Story

Put an interesting game title here

Game Directions

Game Preparation

Game Pieces
[Put a graphic here that represents your game]
You can change the colors of the buttons
Play the game or the yellow box by right-clicking on them
and selecting “Format Auto Shape”

Objectives
A Homemade PowerPoint Game
Credits By
Firstname Lastname
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 The Story of the “Game Title”
This is what makes your game interesting. Think about games you played
when you were young. What was your favorite game? What is your child’s
favorite game? What about the “story” of the game makes children want to
play it?

Your story should tie everything together -- the purpose of your game, what
they are going to learn, and why they should want to play the game.

Look at the sample games to see their stories.

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 Game Directions
The goal of the game is to…
To play the game you have to…
To win the game you have to…

You don’t have to include these specific headings -- but this is usually what is
included in game directions. You might have a friend or family member
(especially a child) play the game with you after you’ve started to put it together --
it’s a great way to test out your directions. Also -- look at existing games; what
directions do they include?

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 Game Preparation
•Below is an example. Customize to fit your game…
•Gameboard: Print out slides 9-12, cut off the edges, then tape together
•“Danger” Cards: Print out slides 13-14 (preferably on heavy stock with a
distinct color), then cut into individual question cards
•“Good luck” Cards: Print out slides 15-16 (preferably on heavy stock
with a distinct color), then cut into individual question cards

If your game does not have cards or does not use a board - you won’t
need this slide. You can just delete it and its corresponding button on the
first slide.

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 Time to play “Title of Game”!
• Create one action button for each question in your game (i.e., 25 questions, 25 buttons). This is
the slide students will return to at the beginning of each turn in order to access the next question.

• There are variations of this on some of the game examples -- see “Journey of the Sea Turtle” for
one example.

Remember, you can change colors, etc.

1 by right-clicking on the button and
choosing “format auto shape”

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 Game Pieces
You’ll want to change these and insert clip art that relates to your game topic. But
If your game doesn’t use a board or need pieces, you can just delete this slide.

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 1. Luke Skywalker lives on a moisture farm on Tatooine. One of his
daily chores is to work on moisture vaporators. He must work on 10
moisture vaporators a day, and each one takes him 15 minutes. How
long does he spend each day performing this task?

1 hour and 50 minutes 115 minutes 2 ½ hours

2. Luke and his Uncle Owen are looking for droids to help around the
farm. One droid costs $52.00 and the other costs $67.00, but the
jawas have a great deal to offer:
*Buy one droid and get the other (the least expensive one) 40% off!*
How much would the total cost be for both droids?

$87.80 $97.50 $119.00

3. Artoo Detoo says the chances of Luke and Han surviving the night in a
Hoth blizzard is 725 to 1. The number “2” in 725 is in the _______ place.

hundredths ones tens

1. Darth Vader ordered the stormtroopers to divide up into groups of
five to search for the ship’s occupants. There were 30 groups sent
out, but only 18 remained on the first floor. Later however, more help
was needed and 14 additional groups were sent. How many
stormtroopers were sent out in all?

164 220 160

1. It’s really wet on Dagobah! The average monthly rainfall for 6
months was 40.5 inches. If it had rained 1 inch more each month,
what would the average have been? By how much would the total
have been increased in 6 months? I’ll bet Luke wishes he’d brought an
umbrella!

I I 41.5 in., 6 in.

1. Han Solo makes an average of $8790 for each day he charters his
ship. Of this total, he must pay $4004 to Jabba the Hutt. If he
charters his ship every day for a week, what is the total amount he will
receive before paying Jabba? After he pays Jabba, how much is left for
himself?

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Yoda is thinking of two numbers. Their greatest common factor is 6.
Their least common multiple is 36. One of the numbers is 12. Can you
help Luke guess the other number?

3 18 6
Luke has spent a long time training to be a Jedi today and he’s
exhausted. However, the day isn’t over yet, and Master Yoda is not
about to let him quit. The number of hours that were left in the day
was one-third of the number of hours already passed. How many hours
are still left in the day?

5 6 9
Darth Vader has just encased Han Solo in carbonite. The carbonite slab
is three times as long as it is wide. If it were 3m shorter and 3 m wider
it would be a square.
What are the dimensions of the rectangular slab of carbonite?

I I width=3, height=9
Yoda’s hut has 10m^2 of living space. He’s thinking of adding a room
that is 1m by 2m. What would be the percent of increase in living
space? Luke thinks he needs to add more space than that, and get a
higher ceiling!

I I 20%
C3PO asked R2D2, "The average of seven numbers is 49. If 1 is added
to the first number, 2 is added to the second number, 3 is added to the
third number and so on up to the seventh number", what is the new
average? Can you help R2D2 solve this?

