Playing Games In PowerPoint

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Playing Games In PowerPoint!
Learning can be fun!
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Games in PowerPoint

• Bridget Schimara - CCISD
• Lora ONeill - CCISD
• To download games go to
• http//www.ccisd.net/dept_05/technology/itech_pres
  .html
• Instructions are included on the
• notes area of the first slide on most game.

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Game Variations

• PowerPoint Games - with NO Preparation download
  and go!
• PowerPoint Games with Preparation questions on
  screen!
• Games in SMARTBoard work in progress
• Some How Tos try creating yourself

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Games in PowerPoint(No-Preparation)
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Games in PowerPoint(Editing Required)
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Games in SMARTBoard
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BE A CHAMPION (FOOTBALL)
How to setup This game takes no time to
prepare! Just gather questions you want to review
with the kids, a worksheet they worked on or
questions in your head and go. How to play the
game Divide your class into two groups and
designate each team a name. Whoever gets the
questions right, click on that teams white bar
below their name and it will go to their booster
slide. If the question isnt answered correctly,
click on wrong for a boo and an animation. Click
on Next Play to go back to the score board.
When the scoreboard comes back up, the three
points will be listed. Practice this once before
class just so you know how the scores work and
where to click.
Download this game by clicking here and choosing
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CONCENTRATION
How to setup Under the outline tab to
the left, you will find a phrase written on
Slide 2. Highlight the text the slide in the
outline and replace it with a phrase from your
content area. If you press enter, it updates the
slide. Hold Shift and Enter to put a return in
your phrase. Make sure to preview the game
yourself to know what it looks like. So that the
students do not see the answers shown on the
Outline tab, make sure to click on the Slides
tab before you show your screen to your students.
There are 10 boards in this file. How the game
works Students answer a question given by the
teacher to win try. Once they answer correctly,
can pick a square to be removed. Teacher clicks
on the square it disappears allowing part of the
solution to be seen. They can guess what it says,
only on their turn. To get to the next puzzle,
click the next puzzle link at the bottom of the
screen.
Download this game by clicking here and choosing
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GEOMETRY REVIEW
How to setup Use the Outline tab to fill in
your questions. Questions can be multiple choice
or true/false. If you need to make more
questions, you can just copy and paste the
existing question slides and edit your
hyperlinks. The blue arrow buttons will take you
to the next question if the answer was correct or
back to the question if the answer was
incorrect. How to play the game When the
question slide comes up it will bring up the
questions and answer choices. Click on the answer
students choose. If the answer is incorrect, the
slide will explain why the answer was incorrect.
You can then click on the blue back arrow to go
back to the question. If the answer is correct,
the slide will explain why the answer is correct.
Next, you click on the blue forward arrow to go
to the next question.
Download this game by clicking here and choosing
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HOLLYWOOD SQUARES
How to setup You can play Hollywood Squares
however it works best for your class. When you
enter your questions you can decide how you want
it setup. Real Hollywood Squares Enter only one
answer. The questions are then more or less true
or false. The students or teams then decide if
they agree or disagree. If they are correct they
get the square. If they are wrong, their opponent
gets the square. Hollywood Squares board game
version When writing the choices, use all the
answers. One team will read the question and
choose an answer. They can bluff with a wrong
answer or use a correct answer. The other team
then has to agree or disagree. If they are
correct, they get the square if not, the other
team gets the square. No bluff version Play as a
multiple choice game. Let the team pick the
correct choice from three multiple choice
answers, or dont put answers up at all and let
them give you the answer. Correct answer gets the
square. Incorrect answer gives the square to the
other team. The easiest way to edit questions is
to open the Outline view. At the bottom left
hand corner of the screen choose the Normal
view which gives you a three section window, then
choose the Outline option for the panel on the
left. You can then double click on Question and
Choice 1, then just type your information in
there. How to play the game Have the students
pick a star from Slide 2. Click on the stars
picture. Go to the page and do the question. At
the top click on the left box if the X teams wins
the square, the right box if the O team wins the
square. This will bring you to the letter page.
Just click on the letter. Then, go back and click
on the left or right box of that star to show who
won the box.
Download this template by clicking here and
choosing Save
View science example
View younger version
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SURVIVOR
How to setup Use the Outline tab to fill in
your questions and answers. Print out 6 copies of
the immunity idol (which is a separate document,)
or roll paper and make 6 diplomas to be used when
they want to pass on a question. How to use
the game (teacher keeps score) Questions will
appear in order. They can give you an answer.
Click on answer to display the correct answer.
When youve given the appropriate points, click
Back to the board to choose another question.
