We suggest students play the game in groups of three.

Prepare Cups with Bingo Chips

Place 60 bingo chips into each cup. Each team of 3 students needs a cup with bingo chips.

Prepare Decks of Cards

Print out the four pages of Progress Cards and cut along all the dotted lines. If you have a paper cutter, this will make this task easy. Each group of three students needs a deck of cards, so you can place each deck into an envelope or secure together with a binder clip for easy distribution.

Organize Group Materials

Once all the cards are prepared, each group of three students will need a Map of Laketown (2 pages), Prevent It projects (2 pages), Consequences, Bloom Busters Rules, the Deck Mat, and the deck of Progress Cards (52 cards total).

Laminate (Optional)

Once all paper game pieces are cut out and prepared, you can optionally laminate them for future use!

Teacher Background

This lesson focuses on green algal blooms, but algae come in a variety of colors. So depending on where you live, you may be more familiar with different types of harmful algae blooms, such as “red tide”.