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The security code to open the doors has been changed, but Han thinks he
remembers seeing it somewhere. He remembers seeing a number 1. In
the hundred's place he remembers the number is 3 times the number in
the thousand's place. He said the number in the one's place is 4 times
the number in the ten's place. Finally, he remembers the number 2 is
sitting in the thousand's place. What is the number?

I I 2614
One Rebel flight hangar has space for 1000 ships. 2/5 of the spaces
are for Y-wings. On Tuesday, there were 200 Y-wings and some X-
wings in the parking lot. The hangar was 3/4 full. How many X-wings
were in the hangar?

I I 500
1. Luke and his Uncle Owen are looking for droids to help around the
farm. One droid costs $55.00 and the other costs $67.00, but the
jawas have a great deal to offer:
*Buy one droid and get the other (the least expensive one) 40% off!*
How much would the total cost be for both droids?

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1. Luke and his Uncle Owen are looking for droids to help around the
farm. One droid costs $55.00 and the other costs $67.00, but the
jawas have a great deal to offer:
*Buy one droid and get the other (the least expensive one) 40% off!*
How much would the total cost be for both droids?

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1. Luke and his Uncle Owen are looking for droids to help around the
farm. One droid costs $55.00 and the other costs $67.00, but the
jawas have a great deal to offer:
*Buy one droid and get the other (the least expensive one) 40% off!*
How much would the total cost be for both droids?

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1. Luke and his Uncle Owen are looking for droids to help around the
farm. One droid costs $55.00 and the other costs $67.00, but the
jawas have a great deal to offer:
*Buy one droid and get the other (the least expensive one) 40% off!*
How much would the total cost be for both droids?

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1. Luke and his Uncle Owen are looking for droids to help around the
farm. One droid costs $55.00 and the other costs $67.00, but the
jawas have a great deal to offer:
*Buy one droid and get the other (the least expensive one) 40% off!*
How much would the total cost be for both droids?

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1. Luke and his Uncle Owen are looking for droids to help around the
farm. One droid costs $55.00 and the other costs $67.00, but the
jawas have a great deal to offer:
*Buy one droid and get the other (the least expensive one) 40% off!*
How much would the total cost be for both droids?

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1. Luke and his Uncle Owen are looking for droids to help around the
farm. One droid costs $55.00 and the other costs $67.00, but the
jawas have a great deal to offer:
*Buy one droid and get the other (the least expensive one) 40% off!*
How much would the total cost be for both droids?

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1. Luke and his Uncle Owen are looking for droids to help around the
farm. One droid costs $55.00 and the other costs $67.00, but the
jawas have a great deal to offer:
*Buy one droid and get the other (the least expensive one) 40% off!*
How much would the total cost be for both droids?

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1. Luke and his Uncle Owen are looking for droids to help around the
farm. One droid costs $55.00 and the other costs $67.00, but the
jawas have a great deal to offer:
*Buy one droid and get the other (the least expensive one) 40% off!*
How much would the total cost be for both droids?

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1. Luke and his Uncle Owen are looking for droids to help around the
farm. One droid costs $55.00 and the other costs $67.00, but the
jawas have a great deal to offer:
*Buy one droid and get the other (the least expensive one) 40% off!*
How much would the total cost be for both droids?

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1. Luke and his Uncle Owen are looking for droids to help around the
farm. One droid costs $55.00 and the other costs $67.00, but the
jawas have a great deal to offer:
*Buy one droid and get the other (the least expensive one) 40% off!*
How much would the total cost be for both droids?

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1. Luke and his Uncle Owen are looking for droids to help around the
farm. One droid costs $55.00 and the other costs $67.00, but the
jawas have a great deal to offer:
*Buy one droid and get the other (the least expensive one) 40% off!*
How much would the total cost be for both droids?

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 Credits
All teachers and students at non-profit schools can use, revise, or adapt this game
at will at no cost on the condition that all prior designers are cited.

• Originally designed by Firstname Lastname, School or Affiliation, Date

with the title “Title”.

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 Educational Objectives
• Grade Level
– List the audience
• Subject Area Objectives
– Students will be able to….

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Additional Template Instructions
• You may need to insert additional slides to add
your game board, more questions, etc.
• You can change the order of your slides -- it will
not mess up the actions assigned to any of the
buttons that are original to the template.
• If you want to know how to do something not
described in the tutorials or within this template --
just contact me and we’ll figure it out. You can do
most anything in PowerPoint. You’ll be amazed!
 Copyright
• Copyright 2004 Firstname Lastname
• Permission to copy this game at no cost is granted to all teachers and
students of non-profit schools.
• Permission is also granted to all teachers and students of non-profit
schools to make revisions to this game for their own purposes, on the
condition that this copyright page and the credits page remain part of
the game. Teachers and students who adapt the game should add their
names and affiliations to the credits page without deleting any names
already there.

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