Karen Ferrell

Author ~ Speaker

GameWize Plus

Use Microsoft PowerPoint to spice up lessons. Bring even the most hesitant learner out of their lazy daze. Invigorate your classroom with a learning-based, competitive enthusiasm that will have students begging to play (and learn) some more. Tailor each game to meet the needs of your unique classroom environment. Play as a whole class activity, or set up stations in the classroom for partner or small group competitions. Modify game components to make it relevant to current topics of study, and create a memorable learning experience for yourself and your students.

Includes 15 games!!

See below for the list of games, a brief description, and sample image from each game.

#1 Biggest Drip

Students are divided into three teams and assigned a faucet and container. Teams answer questions on a given topic. If they are correct, the team clicks on their faucet. A drip will appear, grow, and then drop into the container raising its water level. The first team to fill their container wins the game.

#2 Bit of a Yarn

Teams answer displayed questions. All teams with the correct answer click to select a ball of yarn at the bottom of the question slide. The yarn will ‘untangle’ following a path to one of four yarn baskets to reveal either 0, 5, 10, or 15 points earned for that question. Teams continue to answer questions and select balls of yarn until all questions have been answered. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins.

#3 Bookworms

Students are divided into three teams and assigned a worm (by number or by color). Teams answer questions on a given topic. If they are correct, the team clicks on their worm and it moves toward the doorway in its corresponding book. The first team to answer enough questions correctly (six questions) to move their worm through the book’s doorway, wins the game.

#4 Chomp Champ

Students are divided into three teams and assigned a set of teeth (blue, yellow, or green). Teams answer questions on a given topic. If they are correct, the team clicks on their chomping teeth and it eats its way across the board. The first team to answer enough questions correctly (five questions) to finish their meal, wins the game.

#5 Football Fan

Teams answer displayed questions. All teams with the correct answer click a football to determine how many yards they get to move their football. The first team to move their football across the field and score a touchdown, wins the game.

#6 Fruit Basket Turn Over

Teams answer a shown question. All teams that are correct select and click on a piece of fruit at the bottom of the screen. When the fruit disappears points for the question (either 0, 5, 10, 15, or 20) will be revealed. The team with the most accumulated points after twenty questions wins the game.

#7 Lemon Drop

Teams read the multiple choice question and click to select an answer. If the answer is incorrect, their answer will ‘drop’ into a box and out of play. If their answer is correct, a lemon will appear telling them they are correct.

#8 Marble Mania

Teams answer a shown question. All teams that are correct select a jar lid color. When the Marble Mania button is clicked, marbles will descend from above and bounce into jars. The number of marbles in each team’s jar will be the number of points earned for that question. The team with the most accumulated points at the end of the game wins.

#9 Oopsy Daisy

Students are divided into four teams and assigned a “daisy”. Teams answer questions on a given topic. If they are correct, the team selects a number from 1 to 10 and then clicks on the corresponding number on the petal of their daisy. The first team to finish plucking their daisy, wins the game.

#10 Pair 'a Dice

Teams select a lettered circle at the bottom of the game board to choose a question. If the team answers correctly, they roll a pair of six-sided die, add them together, and then click on the corresponding number of the die’s sum to remove that cube from the board. The first team to remove all their cubes or the team with the most SMILES when all questions are answered wins the game.

#11 Piece By Piece

Students are divided into four teams and assigned a game board rectangle (blue, red, green, or purple). Teams answer questions on a given topic. If they are correct, the team selects a number from 1 to 18 and then clicks on the corresponding circle to the right of their rectangle. One of the shapes to the team’s game board will fill with a color. As the game progresses and as more numbers are clicked, a new shape may be filled, an already filled shape may fill with another color, or nothing may happen. The first team to fill all their shapes with a color other than white wins the games.

#12 Pure Luck

Students are divided into four teams and assigned a game board rectangle. Teams answer questions on a given topic. If they are correct, the team selects a number from 1 to 52 and then clicks on the corresponding circle in the lower half of the slide. The number will randomly move to one of the team’s game boards. As the game progresses, teams may either elect to click on another numbered circle or click on a circle that has already been placed in order to remove it from play. The team with the most circles in their rectangle by the end of the game wins.

#13 Spin It To Win It

Teams answer a shown question. All teams that are correct select a color on the spinner then click on the spin button. If the spinner lands on their selected color they receive 20 points. All other teams receive 5 points for the question.

#14 Super Poppers

Teams answer displayed questions. The first team with the correct answer clicks on a balloon. The balloon will pop revealing how many points the team has earned for that question. The team with the most accumulated points at the end of the game, wins the game.

#15 Three Strikes

Teams answer displayed questions. All teams with the correct answer click a letter on their game board to reveal either a number or an X (a strike). If a team receives three strikes, the points they can earn are frozen, however, they can continue to answer questions correctly and force another team to reveal more than one space on their game board (forcing them to strike out as well). The team with the most revealed points at the end of the game wins.