"Jeopardy"NOT TM Game
Alex is my 'hero'. Well, not a REAL hero by definition. My REAL hero status is reserved for Galileo, Newton, Einstein, Feynman, my Dad, Police and Firemen (Yes, I am totally 'PI'...Get over it...). However, I'd love to have Alex' job! Hire a whole batch of smart people to write me questions and answers that I can mis-pronounce and make a gazillion frillin' dollars! Who wouldn't want that job? Oh, G.W. already has it? Darn!
Anyway, I like to use the old Jeopardy format for both class review before a test and as a "filler" on those really strange days that only a public school educator can relate to - Pep Rally Day, Student Election Day, Senior Trip Meet With Parents Day, How To Behave At The Prom Day, I Saw Elvis Day...
Anyway, I run Jeopardy reviews as follows:
- Eight, count 'em 8, categories! Usually I have
- 5 real Fizzix categories. Like 'Motion", "Newt's Laws", "Rotation", "Electromagnetic Induction".
- 1 "Numbers" category - All answers deal purely with numbers, like "What % pure is 18 carat gold?"
- 1 "Stuff" category - Just useless trivia I've verified over my 28 years as a Math & Science teacher and 50+ years on this planet. Like "Name all Seven Dwarves (Dwarfs?) in alphabetical order" or "Name all the states whose names begin and end in the same letter". You know, all the pertinent stuff...
- 1 "TP" category - NO! Not "Toilet Paper"! It's "Trivial Pursuit"! They pick the category on a TP card set that I'm in total control of and I read the question. (If I'm feeling frisky, I read questions from the first few editions. You know, before they were BORN!)
- 3 teams, just like TV, huh?
- Kids play for an actual Quiz or LAB grade. Winning team gets 100, 2nd gets 95, 3rd gets 90. OR, on those days I'm feeling ornery; winner gets 100, 2nd gets 90, and 3rd gets a ZERO! WHUUAAHAAHAAHAA!
- Teams raise hands to get called on. They can confer and get a group consensus BEFORE answering, but MUST answer when I call on them.
- Each team gets one AND ONLY ONE answer per question!
- YOU are the only judge in the room! I've been known to take a 100 points of more from teams who even have the audacity to question my judgement calls...
- Here's a Demo Game in MS PowerPoint format for your perusal...
Here's a Demo Game in ADOBE PDF format for your perusal... (NON-operational, but gives you an idea...)
- Contact me & I'd be happy to send you a game you can use in your class! Yep! It's FREE right now... Might not be once I find a buyer...