REVIEW ACTIVITIES
Beneath their array of bells and whistles, most “gamified” edtech softwares amount to a shallow parade of low-level fact recall questions. Our students deserve better than brightly colored Scantrons, and these activities help them lock in serious learning. Browse libraries with variations on a single “game” like pedagogy in the collections of Review Activities inside of the blue section located just below, or scroll down to the white section to explore an ever-expanding array of totally unique Review Activities that you can start using right away.
REVIEW ACTIVITY COLLECTIONS:
Badge Battle Peer Review
Peer review days can often result in cases where “the rich get richer” while struggling students find themselves on the outside of quality feedback looking in. This collection provides a clever bit of gamification to help this staple of student-centered classroom run more smoothly for all parties involved.
Carnival Corner
Step right up to Carnival Corner! These time-tested classics of boardwalks and midway games get a classroom-friendly twist in this high-energy collection! From ring toss to mini golf, each game is packed with instant familiarity and fun—plus a step-by-step guide and editable slideshow to make setup a breeze. No tickets required!
Classroom Jackpot
Classroom Jackpot is a collection of high-energy review formats built around risk, reward, and strategic decision-making. Students might collect playing cards, wager poker chips, press their luck, or protect their points. Each game invites teams to weigh choices, manage momentum, and keep the excitement building from round to round.
Clothespin Bumper Cars
What happens when you take a staple of an old-school baby shower game and put it in play into your student-centered classroom? In a word: absolute chaos! But in the best way possible. Clip into this colorful collection of Clothespin Bumper Car game variants to ditch those “gotcha” tests once and for all.
Devilish Debates
Any parent of a two-year-old or a teenager will be quick to tell you that our kids really love to argue. But helping young people craft arguments that are more than just bluster can be a bit of a challenge for any teachers of any content area. This resource collection helps students hone their argumentative abilities.
Egg Dash Challenge
The Egg Dash Challenge is one of the fastest ways to get students of any age up and out of their seats. Inspired by the original #EggDashChallenge that first appeared in the pages of EDrenaline Rush in 2019 and the hundreds of spinoffs that have taken place since, this collection is guaranteed to crack your classes up.
Guild Builders
This epic classroom activity is unlike any other resource collection in the EMC² Learning library, and uses engine-building board game mechanics to foster teamwork, strategic thinking, and all kinds of student-centered creativity. Level up your skill trees, unlock tech tracks, and let the cascading power-up mechanics flow!
Last Plan Standing
What if concepts from your current unit had to battle for survival? With Last Plan Standing, students defend their knowledge in epic themed showdowns — from casting characters on reality TV showdowns to hand-picking the ultimate team of survivors to take on a teeming horde of zombies! Pick your favorite variant and get in the game!
Mini Model Melee
From ninjas and pirates to superheroes and master builders, the Mini Model Melee Collection transforms learning into a fast-paced battle of creativity, strategy, and teamwork. Students build mini models tied to course content while earning rewards, unlocking chaos, and racing for victory.
Mystery Box
Whether it’s at the sight of a wrapped present for a birthday or what might just be a top secret government facility hidden behind a “No Trespassing” sign — humans are fascinated by information that they cannot see. The Mystery Box collection taps into this power for a review game that your students will never forget.
Penny War Panic
Penny War Panic brings the spirit of the classic school fundraiser into the classroom! These fast-paced review games turn learning into a battle of brains and strategy as teams earn, spend, and sabotage with every correct answer. From Grudge Buckets to Cauldron Chaos, each themed variant delivers chaos, laughter, and classroom-friendly competition.
Resource Rumble
The premise of the Resource Rumble collection are simple: student teams earn building blocks for correct answers. But there’s a twist: every team is answering different questions simultaneously — so there is zero time spent “on the bench,” and every team has a chance to fall out of the lead (or get back in it!) at all times.
Save Our Students
When the COVID-19 Pandemic forced the world into quarantine, the sneaky and madcap social deduction game “Among Us” quietly took the planet by storm. The Save Our Students collection borrows the most addictive elements of this addictive party game to transform any in-class review into a hilarious whodunnit.
Slip & Slide Sinkers
Grab your whiteboards and get ready for a whole new way to lock in some seriously deep knowledge. With Slip & Slide Sinkers, your students will try to rack up the maximum number of collectibles while slipping their way across an oversized game board in hopes to wipe their opponents into the icy waters below. Give a click to make a splash!
Stack Skirmish
Discover Stack Skirmish: a collection built for serious play and deeper thinking. Students analyze, design, create, and defend their ideas while energy stays high and prep stays low. Grounded in Bloom’s upper levels and aligned to UDL, this is engagement with purpose. Any way you stack it, it sticks.
Storage Unit Surprises
Looking for a fun way to break up the horde of information that inevitably piles up as your classes cram to review for the end of their latest unit of study? The activities we’ve stockpiled inside of the Storage Unit Surprises collection are here to help your students do a cleaner job of separating the proverbial “junk” from the gems.
Tower Topplers
Looking to help your students develop a keener eye for detail as they spot check literally HUNDREDS of work products generated by their classmates? Repetition and consistency is the name of the game with Tower Topplers, which is designed to create a perpetual motion machine of student-centered excitement and review.
Track Attack
Go from zero to sixty in less than a minute with a new school twist on a classic “teacher makes up the questions on the fly” review game that will have your students racing with delight! Zero prep for teachers. One hundred percent engagement from students. Put the pedal to the medal and take Track Attack for a spin!
Triple Threat Throwdown
Many believe it was Albert Einstein who once said “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” The Triple Threat Throwdown collection gives your students not one, not two, but three different ways to unleash their inner genius.
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