Suggestion On How To Play Jeopardy

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Suggestions on how to play Jeopardy:

I usually play Jeopardy by giving each student a small whiteboard, marker


and eraser to ensure that all students are actively involved in playing.

Before playing:
 Place students in small teams of 3-5 students and allow teams to
create team names.
 Record the team names on the board and keep track of their scores
throughout the game here.

Playing Jeopardy:
 Choose a team to pick the first category and dollar amount.
 Every team has an opportunity to answer each question and earn the
dollar amount.
 It is not a race. After a designated amount of time ask all students in
the room to hold up their whiteboards with their answers.
 Rotate around the room allowing different teams to choose the
category and dollar amounts.

Awarding Points:
 If all team members have the appropriate work and correct answer,
the team can be awarded points.
 If a team does not have the correct work and answer, no points are
awarded.
 Optional: Depending on the class, sometimes the game can be played
so that correct answers gain points and incorrect answers lose points.

Daily Double:
 The Daily Double allows students to earn double the points if they
answer a question correctly.

Final Jeopardy:
 After seeing the Final Jeopardy category, but before seeing the
question, teams must decide how much they want to wager. If a
team gets the correct work and answer for the Final Jeopardy
question they gain all that they wagered, but if a team is incorrect
they will lose all that they wagered.
 Final Jeopardy is a nice way to give all teams a chance to get back in
the game and possibly win at the conclusion of the game.

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