SDG Educational Games and Materials developed by NUT
Nagaoka University of Technology offers a range of fun leaning tool of SDG educational materials and games developed by our students and faclty members. These games are designed to provide fun and excitment for understanding the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through an interaction. These games also incorporate the terms used in the SDGs and are to be played with childlen, family and friends to better understand how these goals interconnect each other.
These games have been used for various occasions as follows. If you wish to use the games for events or training at your companies or schools, please contact us at Division of Institutional Strategies to the indicated e-mail below.
Instructions and remarks for use
Above materials can be used free of charge. if you wish to use them in a event or training etc., please contact Division of Institutional Strategies at the indicated e-mail below. Also Please kindly note and follow the conditions below.
- Please indicate that "Nagaoka University of Technology has developed and provided".
- Please refrain from modifying these materials.
- Please refrain from the secondary distribution / redistribution of these materials regardless of whether they are paid or free.
- Please refrain from using for purposes other than enlightening or disseminating SDGs.
- Please refrain from using it for groups, events, or purposes that NUT deems inappropriate.
NUT has been appointed to the United Nations Academic Impact SDG 9 Hub educational institution (Vice-chair) and reports our activities to the UN every year. For this reason, please cooperate with the following points.
- We would appreciate it if you could include the name of the organization and event you are providing in the annual activity report submitted to the UN or in the NUT's public relations media. (If you cannot post, please contact us.)
- We would appreciate it if you could send us photos of events and training, web page URLs.
List of SDG educational games developed by Nagaoka University of Technology
Click the links below to try out our SDG education materials (English version).
SDG Question Cards
SDG Unification Game (Mystery-solving game)
- Four (4) player help each other and solve a mystery
- With the given several clues, players figure out which country requires which SDG goals
- 1 play takes 45 to 60 minutes long
- Game could be done online through Zoom and Jamboard（a digital whiteboard by Google）
If you wish to play or experience this game, please contact Division of Institutional Strategies or apply via web form below.
SDG Dice
You can make an icosahedron (a polyhedron with 20 faces) dice by cutting and pasting. Please download and print it on craft paper.
SDG Coloring Picture
SDG SUGOROKU (Japanese Only)
More educational games
Contact Information
E-mail: project-x3jcom.nagaokaut.ac.jp( Division of Institutional Strategies )
* Please inform us of your:
- Organization name
- Contact information of the person in charge
- Purpose of use (in the case of an event, please inform us of the name and date / time)
Past use cases
- Exhibited a Booth at "Eco-Action in Mitsuke 2026"
- Exhibited a Booth at "Eco-Action in Mitsuke 2025"
- Student SDGs Promoters Exhibit SDGs Booth at "Eco Action in Mitsuke 2024"
- Nagaoka University of Technology Hosted an SDG Education Workshop at the "BSN Kids Project - Kids Festival 2023"
- Our Student SDGs Promoters Presented an Exhibition Booth at "Eco Action in MITSUKE 2023"
- Student SDGs Promoters exhibited a booth at the event "SDGs × Niigata - A Gathering to Nurture the Rich Mind"
- Student SDGs Promoters set up an SDG exhibition booth at "HAKKO trip 2022"
- Nagaoka University of Technology held a workshop on SDGs education at the "BSN Kids Project - Kids Festival 2022"
- Student SDGs Promoters exhibited SDGs booth at "Eco Action in Mitsuke 2022"
- Workshop "SDG educational materials and games" was conducted at AEON Mall Niigata Minami
- Student SDGs Promoters exhibited SDG booth at HAKKOtrip2021
- Nagaoka City held a course on "Learning as a Family: Global Warming Countermeasures"
- Lecture on SDGs Held at Nagaoka School for the Deaf
- "Online Mystery-Solving SDG Unification Game" Event Held on Campus
- The SDG quiz developed by NUT will be used on TBS "Make the Earth Smile Week"
Awarded "Science Agora Award"
These game was planned by the student-centered KOSEN-NUT Glocal Cooperation project and exhibited at Science Agora 2017, Japan's largest science communication event. In this event, they won the Science Agora Award for the top 4 projects.
Contact
Nagaoka University of Technology
Section of Project Planning
Office of International and KOSEN Cooperation Strategies
Division of Institutional Strategies
E-mail: project-x3jcom.nagaokaut.ac.jp
TEL: +81-258-47-9022 FAX: +81-258-47-9283