Strategy and Logic
January 14, 2025
In Mr. Tunink's classroom, you usually encounter something science-related unless you are a 7th or 8th grader this year. These select students are fortunate enough to get to learn strategy games with me. From these games, students are allowed to learn the rules, strategies to succeed, and expectations for how to play them appropriately. Mr. Tunink gives lessons and assignments that present real-world problems that can be solved with the skills from our games. Fair play, kindness, thinking ahead, cooperation, teamwork, and politeness are just a few of the skills intertwined into the lessons. This semester students encountered Mancala(a marble-based game of counting), Backgammon(a strategic dice-based game), 10-Point Pitch(a partner card game of strategy), and Chess(a quiet game of strategy and thinking ahead). Pictured are a few of our recent matches. Mr. Tunink was defeated by Weston Whitwer for the championship!