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Primary  Department or Unit<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Brian Kvitko (Facilitator)<\/td><td>Plant Pathology<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Eric D. Rubenstein (Facilitator)<\/td><td>Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jason Wallace<\/td><td>Crop and Soil Sciences<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Julie D. Spivey<\/td><td>Graphic Design, Lamar Dodd School of Art<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Joshua Andrew King<\/td><td>English<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Kyle J. Johnsen<\/td><td>Electrical and Computer Engineering<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Lauren Housley<\/td><td>Nutritional Sciences<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Marshall Shepherd<\/td><td>Geography &amp; Atmospheric Sciences<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Rosanna G. Rivero<\/td><td>College of Environment and Design<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Rebecca Abney<\/td><td>Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Alec Nelson<\/td><td>Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sarah Jantzi<\/td><td>Center for Applied Isotope Studies (CAIS)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Renato Azevedo<\/td><td>Institute of Gerontology; Epidemiology &amp; Biostatistics<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Past Members<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table caes-extended-core-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Name<\/td><td><strong>Primary Department or Unit<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Taylor Bird<\/td><td>Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Shira Chess<\/td><td>Entertainment &amp; Media Studies<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lab Partner Board Games Faculty Learning Community brings together faculty interested in creating, adapting, or exploring STEM-themed board games for use in teaching. 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