PAT Bank

Swat Meet (all grades)

Author:

Ron Seim
Columbus Tustin Middle School
California

Subject:

Any

Objective:

To review given information before a test

Materials and Preparation:

2 fly swatters

Student Grouping:

2 teams

The Play:

Three or four answers are written in boxes on a poster or on the whiteboard. (example: three or four Pharaohs)
One student is to be assigned as scorekeeper

Round 1:

1. One player from each team comes to the front of the room and stands on opposites sides of the poster.
2. Each player will begin with a flyswatter behind his or her back.
3. The teacher will read a fact about one of the Pharaohs.
4. The two students will attempt to be the first one to swat the correct box (with the Pharaoh's name in it).
5. A player has only one chance to swat the right box with each question.

Round 2: Two new players, one from each side, replace the ones from round one. Continue game with new set or questions/facts.

Each new player is a new round. Each round consists of 1-4 questions. The game continues until the teacher runs out of facts.

Scoring:

The first person who swats a box correctly receives one point for his or her team.

Further Play:

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Examples:

Teacher:" Which Pharaoh fathered nearly 100 children?"

• The two players think as fast as they can and aim their flyswatters to hit the correct box.
• The one who hit Rameses first receives one point for his or her team.
• If they both miss Rameses, then the teacher will go on to the next question.
• If one misses Rameses, then the other one has three seconds to hit the right box (Pharaoh).

The teacher then reads the next question.

Comments or Variations:

A student may be assigned to be a referee. He or she will decide who hit the correct box first.