TITLE: Jeopardy Review
AUTHOR: Shirley Elliott, Montana
GRADE LEVEL/SUBJECT: 3-6; science, astronomy
OVERVIEW: This is an educational game (similar to Jeopardy)
to review concepts learned during the TEACH unit. It can be
adapted to any material and any curriculum.
PURPOSE: The game is a motivational tool to enhance
enjoyment of reviewing concepts.
OBJECTIVES: The students will:
1. Experience cooperative learning.
2. Formulate questions from material in TEACH unit.
3. Review concepts.
4. Keep score.
RESOURCES/MATERIALS: Chalkboard, chalk, sticky notes
ACTIVITIES AND PROCEDURES:
Divide students into five cooperative groups.
Ask students to develop five questions pertaining to the
following categories: planets, Earth, sun, constellations,
potpourri ranging in difficulty from easy to hard. Write
questions on the chalkboard in Jeopardy-like format. Cover
each question with a sticky note labelled with the value of
the question (10-50) sees example.
Children in teams take turns choosing category and value.
Teacher pulls off sticky-note and reads question aloud. (or
student can read it to his group) If the answer is correct,
the value is added to team points. If is incorrect, it
passes on to the next team.
Behind two or three sticky notes, put a star which
indicates a bonus question (like the daily double in
Jeopardy). The group can decide how much to wager on the
question. Give no penalty for missed questions, pass them
on to the next team. Teams keep score.
Format:
Planets Earth Sun Constellations Potpourri
10
20
30 (questions go in columns here)
40
50
Sample questions:
PLANETS
10. How many planets are there? (9)
20. Which planet is nearest the sun? (Mercury)
30. The largest planet is ... (Jupiter)
40. Two planets with rings are ... (Saturn, Neptune,
Uranus, Jupiter - name any two)
50. Name the planets in order from the sun. (Mercury,
Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus,
Neptune, Pluto)
EARTH
10. Earth is a ... (planet)
20. Earth is mostly made of _____ and _____ . (water,
land)
30. The distance around Earth is .... (25,000 mi)
40. The distance through the Earth is ... (8,000 mi)
50. The speed that the Earth travels is ... (66,000 mi.
per second)
SUN
10. How far is the Earth from the sun? (92-95,000,000 mi)
20. What two kinds of energy do we get from the sun?
(heat, light)
30. Earth is nearer to the sun in ... (winter)
40. What size and color is the sun? (yellow dwarf)
50. What galaxy is the sun in? (Milky Way)
CONSTELLATIONS
10. Which constellation contains the North Star?
(Little Dipper)
20. Which constellation? (draw one, like Big Dipper)
30. Which constellation? (draw one, like Leo)
40. Which constellation? (draw one, like Orion)
50. What do you call a small group of stars in a
constellation? (asterism)
POTPOURRI
10. Earth's nearest neighbor in space is ... (moon)
20. If your chair were the sun, show Earth's rotation.
How long does it take? (one day)
30. If your chair were the sun, show Earth's revolution.
How long does it take? (one year)
40. What time of day would your shadow be longer, 9:00 am
or 12:00 noon? (9:00 am)
50. Which constellation contains Castor and Pollux?
(Gemini, The Twins)
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