Preparing for Game Play
It’s Here! SXSWedu Announces 2014 Playground Schedule
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We’re absolutely thrilled to share the newly unveiled official schedule for the SXSWedu 2014 Playground, which we're co-sponsoring with Xerox.
The SXSWedu Playground is an interactive learning space ...
The Fly to Mars Game: Preparing to Play
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Before your students play the Fly to Mars game, allow them to view the Mars movie and then fill out the activity page. You can also use the graphic organizer to compare life on Earth to that on Mars. ...
Ninja Kitchen: Preparing for Play
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Show students the two minute overview movie which outlines how the Ninja Kitchen game works and its objectives....
Control of the Cell Cycle: Preparing to Play
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This Control of the Cell Cycle game is much easier to complete if learners are already familiar with the different phases in the cell cycle. If they are not, have them pay extra attention to the image...
Treefrog Treasure: Preparing for Play
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Make sure you introduce the concepts of both fractions and number lines to your students prior to the Treefrog Treasure game, in order to reduce their learning curve....
The Diabetic Dog Game: Preparing for Play
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Many of your students will know someone with diabetes. Have a discussion before and after Diabetic Dog game play, to be sure students connect diabetes to both insulin and diet. Encourage students to...
Preparing to Play Supreme Decision
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Make sure learners have the background knowledge when preparing to play Supreme Decision. Students should know:
What the Constitution and the First Amendment are
The job of the Supreme Court, ...
Simple Machines: Preparing for Play
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Introduce the concept of simple machines using a classroom door! Students like to see how simple machines are a part of everyday life, and this is an easy way to illustrate that fact. Through the acti...
Argument Wars Social Studies Game: Preparing for Play
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Learners will get more out of the Argument Wars social studies game if they are familiar with the rights contained in the Bill of Rights and in other amendments. It would also be best if they understa...
A Tangled Web: Preparing to Play
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It's useful to make sure all the students know relevant vocabulary prior to playing a Tangled Web.
Be sure to teach the meanings of basic concepts related to angles, parallel lines, polygons, trian...