The question you were just on should be gone
now. With a correct answer, a point is given and
they have a chance at the bonus. Click on
challenge to give them the bonus question. If
they get the question wrong, click on question
and itll skip to the next question. Teams You
could have teams write down the answers so
everyone gets to answer all the questions. Then
those who got the question wrong would put their
white boards down while the other teams can
answer the challenges.
Download this game by clicking here and choosing
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Download the Immunity Idol
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WHEEL OF FORTUNE
How to setup On Slide 2, there are both
white boxes and blue boxes. Dont touch the blue
boxes in setup. Delete the boxes that are already
up in the play space. Copy and paste the
corresponding white squares up into the play
space. There is a blue box with the white boxes
to be used as the space filler. If you are
playing with more than one class, save and close
the PowerPoint and reopen it for the next
class. Double click on the word Category and
enter the category for this word. How to play
the game Students will choose one letter at a
time. Click on the blue box containing the
letter. That will take you to the letter screen
where you need to click again. If the letter is
in your puzzle, click on the white boxes where
you put the letter and the letter should appear
with applause. If it is not, hit the icon in the
upper right hand corner of the screen and it will
give another sound.
Download this game by clicking here and choosing
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OFF TO THE RACES
How to setup This game takes no time to
prepare! Just gather questions you want to review
with the kids, a worksheet they worked on or
questions in your head and go. How to play the
game Divide your class into four groups and
designate each team a car. Whoever gets the
questions right, click on their horse and itll
ride part way across the screen. First team to
make it across A) wins. B) gets the point. C)
gets a prize. You then need to restart a new race
by clicking on Next race. This will reset all the
horses. There are 15 races in this game, but you
dont have to play them all.
Download this game by clicking here and choosing
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JEOPARDY
How to setup Use the outline tab to fill in your
questions and answers. How to use the
game Students can choose a category and dollar
amount. Click on that slide. They can give you an
answer. Click on answer to display the correct
answer. When youve given the appropriate points,
click Back to the board to choose another
question. The question you were just on should be
gone now. How to play the game Click on the
chosen category point value to take you to the
question. Follow the prompts on the screen to get
to the answer or back to the game board.
To download this game, click the option below
and choose Save
High-Tech
Low-Tech
Younger
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WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?
How to setup Use the outline tab to fill in your
questions. Questions should have 4 answers, not
necessarily all realistic. How to play the
game When the question slide comes up it will
bring up the questions and answer choices. Click
on the answer students choose. It will ask if
this is your final answer. If you click on yes,
the answer will be revealed. If you click on no,
it will laugh. Lifelines There are three
lifelines phone a friend, poll the audience, and
50/50. Depending how you have your game setup
with your students you can play these different
ways. If you click on the icon for one of these
three it will take you to a new slide. For Phone
a friend the student can ask one person to help
them. With Poll the audience, the class gets to
vote on the answer. For 50/50 the teacher
eliminates two of the incorrect answers. Click on
the U shaped arrow and it will return you to the
question. If you print out the lifelines and
letters, you can give each team the letters and
lifelines. As teams use their lifelines, have
them give them to you so you know who has used
which ones. All of the teams can answer each
question by having them pull out the answer then
everyone showing the answer at once.
Download this game by clicking here and choosing
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Letters and Lifelines
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Race N Review
How to setup This game takes no time to
prepare! Just gather questions you want to review
with the kids, a worksheet they worked on or
questions in your head and go. How to pay the
game Divide your class into 4 groups and
designate each team a car. Whoever gets the
questions right, click on their car and itll
drive 1/4th of the way around the track. First
team to make a lap A) wins. B) gets the point. C)
gets a prize. You then need to restart a new lap
by clicking on new lap. This will reset all the
cars. There are 15 laps in the game, but you
dont have to play them all.
Download this game by clicking here and choosing
Save
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Interactive Texas Map
How to setup On the left, click on
the Outline tab to change the slide names and
the information on each slide. On the Map
slide, double click to change the names of the
cities. Move the cities to their correct
location. You can do hyperlinks to different
websites on individual pages. How to play the
game Just click on the city, and it takes you
to the page with the cities information.
Download this template by clicking here and
choosing Save
Download this example game
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1,000,000 Pyramid
How to setup the game Click on the triangular
boxes and drag them off of the game board. To
edit the game board, click on the words in the
blue boxes. This should put white dots around the
word. Click on the word again and it should get
grey dots around it. Now double click on the
word. You can now edit your words. When you have
changed all of the words, highlight all 6 boxes
with triangles in the grey work space then drag
them over to cover the boxes. How to play the
game This should be played with one person
looking at the screen and another facing away
from the screen. Click on the triangle in the
lower left hand corner of the pyramid. It should
disappear. Your term should now appear. The
student looking at the screen now needs to get
the other player to say the word, without saying
the word (much like taboo). If they get it, click
on the word again and a dollar amount will
appear. If they pass, you can click on another
triangle to get another word to try. Once they
have worked all the way to the top, they can go
back and work on what they passed. They can see
the ones on which they passed on the screen
throughout the game. Ideas You could have one
person looking away from a projected screen and
the rest of the class looking and trying to help.
