Super Mario PowerPoint Game
From Akita Wiki
By Melissa Noad
File
Directions
- Divide students into teams of 3-5 students. I start the PowerPoint to show the video to add interest in the game.
- Have students choose who will answer questions 1st, 2nd, 3rd, …
- The first student to answer questions will stand up.
- Click until you get to the board game screen. The teacher will roll a 6-sided die and will click on the corresponding square. If you teach a 60 minute class, 1 die is okay. If you teach a 45-50 minute class, use 1 die and then change to 2 around the level of the bridge going over the river (it seems to time out okay for me there, but use your judgement). For really short classes, use 2 dice.
- A battle screen and question will appear. The first student to raise his/her hand first and answer the question correctly will win the battle. Click the screen to end the battle and display the points the group gets for that question.
- The student who answered the questions rolls the die next.
- The winner of the game has the most points. I also give a prize (candy) for the treasure chest question and for killing the dragon. I have printed a sheet of monster stickers to give as prizes. You can even print a sheet of monsters, cut them out, laminate them, and add magnets to the back of them as prizes for students to put in their lockers or in their tin pen cases.
Items
If students answer a question with an item box, they can get the corresponding items (which can be changed to suit your classes/interests): Coin - extra point. Mushroom - the group who wins it can attempt to answer the next question first. Fire flower - the group who wins this can use the flower to stop another team from answering the next question. Star - the group who wins this can steal a point from another team.
Tips
- You can edit this game to put in your own questions and points.
- You can use 2 dice if you have less time to play the game.
- You can click the arrow to scroll to the next screen of links.
- You can create your own PowerPoint video game using this one as a reference.
- You can see all of the levels and questions easily in Slide Sorter mode in PowerPoint. The top half of the slides are the levels, and the bottom half are questions and monsters.
Notes
This game took me 4 weeks to create, which included hunting for photos, figuring out the logistics of the workings of the game, and adding questions. Keep this in mind if you choose to make your own.
