5 ready-to-teach gamified lessons - part 2
Thomas Courtley
Education Specialist
There are so many ways of engaging your students with gamified lessons. Make sure they learn and absorb information without being aware of it, while playing! It’s a win-win.
History chess game: unraveling concepts through strategy
At the heart of the game lies the art of critical evaluation. Students are presented with a series of statements, each accompanied by a set of coordinates representing specific quadrants on the chessboard. Their task? To be able to correctly discern the 'true' statements, and discover the hidden concepts related to the subject you are teaching.
As the game unfolds, students become adept at maneuvering their pieces— or rather, statements—across the historical chessboard, deftly discovering concepts through strategy!
Unlock the secrets of language with The knights movement
An engaging gamified learning technique that challenges students to decipher words and concepts through strategic leaps of letters. Inspired by the rhythmic motion of a horse's jump, this puzzle game encourages students to use their cognitive agility to unlock the hidden meaning behind words.
Guess the initial letter and keep jumping clockwise, skipping two letters each time. As students successfully decipher each concept, they are prompted to clarify its broader context!
Watch your students become history domino detectives
In this learning technique, students embark on an exciting journey through history using a dynamic and interactive domino game. Through drag-and-drop questions, they're tasked with piecing together the correct sequence of events.
This lesson is easy to customise based on the subject you teach. You could match conjugations of verbs, for instance, or mathematical formulas with the correct results. For more information, check how to create a domino game in LessonUp.
Sharpen observation skills with spot the difference!
The rules are simple: students must carefully examine two images side by side and identify the differences between them. It's a fun and engaging way to train their eyes to notice even the subtlest variations, fostering a keen sense of observation and attention to detail. It challenges students to think analytically.
And the best part? Creating your own 'Spot the difference' of course! With photo editing software like Pixlr, you can modify images to add or remove elements, creating challenges tailored to your lessons' objectives or your students' interests.
Bring the thrill of jeopardy to your classroom
With the help of LessonUp’s spinner you can easily create a variation of America’s favourite quiz show jeopardy!
But there's a twist: instead of being provided with questions, students are given answers and must formulate the corresponding questions themselves—a true test of their comprehension and creativity! In this history lesson it’s all about historical figures and concepts related to specific exams in preparatory vocational education. This lesson is easily customisable per subject or theme. All you have to do is change the main categories and concepts in the digital spinner.
Gamification is made easy in LessonUp thanks to the possibility of implementing one or more interactive features. Don't miss our free formative assessment guide, with clear one-pagers explaining the benefits and possibilities of each feature, one at a time!