You could also push the ppt out with a program to
students in pairs at laptops and have the whole
room working in pairs.
Download this game by clicking here and choosing
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I Spy - Road Letters
This is the classic road game made a little
higher powered. Teachers consider using this in
your classroom for naming objects that start with
this letter in your classroom! How to play the
game Mission Find the letters of the alphabet
in order from A to Z in the area that surrounds
your car. Make sure you are paying attention
letters are everywhere License plates,
billboards, road signs, sky banners, roof tops,
vehicle decals. Rules When you get stuck
looking for a letter for over 1 minute, start
again at A but now be looking for that letter
and A, and move on looking for 2 letters at the
same time. It is typical to get stuck on letters
J, V, Q and Z. Skipping. Letters must be located
OUTSIDE of the vehicle. You may use up to 4
letters per sign. Ideas Playing as a Group If
playing with a group, call out the letter you
spotted and the word you found it in. One-on-One
or Team Competition Designate one player or team
to cars on the left side and the other to cars on
the right. For fairness it is essential to have
an outside keeper of the scoreboard.
Download this game by clicking here and choosing
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Spring Walk
How to setup the game Open PowerPoint template
and choose the outline tab at the left hand side.
Change the problems to what you want. As you go,
you will need to code the correct answers. Click
on the correct answer. Right click and choose
Format AutoShape. Choose Red for incorrect
answers and Green for correct answers. To change
from OOPS to RIGHT, right click again and choose
Edit Text, then type in what you would like. How
to play the game Click on the player to advance
to the question slide. Click on the answers to
reveal RIGHT and OOPS. Click on Move Along to go
to the next map.
Download this game by clicking here and choosing
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Photography Notebook
How to setup On the left, click on the
Outline tab to change the slide names and the
information on each slide. On the Home slide,
click on Control K to edit the name which
appears on the home buttons. If you do not do it
this way you will loose the hyperlink. How to
play the game Just click on the name, and it
takes you to the page with the definition and
example.
Download this game by clicking here and choosing
Save
Click here to view this lesson plan
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The Pond
How to setup This game takes no time to prepare!
Just gather questions you want to review with the
kids, a worksheet they worked on or questions in
your head and go. How to play the game Divide
your class into 4 groups and designate each team
a color. Whoever gets the questions right, click
on the next lily pad and the frog will hop part
way across the screen. First team to make it
across A) wins. B) gets the point. C) gets a
prize. You then need to restart a new race by
clicking on Next race. This will reset all the
frogs. There are 15 races in the no questions
game, but you dont have to play them
all. Alternatives You can also download The
Pond with questions and type your questions on
the slides. To label your answers, simply move
the bright colored label underneath the correct
answer. The numbers for the questions are at the
bottom - to take you to the questions. Click on
Answer for the Answer to be revealed. Choose Go
to Scoreboard to go back to the frog pond.
Download this game without questions by clicking
here and choosing Save
Download this game with questions by clicking
here and choosing Save
Click here to download instructions for creating
The Pond
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Soaring Skyward
How to setup This game takes no time to
prepare! Just gather questions you want to review
with the kids, a worksheet they worked on or
questions in your head and go. How to play the
game Divide your class into 4 groups and
designate each team a vehicle. Whoever gets the
questions right, click on the vehicle and it will
move part way across the screen. First team to
land A) wins. B) gets the point. C) gets a prize.
Download this game by clicking here and choosing
Save
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TAKS Pursuit
How to setup This game is completely independent
of questions and preparation. Simply gather
questions in 6 different categories and list
those categories in the text box. How to play
the game Initially all players will start in the
center. To put a player in a new place, find
their number in the new space and click. To
remove a player from the previous space, click
the number on that space and they will disappear.
A role of 6 initially will put a player at the
crossroads. Those are the only spaces where a
team can earn a wedge. Whatever color students
land on determines the category of question they
are to answer. When the team answers the question
correct they can roll again. Click on the
appropriate wedge to make it appear in the space.
You CANNOT make the wedges disappear! If a player
lands directly in the center, they can pick any
question of their choice.
