{"id":396,"date":"2019-11-14T10:01:06","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T16:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.parentfunction.net\/blog\/?p=396"},"modified":"2019-11-14T10:01:06","modified_gmt":"2019-11-14T16:01:06","slug":"mystery-boxes-review-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.parentfunction.net\/blog\/2019\/11\/14\/mystery-boxes-review-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Mystery Boxes Review Game"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Inspiration<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I recently saw a Facebook post referencing a teacher\u2019s use of post-it notes from Naeir<\/a> for a review game called Stinky Feet<\/a>.\u00a0 The timing was perfect because we were going to be reviewing the next day for a polynomial test.\u00a0 However, instead of using post-it notes, I decided that I could do \u201cbetter\u201d and make a digital game for Stinky Feet.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Designing my App<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I coded the app in Code.org\u2019s app lab<\/a> and went\nthrough a couple of iterations of the design before I decided on my final\ndesign.  I also decided the name Stinky\nFeet did not match what I made, so I changed the name to Mystery Boxes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In my app, the team is chosen from a dropdown box. I have 8\ngroups of 3 \u2013 4 students in each period, so I designed the app to work for 8\nteams.  Once a team is chosen, a box 1 \u2013\n5 is chosen to award points to the team. \nThe mystery is that the point values for each box are randomly generated\nby the computer and change every time the box is clicked.  The random value is from -2 to 5 points.  The score is automatically updated based on\nthe chosen team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reset button allows you to quickly reset the game for the next class period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Playing the Game<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I displayed a problem for the students to solve.\u00a0 Each student worked the problem on their own paper.\u00a0\u00a0 Then I randomly picked one member of each team to write their answer on a white board at their group.\u00a0 My desks are labeled with playing cards, so I would pick a suit (club, heart, diamond, spade).\u00a0 If a group did not have someone sitting at the chosen suit, another member of the group would write their answer.\u00a0 Each group held up their answer and every group that had a correct answer would come to the board to choose their mystery box.\u00a0 My new interactive short throw projector had just been installed and calibrated so this was a great way to use it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Updating the App<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because the computer was randomly assigning the point values every time the mystery box was chosen, it was possible that the points were identical in multiple boxes.\u00a0 Some students did not realize they had already received their points and clicked again.\u00a0 So I made a small change to the code so you have to choose a team after every time a box is clicked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mystery Box App<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feel free to use my app<\/a> in your class.\u00a0 If you do, let me know how it goes.\u00a0 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Inspiration I recently saw a Facebook post referencing a teacher\u2019s use of post-it notes from Naeir for a review game called Stinky Feet.\u00a0 The timing was perfect because we were going to be reviewing the next day for a polynomial test.\u00a0 However, instead of using post-it notes, I decided that I could do \u201cbetter\u201d and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-games"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.parentfunction.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.parentfunction.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.parentfunction.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.parentfunction.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.parentfunction.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=396"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.parentfunction.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":399,"href":"http:\/\/www.parentfunction.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396\/revisions\/399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.parentfunction.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.parentfunction.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.parentfunction.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}