Classroom interactive games

As students explore the Prodigy world, complete quests and earn rewards, their success depends on answering curriculum-aligned math questions. Plus, you can align Prodigy to your classroom lessons! Divide your class into two teams to play math baseball — another activity that gives you full control over the questions students answer.

The goal is to score as close to points as possible without going over. Groups take turns rolling the die, using their best strategic thinking skills to either count the number at face value or multiply it by For example, if the first person rolls a six, they can keep that number or turn it into Make math come to life with Get the Math , a site that prompts your students to solve challenges related to math in different careers and real-world situations.

The website contains videos with young professionals in fields like fashion design or video game development, explaining how they use math every day. You can assign challenges to your class after watching, some of which involve playing fun games. Always a classic, the card game War can help students practice basic math skills in a more engaging way than traditional worksheets. This version teaches students the basics of fractions.

Each student is dealt two cards, one numerator and one denominator. Once they calculate which fraction is larger, the person with the larger fraction wins and gets all four cards! Keep playing until all the cards are gone. Not teaching fractions? No problem! Make english class F-U-N with these games that boost reading and writing skills. Can your students solve the puzzle before the hangman is complete? Use this classic game to introduce new sight words to the class or review vocabulary.

Divide students into small groups with pads of paper, or stand up at the front and play as a class. Think of a word and put down one blank space for each letter. A portable take on Scrabble, Bananagrams is a fun way for kids to practice their word-building skills. Using a set of tiles with letters on them, students have to create interconnected words and use up all their tiles.

The group that finishes first with correctly spelled words is the winner! You can purchase official Bananagrams tiles online, but you can also find printables to make your own or use Scrabble tiles. Another classic game, Pictionary, helps students attach meaning to words that might be unfamiliar to them. Divide students into two teams or groups, then give each student a pad of paper or a whiteboard with a marker.

Have one student stand at the front of the room and draw a word you show them. While they draw, the team has to guess the word. If they guess correctly, their team gets a point! Inspire a little competition with a classwide spelling bee. Using your list of vocabulary words, give the first person an opportunity to spell the word. If they need it, give them the definition or use it in a sentence.

If the student is correct, they get to stay standing and move on to the next round. The student left standing at the end is the winner. Keep students engaged and active during reading comprehension lessons with a summer-inspired activity. As students catch the ball, they have to answer the question their fingers land on.

As a class or in small groups, divide into two teams. Invite the first student up to the front of the room. A favorite among younger learners, but also applicable up to junior high level. Students take turns to complete sentences and equations, and the first team to have all members successfully carry out a task wins!

An excellent way to practice vocal expression and go over key concepts learned in class. Topics could be anything, but biology, history, and language are especially suitable. To play, place a chair in front of the IFP. Then, students take turns sitting in the chair facing the class, with their back to the board. The seated student then needs to guess a word or image shown on the interactive display based on hints given by the rest of the class, without saying the actual word in question, obviously.

When the hot seat student succeeds in figuring out the word, they get to pick the next contestant. The following games can be downloaded directly to your interactive display through BenQ Suggests or via internet browser. Great app for quiz-based classroom gaming.

Works for any level, and of benefit to every age group. You can access the massive quiz database, or make your own quizzes, up to you. Very good for promoting friendly competition and knowledge retention. However, does require additional devices like smartphones, tablets, or laptops, so keep that in mind. Different game modes available, including fill in the gap, match the word, flashcard, and type the answer.

Highly active games that are perfect for energizing classes and encouraging movement. GoNoodle is mostly recommended for grade school levels, and offers numerous game modes to choose from. The following games can be played through most common presentation software that almost all teachers are familiar with- Microsoft PowerPoint. You can mirror these games from your computer or display directly on Windows-enabled Interactive Display.

Templates for these games can be found on the internet easily and with a tiny bit of customization, you can make your class extremely fun and engaging. Famous game that works just like the TV version, and has students learning via a question and answer format with a team-based arrangement.

Suitable for any grade. The game can then be played directly on the interactive display. Then, periodically shut off the music. Once the music stops, students should rush to sit down. The last person to get to their seat loses the round. Musical Chairs is an example of a virtual minute to win it activity.

For classes that miss Model UN, Ambassadors is an educational game where students act as ambassadors of a randomly assigned country. Great for geography classes, players describe their country with facts, as everyone else guesses what country they represent.

The winner is the student who guesses the most countries correctly. After a few rounds, your students will learn all sorts of fun facts about nations of the world. To keep your students occupied over the summer, enlist your reading class for Summer Book Club, an activity where students log the number and a brief summary of pages they have read. The winner of Summer Book Club is the student who reads the highest number of pages by the end of the summer.

To make winning more appetizing, prepare rewards for the winner. Teachers can also compile a suggested reading list to keep students on track. Send students a blank copy of a world map. Then, ask students to fill out the map as completely and accurately as possible.

To make Geography Puzzles a collaborative effort, teachers can also pair up students and reward the team that finishes filling out their map first. Virtual Game Show is an online version of the popular show Jeopardy, where students attempt to guess the answer to questions.

Using this Jeopardy builder or Google Slide template , assemble your board. Then, split the class into teams and share your screen to display the board. The team that collects the most points by the end of the game wins. Check out our list of virtual game show ideas and this resource on how to play team building Jeopardy.

To play, choose a category. Your students then name words that fit that topic, except that every proposed word needs to start with the last letter of the previous word. If a student is unable to think of another word, then they are out. The last student standing wins. Limericks are a whimsical poetry form with a specific rhythm.

Class Limericks is a wonderful game for online English classes that asks students to compete to write the most amusing limerick. Teachers can choose a particular subject or let students choose what they would like to write about. For help explaining limericks to students, here are some guidelines on how to write a limerick. Suitable for younger classes, Virtual Show and Tell is an online version of the classic classroom activity, where students share an item with everyone and explain its significance.

Teachers can set a theme for your show and tell to help students decide what to bring. This online activity can be educational, and also bring the class closer as each session reveals more of your students. Would You Rather is a simple icebreaker that gets students talking. To play, compile a list of prompts.

Then, open the online lesson by asking students what they would rather do. Would You Rather gives students an opportunity to divulge more about themselves, and liven up discussions.

Here is a list of this or that questions for inspiration. And here are more icebreaker questions for students. The premise of this activity is that a natural disaster strands eight people representing each intelligence on a desert island.

Teachers love Desert Island Intelligence because it adapts well virtually, and serves as a fun conversation starter. Here are more problem solving games to try. Rube Goldbergs are intricate machines that people program to complete a simple task. Rube Goldberg Off is a challenging online classroom game for science classes that asks students to compete to design the most inventive machine.