Leaderboard sprint
Ten questions on last week's lesson, 20 seconds each. Students answer on their phones, and fast right answers earn a speed bonus. Show the leaderboard after every few questions to keep the race close.
- Played as
- Whole class
- Time
- 10 to 15 min
Team quiz battle
Split the class into random teams of three to five. Each team shares one phone and agrees on an answer before the timer runs out. Talking it through is where the review happens.
- Played as
- Teams of 3 to 5
- Time
- 15 to 20 min
Spin the topic
Put the unit's topics on a wheel and spin it on the projector. Whatever it lands on, every team writes down one fact or answers one question on that topic. Take the topic off once it is done.
- Played as
- Teams or whole class
- Time
- 10 to 15 min
Word cloud recall
Ask for one key term from the unit. The words students give most grow biggest on the screen. Then ask what is missing: the gaps tell you what to teach again.
- Played as
- Whole class
- Time
- 5 min
Put it in order
Give students the steps of a process or the events of a period, mixed up. They drag them into the right order on their phones. Good for timelines, experiments and the stages of a method.
- Played as
- Whole class
- Time
- 5 to 10 min
Match the pairs
Terms on one side, definitions on the other. Students match them against the clock. Use it for vocabulary, formulas and their names, or authors and their works.
- Played as
- Whole class
- Time
- 5 to 10 min
Rank it
List four to six causes, factors or options and ask students to rank them. The screen shows the class's average order. Ask two students who disagree to explain their top pick.
- Played as
- Whole class
- Time
- 10 min
Confidence check
Before the review, students rate how sure they feel about each topic from 1 to 5. Start with the topic that scores lowest. Run it again at the end to see what moved.
- Played as
- Whole class
- Time
- 5 min
Muddiest point
Students post the part of the unit they still find unclear, without their names, and upvote the ones they share. Teach the top three again before the test.
- Played as
- Whole class
- Time
- 10 min
Vote, then prove it
Ask a hard multiple-choice question and let everyone vote. Then students argue for their answer with a partner for two minutes. Vote again and see how many changed their mind.
- Played as
- Pairs
- Time
- 10 min
Vocabulary bingo
Print a bingo card for every student with the unit's key words. Read a definition, and students mark the word that matches. The first full line wins.
- Played as
- Whole class
- Time
- 15 to 20 min
No-options round
A harder round with no choices to pick from: students type the answer themselves. It tests recall, not recognition, so save it for the end of the review.
- Played as
- Whole class
- Time
- 10 min
Speed round
Five quick questions with ten-second timers. It wakes the room up at the start of a lesson or after a long task. Keep the questions short enough to read in a few seconds.
- Played as
- Whole class
- Time
- 5 min
Countdown challenge
Put a three-minute countdown on the projector. Teams write as many correct facts about one topic as they can. Read them out and cross off any repeats.
- Played as
- Teams of 3 to 4
- Time
- 10 min
Question number draw
Number the questions on a review sheet. Draw a number to choose which one the class does next, with no repeats. Students can't skip ahead to the easy ones.
- Played as
- Whole class or teams
- Time
- 10 to 15 min
Pin the answer
Show a map, a diagram or a graph, and ask students to drop one pin on the right spot. The pins show at a glance who knows where the answer is.
- Played as
- Whole class
- Time
- 5 min
Explain it in one sentence
Ask students to explain a key idea in one sentence. Read a few answers out without names and ask the class which one is clearest and why.
- Played as
- Whole class
- Time
- 10 min
Rematch next week
Run the same quiz again a few days later. Spacing the practice helps it stick, and students like beating their own score. Each session's results stay in your archive.
- Played as
- Whole class
- Time
- 10 min
Review game show
Build one lesson as a game show: a title slide, three quiz rounds, a leaderboard between rounds and a wheel spin for the bonus question. Click through it all from one screen.
- Played as
- Whole class or teams
- Time
- 30 to 45 min
Quiz from your notes
Add your lesson notes as a PDF and AI drafts the quiz questions. Check every question and answer before you save, then run it as any of the games above.
- Played as
- Whole class
- Time
- 10 to 20 min
