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Energy Dominoes Game

Start by creating a list of energy terms and their meanings. There may be as many terms as you like.
Make rectangular cards and divide them in half by drawing a line down the middle or using two separate colours for the background.
On the left side of the first card write the first term, on the right side write the meaning from the next term in your list.
Continue down the list with the rest of your cards. The last card will have the last term and the first meaning.

Example:

This list of terms and their meanings was created using a Maquarie dictionary:

	Potential energy:	energy that is due to the position of an object rather than its motion
	Kinetic energy:	energy that a body possesses by virtue of its motion
	Force:	changes or tends to change the motion of an object
	Power:	the rate at which work is done
	technology:	the branch of knowledge that deals with science and engineering or its practice applied to industry
	renewable energy:	is energy that is continually replaced

Shuffle the cards and deal to each player.
Nominate a player to begin. This player selects one of their cards and places it on the playing surface.
The player to the left then tries to match either the term or the meaning with one of their own cards. The turn then passes to the next player on the left until either the term or meaning is matched.
Repeat this process until all cards are matched.