Capture the Flag Video Instructions

Materials Needed:

•  PowerPoint Template

• Worksheets one per student

• Wireless/accessible mouse

Directions:

        Setup the game first by opening the PowerPoint template on a computer. DO NOT VIEW IT AS A SLIDESHOW. Leave it on the editing screen. Move the mouse or use a wireless mouse so students have access to it for the game. 

       Divide the class into 6 or less teams. Each team gets assigned a color- red, yellow, purple, blue, orange, or green. The object of the game is to be on the team that captures the most of their color flag. Each time a team is able to move a flag across the board to the LAST circle (meaning towards their point box), they receive a point because they have captured the flag. The students work on their assignment as a group or individually. They check off a problem with the teacher. If they are correct, they go to the board and can move 1 flag. Sometimes they will choose to move their flag towards their point box. Other times they will choose to move a different color flag backwards towards the center. They click on their point box, type their new score (example: 1, 3, etc.) and then restart their flag back at the center circle!

       The game continues with teams moving flags forward and back until you run out of time. Once it has ended the team with the MOST points wins. If it is a tie, the team with the flag currently the closest to being captured wins. Example: In the picture below both the blue and purple team have 2 points, so they are tied. Blue is closer to the last circle, so they win. 

FAQs and Tips:

• It is easy if you project the PowerPoint against a whiteboard. Make flag cutouts and put magnetic tape on the back so they can be reused. Use whiteboard markers to quickly change the scores whenever a flag is captured.

REMINDERS: TO EDIT ANY OF THE TEMPALTES YOU WILL FIRST NEED TO DOWNLOAD THEM TO YOUR COMPUTER. NOBODY IS ABLE TO ALTER THE ORIGINALS AS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE USE THEM. ALL POWERPOINTS ARE MEANT TO BE USED IN POWERPOINT AND NOT GOOGLE SLIDES.