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One hundred junior high school math students were surveyed to
obtain the results used in this game. Only correct mathematical
answers are used (so all totals may not equal 100).
This is an on-line, interactive game for classroom use, devoted to
refreshing concepts associated with quadrilaterals.
Preparing for the game: (Note: If a board addresses a topic you
class has not yet covered, you can always skip over it and move on
to another board.) Divide the class into two teams, or into smaller
teams. There are 8 rounds to this game, which will allow sufficient
play for groups of 4 to 6 students. Create the groups and start play
with two of the groups. Tell other groups to pay close attention to
the style of answers given by the students who responded to the
survey used for this game. Two groups play. The winning group
then plays another group in Round 2, and so on. Within each
Round, the teacher (acting as the MC) asks each student in a group
to respond. No one is left out.
Starting the game (Face Off): To start the game, a student from
each group participating in that Round comes forward for the Face
Off to begin play. If you have buzzers, great! If not, have each
student roll a die and the higher roll has first chance at the first
response. Go to the game board screen and have the winner of the
die-toss answer the questions first. The team of the student giving
the more popular response starts the game.
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Keeping Score: If a student gives a response that does not appear
on the board, click one of the three boxes at the bottom of the
screen. An X will appear, for Strike 1. Each team gets three
strikes, before the points can be stolen by the other team. Assign
two students from the non-playing groups to come to the front of
the room to keep score (on the board, or on a small, but viewable,
whiteboard slate). Have discussions with the class about answers
which may be correct, but may not appear in the list. Ask other
group members to comment on the validity of statements.
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