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My students love a good competition, and they loved this game!
Great resource to use as a unit review! Students enjoyed playing.
Students had so much fun with this activity. It was challenging, but the fun aspect truly engaged the students.
My students really enjoyed this review game. We ended up splitting into four teams so that more students were involved on each question and then each team could pick who they wanted to assign their points to. We were able to use the slides for this and we had a lot of fun. My students have asked if this can be our next review game too!
We use this during small groups to help with identifying prime and composite numbers.
A great resource for my seventh grade math students!
Fun way to practice input and output with third graders!
Highly engaging way to reinforce basic robotic concepts
This game was so fun! My students loved using the as their review before their unit test! I also liked how I was able to add some other questions to help them prepare for their unit test.
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The kids liked the randomness of the "unfair" part of the game. Well made and fun!
Type: GRUDGEBALL
Tidal Patterns GRUDGEBALL Game - No Prep Earth Science Review Activity
Type: TASK CARDS for SCOOT
Tidal Patterns SCOOT TASK CARDS Game - No Prep Earth Science Review Activity
Type: The TERRIBLE Game
Tidal Patterns THE TERRIBLE GAME - No Prep Earth Science Review Activity
Type: BUMP
Tidal Patterns BUMP Game - No Prep Earth Science Review Activity
Type: FRAZZLED
Tidal Patterns FRAZZLED Game - No Prep Earth Science Review Activity
Type: The BIG TERRIBLE Game
Tidal Patterns BIG TERRIBLE GAME - No Prep Earth Science Review Activity
Type: TRASHKETBALL
Tidal Patterns TRASHKETBALL Game - No Prep Earth Science Review Activity
Explore 7 Tidal Patterns review games designed by a teacher to engage students and reinforce curriculum. When students are having fun, they forget they are reviewing, making games a great way to practice Science.
- The TERRIBLE Game adds strategy to review as correct answers uncover positive or negative points that can help your team or hurt your opponents.
- SCOOT combines review with movement as students rotate between desks and work their way through a set of topic-specific task cards.
- In TRASHKETBALL™, students compete to answer questions quickly and correctly to earn chances to shoot and score for their team.
- The BIG TERRIBLE Game keeps the whole class involved as up to eight teams answer together and watch their scores swing above and below zero.
- In FRAZZLED, teams answer questions to uncover mystery points, but one wrong answer or unlucky bomb can completely change the game.
- In BUMP, correct answers earn students shots at the platform, where they can score even more points by bumping off opposing teams.
- In GRUDGEBALL, teams answer questions to fire on their opponents’ ships, then make baskets to earn even more shots.
Review works a lot better when students actually want to participate, and games give them a reason to jump in. Once the game starts, students start talking, thinking, and working together, with hands shooting up and everyone waiting to see what happens next. Over time, that excitement carries beyond the game itself, as students start preparing because they want their team to have a better chance of winning next time.
Games may feel like fun to students, but research shows they can be serious learning tools, with measurable benefits for achievement, retention, and engagement. See the research.