Bomb Squad
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Game Features
For an added challenge, includes 3 levels of difficulty
Teacher's script included as slide 1 in the PowerPoint (hidden)
Exciting animations and sound effects
Play as a listening or a listening/reading game - templates for both versions included in the PowerPoint
How to Play
A bomb has been activated and it’s up to the students to save the city!
During the game, the teacher will say a set of words or sentences.
Students listen carefully and match the words or sentences they hear to pictures on the screen.
The goal is for students to remember the colors under the pictures they match as those are the wires they must cut on the next slide to deactivate the bomb.
If they cut the wrong wire, the bomb will explode!
You can find additional comments in the notes sections of the PowerPoint that further explain how to play and edit the game.
Variations
The instructions above are for the listening version of this game. If you want to add a reading component, use words instead of pictures in the boxes. A template for this version is also included as hidden slides at the end of the PowerPoint.
For the online/Zoom version of this game, play as you would the normal game. However on the bomb slide, one by one choose random students to pick a wire to cut. Since you will call on students randomly, all students will have to pay attention when you read your words or sentences as they won't know who you will call on to pick a wire.
Runtime
STUDENTS: 6 TIME: 15min SKILL FOCUS: Listening FINISHED GAME?: Yes
I let students take turns choosing the colors, and we didn't have any points system. Actually, I used the offline version of this game to play it online and asked students to hide each time the bomb exploded. They loved it!