Download this game by clicking here and choosing
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Click here to download 8th Grade Math Questions
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Goin' Fishin
How to setup the game Open the PowerPoint
template and choose the outline tab at the left
hand side. Change the questions and answers to
what you want. Leave the correct answer and
incorrect answer in the place it is in. AGAIN,
simply type the question, correct answer and
incorrect using outline view. How to play the
game Student clicks on answer they believe to
be correct. If the answer is correct, they will
go to the slide that says Great Catch, then
they click on Scoring and the player will be
rewarded a fish. If the player chooses the wrong
answer, a shark will appear saying the player,
Needs More Practice, and they can go back and
select the correct answer.
Download this game by clicking here and choosing
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What ABC Means to Me
How to setup This runs similar to the
Photography Notebook. Teacher and use the
presentation with students to teach them ABCs or
for higher level thinking the teacher can delete
the pictures and words and the students can come
up with their own photos from a digital camera,
or from the internet. How to play the game
Just click on the letter, and it takes you to the
page with the letter, word and example.
Download this game by clicking here and choosing
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100,000 Pyramid
How to setup On slide two, type in the
categories of words your students have learned.
Then go to the corresponding slide and type 4
words for that category. It is best to change the
first category, then go change those words. When
you have finished, return to slide two and change
the next category. How to play the game This
should be played with one person looking at the
screen and another facing away from the screen.
Click on the triangle in the lower left hand
corner of the pyramid. Your terms should now
appear. The student looking at the screen now
needs to get the other player to say the words in
the list, without saying the word (much like
taboo). If they get it, they will move on to the
next word, then the next category. Ideas You
could have one person looking away from a
projected screen and the rest of the class
looking and trying to help. You could also push
the game out to students in pairs at laptops and
have the whole room working in pairs.
Download this game by clicking here and choosing
Save
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Animal Kingdom
How to setup No setup required just gather
questions and use this as your gameboard! How to
play the game Divide students however you like,
up to 12 players or teams can easily play.
Designate each team an animal from slide two.
(You may want to make cards for the students, so
you can easily tell who is which team.) Roll the
dice by touching the dice on the screen. Ask a
question and if they get it correct, drag the
teams character to the starting line and move
that many spaces. There are two animals, so when
you move the animal one will be left behind as
well. Ideas If a team gets an answer wrong, the
team whose space they would have landed on (or
are on) get to answer the question and steal the
move if they get it right.
Download this game by clicking here and choosing
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Family Feud
How to setup Go to slide two. Click once on the
bar labeled 1, this will show you the reverse
side of the panel. Double click. If it says 1,
click OK flip it again and try again. It should
say Species. Type what you want it to read.
Repeat for remaining bars. If there are more than
you want, right click on the bar and choose
delete. How to play the game To reveal answers
with a SmartBoard, just touch the correct bar.
How you play is up to you. You may want a
competitive question to start and the first team
to get it right, gets to try for all 7 answers
first OR you may want to go back and forth
between the two teams and give points accordingly.
Download this game by clicking here and choosing
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Memory Match
How to setup Go to slide two. Click once on the
first box, this will show you the reverse side of
that panel. Double click. If it says nothing,
click OK flip it again and try again. It should
say a color or an object. Type what you want it
to read. Repeat for remaining bars. If there are
more than you want, right click on the bar and
choose delete. How to play the game To reveal
answers with a SmartBoard, just touch the correct
box. Have students pick cards in pairs. If theirs
are a match, leave them turned over and continue
playing by choosing two more cards.
Download this game by clicking here and choosing
Save
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Oh the places!
How to setup Go to slide two. Click once on the
first box, this will show you the reverse side of
that panel. Double click. If it says nothing,
click OK flip it again and try again. It should
say a color or an object. Type what you want it
to read. Repeat for remaining bars. If there are
more than you want, right click on the bar and
choose delete. How to play the game To reveal
answers with a SmartBoard, just touch the correct
box. Have students pick cards in pairs. If theirs
are a match, leave them turned over and continue
playing by choosing two more cards.
Download this game by clicking here and choosing
Save
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What's that word?
How to setup No Setup Required. How to play the
game Start with one letter. The other player (or
another player) then adds a letter to the
original letter, to begin spelling a word. The
first player or a new player then adds another
letter. Letters can be added on the beginning or
the end of the forming word. The winner is the
last person before someone creates a word.
Download this game by clicking here and choosing
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Wheel of Vocabulary
How to setup Go to slide two. Click once on the
first box, this will show you the reverse side of
that panel. Double click. If it says nothing,
click OK flip it again and try again. It should
say a color or an object. Type what you want it
to read. Repeat for remaining bars. If there are
more than you want, right click on the bar and
choose delete. How to play the game To reveal
answers with a SmartBoard, just touch the correct
box. Have students pick cards in pairs. If theirs
are a match, leave them turned over and continue
playing by choosing two more cards.
Download this game by clicking here and choosing
Save