New Academic Game - Battleship

Academic games are a great way to engage students.  While on some classroom visits, I had the chance to see a new one in a science class by Joel Fritz at Waverly High School - Battleship.

Here's how it works:

• The students play in pairs at their table
• Each positions their ship on a grid - see example below
• They take turns asking questions from flash cards posted on Quizlet - he had 47 ready to go
• If they answer a question correctly they get to guess a battle ship position
• They alternated until one person wins

Here's what I like about this - the focus is on the questions, the actual game doesn't eat up the whole time.  It also allows all kids to play at the same time; too often games can leave kids out as they wait their turn.

Here's a picture of a game in progress: