• Elementary School
  

  Title: Look Before You Eat!

  Student(s):Kyla, Reese and Madyson
  Teacher: Michelle Schiebel

  Ft Sam Houston Elementary
  San Antonio, TX

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• Middle School
  

  Title: Fat and You

  Student(s): Ju Han and Cameron
  Teacher: Stephen Aleman

  Summit Christian Academy
  Cedar Park, TX

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• High School
  

  Title: Prosthetica

  Student(s): Abhilash Bajracharya and Jason Montgomery
  Teacher: MaBie Jo Gibbs

  North Hills Preparatory
  Irving, TX

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All students who entered the contest are indeed winners for designing their own video games and showing how much they learned about personal health. We encourage you to check out all the contest entries by entering "AMD" into the search bar HERE.

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  Title: Scraps: Rise

  Student(s): Lake, Cameron, and Drew
  Teacher: Jansen Smith

  St. John's Episcopal School
  Dallas, TX

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  Title: Fast Food Wars

  Student(s): William and Santiago
  Teacher: Sarah Miller

  East IES
  Jenks, OK

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  Title: Inside the Human Body

  Student(s): Rylee, Sanjeev, and Saam
  Teacher: Sarah Miller

  East IES
  Jenks, OK

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  Title: Help With Health

  Student(s): Susan, Alice, Bernice, and Reyna
  Teacher: Susan Albright

  Spicewood Elementary
  Austin, Tx

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  Title: Cuerpo Sano

  Student(s): Jacqueline, Janet, Brittany
  Teacher: Gina Munoz

  Magellan International School
  Austin, TX

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  Title: Assault of the Germs

  Student(s): Shiva, Travis, and Eric
  Teacher: Kathy Martin

  Oakwood Intermediate School
  College Station, TX

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  Title: Martin the Unhealthy Guy

  Student(s): Ashlyn and Deirdre
  Teacher: Linda McNabb

  Artie L Henry Middle School
  Cedar Park, TX

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  Title: Mission Health

  Student(s): Jay, Philip, and Josh
  Teacher: Mary Betke

  Robinson J H
  Robinson, TX

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  Title: Jacob's Big Day

  Student(s): Darrick
  Teacher: Linda McNabb

  Artie L Henry Middle School
  Cedar Park, TX

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  Title: Saving Healthytopia

  Student(s): Adwah
  Teacher: MaBie Jo Gibbs

  North Hills Preparatory
  Irving, TX

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  Title:Catalyst of Happiness

  Student(s): Frank Hobbs
  Teacher: Cheryle Hammick

  John B Connally High School
  Austin, TX

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  Title:Na-O-No Tek

  Student(s): Hoang Tran
  Teacher: Cheryle Hammick

  John B Connally High School
  Austin, TX

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• Mountain View Elementary School (Colorado Springs, CO) - Teacher: Karen Henderson
• Susie Fuentes Elementary (Kyle, TX) - Teacher: Candace Barnes
• Susie Fuentes Elementary (Kyle, TX) - Teacher: Alma Yanez
• Ft. Sam Houston Elem. (San Antonio, TX) - Teacher: Michelle Schiebel
• St John Ev Lutheran School (Indianapolis, In) - Teacher: Christine Chambers
• Joel Harris Academy (San Antonio, TX) - Teacher: Sue Hodges Harris
• Summit Christian Academy (Cedar Park, TX) - Teacher: Stephen Aleman
• St Paul Inter Parochial School (Ramsey, NJ) - Teacher: Christine Gysin
• Feagin Mill Middle School (Warner Robins, GA) - Teacher: Bobby Lewis
• Artie L. Henry M S (Cedar Park, TX) - Teacher: Linda McNabb
• Hadley Junior High School (Glen Ellyn, IL) - Teacher: Kelly Lewis
• Oakwood Intermediate School (College Station, TX) - Teacher: Kathy Martin
• High School For Health Professions (Mercedes, TX) - Teacher: Sylvia Odoms
• Piper High School (Sunrise, FL) - Teacher: Brad Fox
• John B Connally H S (Austin, TX) - Teacher: Cheryle Hammick
• Travis H S (Austin, TX) - Teacher: Marie Harpin
• Pflugerville HS (Pflugerville, TX) - Teacher: Raul Ochoa
• Pflugerville HS (Pflugerville, TX) - Teacher: Laura Pryor
• Bloomington H S (Bloomington, TX) - Teacher: Linda Cantu
• North Hills Preparatory (Irving, TX) - Teacher: MaBie Jo Gibbs

• Jim Stiefelmaier - Creative Director - Panic Button Games
• Peter Hastings - Professor of Serious Games at DePaul University
• Dustin Greiner - Software Developer and Independent Game Developer

Entering the contest is as easy as 1-2-3:

• Follow the teacher friendly Lesson Plan provided in the Toolkit below (For those with no Game Design experience, allow 4-5 weeks to complete the lesson plan)
• Review the Submission Checklist below to make sure you have completed all the requirements for submission
• Make sure you publish your Results Page submission on the Green Ribbon Schools website by May 1st.

What is a Results Page and how do I Create and then Publish one?

Completing a game design contest can be a new and intimidating adventure. So we have provided an easy to use Toolkit, with the right tools to help you succeed.

The Toolkit includes:

• Lesson Plan: This Lesson Plan will take you and your students from no Game Design experience to completing contest submission in 4-5 weeks (with Game Design experience -a matter of days). This Lesson Plan was developed with the help of teachers, students and industry leaders, and is designed to make the process extremely simple and fun for teachers and students alike.
• Submission Checklist: A checklist for you to follow, so you know exactly what you need to complete in order to have a complete submission for the contest.
• Calendar: A calendar that shows you how you can complete the Lesson Plan in less than 5 weeks.
• How To Videos: To walk you through how to complete specific steps in the Lesson Plan
• Resources To help you discuss healthy eating, exercising and a healthy lifestyle with your students.

And more... Check out the Toolkit below!

Prizes:

• Prizes: 5 NOTEBOOK COMPUTERS to be awarded to each winning entry: 1 for each student on the winning team (max of 3), 1 for the teacher, 1 for the school)
• 4 Winning Entries: We will award 1 winning entry per grade level (1 elementary, 1 middle and 1 high school) and then 1 BESTIVORE (Best Overall Award)

 

Judging Criteria:

Submissions will be judged based on:

• Completion of the "Submission Checklist".
• Game Lesson: How creatively and powerfully you teach a healthy lesson with your game
• Lesson Learned: How well you explain and display the health lesson you learned and want to teach others, by including text and images/video in your RESULTS page on Green Ribbon Schools.

 

Rules:

• Submissions must be made by teachers and students in grades K-12
• You may have more than 3 students on a team, but there will be a max of 3 student Notebook Computers awarded to the winning teams (in addition to the 1 for the teacher and 1 for the school).
• Inappropriate content in your Results page presentation will immediately disqualify you from the contest
• Teacher: When Starting your activity on the Green Ribbon Schools website, in the KEYWORDS blank you must put the following words: AMD, gaming, video game, health
• You must have completed all steps and included all content from the Submission Checklist.

Healthivore (hel thuh vohr or hel thee vohr): A person who eats healthy, exercises and makes healthy life choices. A Healthivore™ also teaches their friends, family and fellow students how to be healthy, and strives to always make the world a healthier place. Healthivores reign supreme at the top of the health pyramid.