For the Teacher

Overview of Grade 5 Earth Science, Engagement 6

Students work in small teams. Taking turns, teams select a box on the game board that reveals a question. If a team answers their question correctly, they can decide whether to keep the box or give it away to another team. Only then will the contents of the box be revealed. The box can give points to the team or take points away.

What You Need

• The means to project this interactive for whole-class viewing.

Advance Preparation

• Plan a way to keep track of which students have already answered and which students are still eligible for a turn. Collectively, the screens include thirty-two questions, so each student in the class should get at least one turn.

How to Facilitate

• Beginning with the screen following this one, project the engagement in the largest format possible for whole-class viewing.
• Go over the rules with students before beginning.
• In the first and second slide sequences, the class will to a narration that sets the scene.
• Appoint a volunteer to to answer each question as you navigate through the slides. Use the Check button to see if the answers are correct.
• After all the questions are correctly answered, choose Next to continue to the next screen.
• A clue card will appear on the screen to provide evidence about the mystery. Choose Next to revisit the list of suspects. They will be eliminated one by one.
• After completing all the question screens, you’ll be left with one remaining suspect . . . the culprit!