This is a coded Excel game! If you want to use it, you will have to have Excel and allow macros.
WHAT YOU'LL NEED
- White boards, markers, and erasers for each group
- Copies of a list of questions for each group
DIRECTIONS
- Divide your class into groups
- Each group gets one of the four colors. If there are more than four groups, let groups work together as teams under one color.
- Groups answer questions on their white boards.
- For each answer, have one student from that group bring their white board and questions list to you.
- If they are correct, mark that question complete on the list and have them take a turn placing a colored square.
- Get 5 of the same color in a row to get a point.
GAME PLAY
- Click New Game to clear the board.
- Click a color and then click anywhere on the board to place a piece.
- Pieces will fall to the bottom of the board like in Connect 4.
- Collect 5 of the same color in a row to earn a point.
- The winning pieces will disappear and the leftover pieces will slide down to fill their places, like in Candy Crush.
- Overlapping wins are not counted. (If red gets five across and 5 down at the same time with an overlapping piece, only one win is counted and cleared.)
- To adjust the score, click Edit Points.
VARIATIONS
- You can set a time limit or play until one team gets 5 in a row.
TECHNICAL TIPS
- If you are using an electric blackboard, use the USB (in addition to the HTMI) to enable touch screen! Then the students can place the pieces themselves!
- If an error message pops up, just click continue. It will still work fine!
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