Dennis Pinkley

Use this fun filled three minute activity as a reward for class or individual competitions. Instead of just awarding, for example, 25 extra credit points add some excitement by giving your students a chance to earn a much larger amount or possibly less. You set the 16 possible amounts that are then hidden in balloons. Your student picks one of the clown�s balloons and then she has a choice of keeping it or taking a balloon with a known amount that is offered by the clown. Once all but two ball

The problem with Jeopardy is that one team is answering questions while the others just watch (hopefully they�re at least watching). This 25 question, 5 team game offers many advantages. First, all teams answer all questions. Teams take turns selecting questions and the team selecting has the opportunity to gain or lose double points. Speaking of points, forget the standard Jeopardy format and check out this new point format. Don�t like it? No problem, because it�s designed to be easily ch

Check out this academic competition scoreboard. It's designed to be projected during a competition. There's a separate scoreboard for each subject, displayed in the school colors with a continually updated total score. There's also a summary scoreboard that shows the scores for each subject. There are complete instructions on how to enter school names, select school colors, change the competition name and even change the points earned/lost for each correct/wrong answer. Not exactly what you need

The climax of this exciting review activity will have your students cheering loudly for their team to win the Race as their team colors dash across the screen. The team that correctly answers the most of 25 multiple choice questions will have the best chance to win, but even the long shot might pull off a victory. View an actual race in the free sample version. This program works in Excel 97 or higher and requires that security levels be set to allow macros.

Whether you're dividing your class into two kickball teams or eight project groups, this easy to use Excel program does it quickly and fairly. Since starting to use Team Picker in my class for lab teams, discipline problems have decreased and the quality of their work has improved. It's also great for dividing the class into teams after a quiz to reward the team with the highest average. This built in feature helps prevent cooperative efforts since they don't know who will be on their team.

Your students will stay focused while participating in this 25 question review activity. Up to five teams compete with potential high scores in the millions. Scoring is similar to Who Wants to be a Millionaire in that scores grow quickly with each successive correct answer. However, if they should miss a question, they�re not out but they do have to start over at zero. If they�re unsure of an answer they could always pass and bank their score. The highest banked score wins. For added challen

Your students will call this review activity �Battleship� because it�s similar to the popular game. Instead of ships they will be trying to uncover hidden points but they must first answer a question correctly to get to select a box. This review activity will hold your students attention as they try to answer correctly to improve their chance of finding the most hidden points. You can add as many as one hundred multiple choice or true/false questions and decide how many to show each round

At last a Drop and Drag activity that�s both fun and educational for your students and real easy for you to customize with your material. There are 13 screens with a variety of category and word combinations. Use them all or only use some. A simple input table is provided for entering your categories, correct and incorrect choices. The students simply select a word and drag & drop it under the appropriate category. They can then check their responses and reset for another try if they wish. Wha

This might just be the best review activity. Individual or small teams of students work their way through a maze of rooms earning points and collecting tokens. Each room contains a challenge that they must complete before choosing a path to another room. Challenges consist of a variety of question types and puzzles all relating to your material. Don’t panic, it’s real easy to enter your material. If they cannot successfully complete a challenge they simply click reset for a new randomly chosen s

Older students will enjoy this review activity that determines a winner based on the best poker hand. Don�t worry, there�s no gambling involved. But if you don�t like poker or if you teach younger students, any other cards or even homemade cards on index cards will work just as well. A card is earned for each correct question. Questions are displayed individually for about 20 seconds (the time is easily adjusted). After five questions, the correct answers are reviewed then cards are distri

Your students will call this review activity �Battleship� because it�s similar to the popular game. Instead of ships they will be trying to uncover hidden points but they must first answer a question correctly to get to select a box. This review activity will hold your students attention as they try to answer correctly to improve their chance of finding the most hidden points. You can add as many as one hundred multiple choice or true/false questions and decide how many to show each round

Here�s a fun way for your students to review facts they have learned as they relate to various categories. A student selected at random selects which of eight categories relates to the displayed fact. Since the fact is displayed for a few seconds before a students name appears, all students must be ready with their answer. I use it for reviewing quantities and units, but it will work well in all subject areas such as: in geography for reviewing facts about countries; history with facts about h

This fast paced review activity is sure to keep your students focused and involved. A question is displayed for a few seconds giving all students time to decide on their answer. Then one or two names chosen at random are displayed. The selected student(s) must answer before the buzzer sounds and the correct answer is displayed. The action is nonstop in rounds of 20 questions. You can enter as many as 120 multiple choice or true/false questions. This program works in Excel 97 or higher and requir

Do you need a fun way to reward students? Try Bonus Bucks. Reward students with Bonus Bucks for reasons of your choice and let them choose how to redeem them from several options also of your choosing. For example, they could be redeemed: for extra credit; to purchase small items such as pencils or suckers; or maybe something more creative like a five minute nap. This Excel program provides a template for printing colorful, secure Bonus Bucks. It’s no problem if you don’t like the name or colors

Do you need an easy fun way to get your students settled down and focused? Here�s a collection of twenty brain teaser type questions in an easy to use Power Point format that will help get your students involved and primed for learning. A simple reward such as a few extra credit points will help to make an active participant of even the most reluctant student. A Pinkley Product Question Titles: Mount Everest; Dirt in a Hole; Color Word; Count the Dots; Arrows; Front, Ski, Melon, Fall; Ris

This is a fun review activity that can be used for many types of material. Students race the clock to try to match clues with the correct answers. Each round consists of from 3 to 10 (student�s option) sets of clues/answers chosen at random from your pool of as many as 100. Points are earned for each match. The more clues/answers in the round the higher the point values but the longer it will take. Complete as many rounds as you can before the time runs out. Complete instructions for enteri

This puzzle activity is a fun way for your students to review vocabulary and reinforce correct spelling. It’s an electronic version of one of those plastic puzzles with the sliding pieces that you move around to unscramble but it’s easier because any box can be moved directly to the open space. Each puzzle consists of from 3 to 6 (student’s option) color coded words with clues chosen from a pool of as many as 100. Points are earned for each correctly unscrambled word. The more words in the puzzl

In this electronic version of the popular Bingo game your students improve their chances of winning by correctly answering T/F questions. The computer randomly selects one of your questions then after a short pause that gives all students time to read the question and decide on an answer a student is selected at random. If they answer correctly they get to select one of the squares on their Bingo sheet. Printable, randomly generated Bingo sheets are included. . This program works in Excel 97 or

Your early readers will enjoy matching the names of objects to corresponding pictures. Each colorful page contains four pictures and a list of names. The child drags the names to the box below the picture. If correct a reward sound is played. If incorrect the image bounces back. This activity is in flipchart format so it can be used on an ActivBoard. It can also be used on any personal computer with a free copy of the student version of ActivInspire which can be downloaded from prometheanplanet.

Use this fun filled three minute activity as a reward for class or individual competitions. Instead of just awarding, for example, 25 extra credit points add some excitement by giving your students a chance to earn a much larger amount or possibly less. You set the 16 possible amounts that are then hidden in balloons. Your student picks one of the clown�s balloons and then she has a choice of keeping it or taking a balloon with a known amount that is offered by the clown. Once all but two ball