Transit Bingo

Ready to gamify transit? Use our city-specific Bingo Boards to explore your city, decrease local traffic, and protect the planet from the harmful effects of carbon emissions. $1,500 for the winning high school! $500 for the winning middle school!

Join a competition to win prizes OR play solo to earn Volunteer Hours!

Competition Opportunities
Prizes!
How to Play
Bingo Boards

Join the Competition

Competition

School vs School

If you are a tenacious middle schooler, high schooler, teacher, or club leader, you can enter your school to compete with other Middle Schools or High Schools in the "School vs School competition" for a chance to win prizes by besting your rival schools.

Here is how you enter:

1. Assign a team leader. This person will keep track of each competing student and their Bingo Boards using this tracking sheet. Make a copy for your team and get familiar with the rules on tab one. Notify us that you’re joining the competition through an email to info@sustainabilityambassadors.org

2. Play Transit Bingo! Between March 1st and Earth Day (April 22nd) get as many people at your school and their families to take public transit.

3. Turn in your Sheet! Send us your final tracking sheet and team Bingo Boards by April 23rd and we will release the results and award our winners the last week of April! Send your final sheet to info@sustainabilityambassadors.org

4. Winners get announced! Winners will be determined by calculating the points per capita of participating students at your whole school. Go for a BLACKOUT!

Spanish Classroom Challenge

Are you a teacher of a Spanish Language Class? Help your students build conversational skills, expand their vocabulary, and learn more about public transportation by playing Spanish Transit Bingo. If you play during March 1st to April 22nd your class could win prizes!

Here is how you enter:

1. Assign yourself or a student in your class as team leader. This person will keep track of each competing student and their Bingo Boards using this tracking sheet. Make a copy for your classroom and get students familiar with the rules on tab one. Notify us that you’re joining the competition through an email to info@sustainabilityambassadors.org

2. Play Transit Bingo! Between March 1st and Earth Day (April 22nd) get as much of your classes to play using Spanish Bingo Boards below.

3. Incorporate these resources into your class. See this Sustainable Transportation lesson for vocabulary, definitions, worksheets, and inquiries for your students to build their language skills in class. See the collection on our Lessons Page.

4. Turn in your Sheet! Send us your final tracking sheet and team Bingo Boards by April 23rd and we will release the results and award our winners the last week of April! Send your final sheet to info@sustainabilityambassadors.org

5. Winners get announced! Winners will be determined by calculating the points per capita of participating Spanish classrooms across the region. Go for a BLACKOUT!

2050 Transportation Design Conference

Are you a member of DECA or FBLA? We are partnering with local chapters of FBLA and DECA to host the first ever 2050 Sustainable Transportation Design Conference on March 21st 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Here students will organize into teams, receive a prompt to design our future transportation system, design their solution with the help of professional coaches, and present their solution using creative visual aids.

Here is how you join:

1. Talk to your DECA or FBLA advisor to get involved, and apply to join here.

2. Build your team of 3-6 students. Download the Transit Bingo Board for your city and get at least one Bingo for your entrance ticket. (Limited to 10 teams.)

3. Get Bingo, enter the conference, and design our future!

Prizes!

Prizes

High School Cash Prize

$1,500
for your school's ASB

Blackout Award

$25
to the first four individuals

Middle School Cash Prize

$500
for your school

Best Video Story

$25
for the top four individuals

Winning Schools also get...

1. A Beautiful Wall Poster signed by Transit Leaders from King County Metro, Sound Transit, and the mayor of your city.

2. Media Recognition: Your winning story published on all partner platforms and shared with major media outlets.

3. Learning Experiences (Choose your pathway!)

Field Trip to your City Hall to meet the Transportation Planning Team.
King County Metro brings an Electric Bus Workshop to your school! Get a technical walkthrough of the computer and battery systems with a real bus and master mechanic. (For one regional winner only)
Field Trip for 25 student leaders visit the Maintenance and Operations Facility for King County Metro. (For one regional winner only)
Special Guest Seminar on Transportation Engineering with an engineer from Toole Design sharing fascinating case studies from bikes to buses.
Special Guest Seminar on Systems Thinking, Sustainable Transportation, and your City’s Climate Action Plan with Peter Donaldson, Director of Learning for Sustainability Ambassadors.

Lots more prizes!

See the opportunities Runner-Up, Spanish Classroom, and Individuals here.

How To Play

How to play

1. Review the competition instructions above, then download the Bingo Board for your city below.

2. Start playing! Each time you complete a transit challenge you can mark off the corresponding tile, each tile is worth 1 point. Never taken transit below? Use this tutorial to find you way!

3. Get your data! Track how many miles you travel each trip and take a photo on transit!

You can take a picture on transit with a thumbs-up in the frame.
You can take a picture of your shoes while standing on the light rail or bus.
Take a picture of your view from transit with a peace-sign in frame.
Any creative shot featuring you taking public transportation!

4. Go for Bingo! Get any 5 tiles in a row to get a Bingo, there are 12 Bingo opportunities on the board, each Bingo adds 5 additional points to your score.

5. Go for a BLACKOUT! Get up to 100 points by completing every challenge on the board.5. Once you have completed your Bingo Board, enter your data on Tab 2: Tracking Sheet of your team’s spreadsheet and see your impact.

6. Send your completed Bingo Board and your photo to your team leader to validate your points. Competition closes Earth Day, April 22nd! Tracking sheets need to be turned in by the 23rd for entry in the competition.

7. Playing Solo? Follow the steps below to secure volunteer hours for your climate action!

a. Submit a selfie of you on public transit, a copy of your filled in Bingo Board, and your Transit Bingo story, to this google form. We will check this form to make sure it is completed and notify you of the Volunteer Hours you've earned.

b. For your first Bingo you can earn 3 Volunteer Hours, each additional Bingo is worth 1 more Volunteer Hour. Got a BLACKOUT? You can add another 6 Volunteer Hours for a total 20 hours.

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