AN INNOVATIVE GAME TO ENGAGE STUDENTS IN CLASS
GEOGRAPHY BINGO
AN INNOVATIVE GAME TO ENGAGE STUDENTS IN CLASS
By Ms. Revathi Sundaresan
"Creativity, as has been said, consists largely of rearranging what we know in order to find out what we do not know. Hence, to think creatively, we must be able to look afresh at what we normally take for granted."
- George Kneller
In the spirit of the above quote, as teachers, it is up to us to make learning and discovery of new concepts as interesting and memorable as possible. As we all know, learning becomes a lot more effective when it is an active rather than a passive process. Geography Bingo is a unique and innovative educational game devised for students to learn and remember geographical terms and their definitions.
Colourful, exciting and kindles the curiosity to find more, learn more and play the game once more.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• To know as many as 100 geographical terms.
• To learn definitions of geographical terms and be familiar with the terms.
• To identify the geographical term from the definition.
METHODOLOGY
Step 1: Ask the students to list down all the geographical terms they have come across and find their definitions. (The teacher can add as many new terms also)
Step 2: The terms and definitions can be put up on the classroom information board for visual learning by students.
Step 3: Prepare the Bingo board with atleast 100 terms, the booklet with the corresponding definitions and the slips with atleast 20 terms in each slip. (The students can be involved in this exercise as they will enjoy doing it creatively)
Step 4: Distribute the slips and read out the rules of the activity.
Step 5: Pull out one term from the lot and call out the definition from the booklet. The students will have to find if the term is there in their slip and circle it.
Step 6: Note the names of and reward students who finish ten terms first, then fifteen terms and finally all twenty terms.
Step 7: Strike out the definition term that has been called out in the Score Sheet.
ASSESSMENT PARAMETERS:
Scholastic : Knowledge - 4, Understanding - 3, Application - 3
Co-scholastic : Life skills, Thinking skills - Critical thinking, Decision making, Problem solving and
Self awareness (5 point scale - A, B, C, D & E)
Real life connection : Correlate definitions to features they have come across or experienced in life.
Other skills excelled : Memorising, Retention, Recapitulation, Identification & Application
IMPORTANT NOTE : The most interesting aspect about this BINGO game is that this concept can be applied and implemented across any subject that is of interest to the students and their learning in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Astronomy, and so on.
GEOGRAPHY BINGO STUDENT WORKSHEET (SAMPLE)
Topic : Geographical terms
Assessment technique : Bingo Quiz
Concept covered : To learn and understand Geographical terms and their definitions.
Instructions : Read the terms given in your slip.
Listen to the definitions called out.
Identify the term and circle it, if found in your slip.
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EROSION
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STRAIT
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BLIZARD
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CONTOUR
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DELTA
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ISOHYET
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SATELLITE
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EPICENTRE
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LATITUDES
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PLANTATION
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AVALANCHE
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CYCLONE
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FLOOD
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BAY
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DOLDRUMS
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IRRIGATION
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ECOSYSTEM
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HUMIDITY
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PAMPAS
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TRIBUTARY
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