Let’s be honest: the home stretch of May into June can feel like a long, slow fade to summer. Once standardized testing wraps up, coming up with the sort of meaningful work required to maintain the rapt attention of our learners can feel like every bit of a losing battle. And between those late-semester locker cleanouts, those warmer weather field day chaos, and that inevitable “can we just watch a movie?” chorus from your students, it’s easy to lose momentum in those final weeks of the school year.
But what if you could flip the script?
What if your students were still thinking critically, collaborating creatively, and actually excited to show what they’ve learned… even in the final days of school?
Welcome to Last Plan Standing: the ultimate classroom activity collection designed to make end-of-unit (or end-of-year!) review feel like the highlight of the semester.
Last Plan Standing is a wildly creative activity collection where your students take the knowledge they’ve gained and put it to the test in epic, imaginative scenarios. From zombie apocalypses to ninja duels, reality TV showdowns to sacred temple quests, each variant in this series transforms learning into a high-stakes adventure where only the strongest ideas survive.
Whether your students are reimagining a math formula as a secret agent, assembling a team of historical figures to outlast a desert island, or pitching a scientific process to suit up and become the next superpowered hero, each Last Plan Standing activity challenges learners to defend, debate, and dominate with brains and creativity.
And best of all? We’ve done all the heavy lifting for you.
That’s right, folks. Each activity variant in the Last Plan Standing collection comes complete with:
A beautifully illustrated (and fully editable) slideshow
Rubrics for faster scoring
Sentence starters to help keep your students on track
Ready-to-go handouts for easier onboarding
Sample activity mock-ups to help you model with style
Step-by-step lesson plan instructions
A growing library of uniquely themed activity variants to keep the experience fresh.
The challenges that await your learners within each variant in this collection are just different enough to keep things novel all year long! And this light touch of lesson planing novelty will constantly force your learners to apply so much more than just a cheap new coat of stylistic paint over the same old review day activity.
You simply need to pick the version that best fits your unit (or your vibe!) and press play.
Each activity is more than just a flashy slide deck. It’s a full experience built to spark student creativity, elevate critical thinking, and actually make learning stick. The resource supplements are totally student-friendly. The sample use case scenarios are real-world tested. And the gameplay format has intentionally been crafted so as to be flexible enough to use across multiple units, all year long.
Give your students the chance to master one variant, then build anticipation as you introduce a new one next time. It’s a collection that builds classroom culture while reinforcing content in unforgettable ways.
End-of-year shouldn’t mean end-of-effort. Let your students leave it all on the field, and let the best plan stand.
The activities featured in this blog post are just a handful of the 1,000+ resources available and on their way to arrive shortly in the EMC² Learning library. This entire library is available to all members with an active Engagement Engineer or Engagement Engineer PLUS account, and is included with your annual site membership. We hope you’ll consider joining us as an Engagement Engineer to unlock a full year of site access. For complete details including our exclusive limited time offer for annual site membership, click here.
