Educational Games: Game 5, Beach Volleyball

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Assess knowledge and understanding.
Prepare for examinations.
Use textbooks to locate information.

Equipment

A set of serve cards (see following examples)
A textbook

Description

The teacher or pupils prepare a series of serve cards that
have questions worth three marks (such as the ones that follow).



The class is put in teams of two, and one team plays against
another (as in beach volleyball). Team A serves and turns over a card
for team B to receive.

To score a point, team B has to provide three answers to a question.
If they can’t provide three answers, then the point goes to team A.
In volleyball a player cannot touch the ball twice, so in this game, a
team member cannot provide two answers in a row. Both members
of  the  team  have  to  contribute  to  win  a  point.  Team  B  then  serves
and turns over a card for team A. A textbook acts as the referee!

Variations

Easier: Allow the teams a set number of time-outs. When a team
decides  to  use  a time-out,  they  have  45  seconds  to  find  the
answer in their books.

Harder: Introduce a set number of blocks that each team can play.
In this variation, if team A get three correct answers to a question,
team  B  can  play  a  block,  meaning  team  A  has  to  provide
one more example to get the point.

Source: Gareth Long et al, 101 classroom games: Energize learning in any subject, 2011.

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