Freshwater Jeopardy!
Activity Jeopardy activity
Freshwater Jeopardy! With your group, you will be creating your own jeopardy game board with 4 questions for each category. Each question is worth a different amount of points. After completing your jeopardy board, trade with another group to see how many points you can get playing their board. Materials: Poster board, index cards, markers, tape Procedures: 1. On the top of your poster board, create your title (Freshwater Jeopardy, What Do You Know About Freshwater?, etc.) 2. Create 4 columns on your board. These columns are your categories. Label the top of each column with its category name. These categories can be with regard to specific features of a particular freshwater habitat (Animal Life, Threats, Habitat Features, Water and Us.) or they can be for a specific type of freshwater (Rivers, Lakes, Wetlands). 3. Along the left side of your poster, create 4-‐5 rows. These rows are the point levels for your questions. Label the first row “100 Points,” the second row “200 Points,” etc. 4. Now you should have a grid on your poster. Tape the top of one index card in each spot. If you have 4 categories and 4 rows, you would use 16 index cards. 5. With your group, create questions of varying difficulties for each category. The easiest question should be worth the smallest amount of points and the hardest question should be worth the most points. Write the questions on the front of each card. The answers should be written on the poster board underneath each card. This way, you can find the answer by flipping up the question card. 6. “Fancify” your poster board. Go over your writing in color, add a border to the cards, add a border to your poster, include pictures, etc.!
Activity Jeopardy activity
7. Trade boards with another group to test your freshwater knowledge! Extensions and Variations: *You could use this activity for a specific chapter or for the entire freshwater book. *Adjust the number of categories, rows, and point values as needed in order to create fewer or more questions. *This could be an individual activity or a small group activity (2-‐4 students). Make sure that every student has a job when creating their Jeopardy board, and that every student has the opportunity to choose a question when playing the game. *If being able to see the questions is an issue when picking categories and points, simply instruct students to write the point value on the front of the card (rather than along the side of the board), and the questions on the back/flipped side of the card. The answers could still be written on the board (under the cards), and will need to therefore be covered up when reading the question. OR tape two cards on at a time: front of first card is the points, front of the second card is the question, and the answer is written on the poster board under both cards. *Students can keep track of their points themselves. If time, they could write down and find the correct answers to any questions missed.
Freshwater Jeopardy! With your group, you will be creating your own jeopardy game board with 4 questions for each category. Each question is worth a different amount of points. After completing your jeopardy board, trade with another group to see how many points you can get playing their board. Materials: Poster board, index cards, markers, tape Procedures: 1. On the top of your poster board, create your title (Freshwater Jeopardy, What Do You Know About Freshwater?, etc.) 2. Create 4 columns on your board. These columns are your categories. Label the top of each column with its category name. These categories can be with regard to specific features of a particular freshwater habitat (Animal Life, Threats, Habitat Features, Water and Us.) or they can be for a specific type of freshwater (Rivers, Lakes, Wetlands). 3. Along the left side of your poster, create 4-‐5 rows. These rows are the point levels for your questions. Label the first row “100 Points,” the second row “200 Points,” etc. 4. Now you should have a grid on your poster. Tape the top of one index card in each spot. If you have 4 categories and 4 rows, you would use 16 index cards. 5. With your group, create questions of varying difficulties for each category. The easiest question should be worth the smallest amount of points and the hardest question should be worth the most points. Write the questions on the front of each card. The answers should be written on the poster board underneath each card. This way, you can find the answer by flipping up the question card. 6. “Fancify” your poster board. Go over your writing in color, add a border to the cards, add a border to your poster, include pictures, etc.!
Activity Jeopardy activity
7. Trade boards with another group to test your freshwater knowledge! Extensions and Variations: *You could use this activity for a specific chapter or for the entire freshwater book. *Adjust the number of categories, rows, and point values as needed in order to create fewer or more questions. *This could be an individual activity or a small group activity (2-‐4 students). Make sure that every student has a job when creating their Jeopardy board, and that every student has the opportunity to choose a question when playing the game. *If being able to see the questions is an issue when picking categories and points, simply instruct students to write the point value on the front of the card (rather than along the side of the board), and the questions on the back/flipped side of the card. The answers could still be written on the board (under the cards), and will need to therefore be covered up when reading the question. OR tape two cards on at a time: front of first card is the points, front of the second card is the question, and the answer is written on the poster board under both cards. *Students can keep track of their points themselves. If time, they could write down and find the correct answers to any questions missed.
