Setting up and playing a Flip Out activity

Create a flash card activity where students can flip cards over to learn about corresponding concepts.

This activity teaches one-to-one correspondence, memory, and vocabulary.

Here is an example of a Flip Out activity that teaches the parts of speech.

Sample Flip Out activity displays cards with the central card flipped. The cards read: "Cat, Run, Noun, Dog, Jump."

This example was created by entering five words to appear on the cards’ face-up sides and then indicating the part of speech for each word on the face-down sides.

Follow these instructions to create your own version of this activity. When you’re done, tap Preview to see how the activity will appear to students.

  1. Click New to start creating a new lesson file.

    OR

    Add the activity to an existing lesson by opening the lesson in Editing mode. Browse to the page that you want the activity to follow and click Add .

    Select Game Based Activities.

    The Game Based Activity Templates window opens.

  2. Select Flip Out.

    The activity’s editor opens.

  3. Enter text or tapimage to add an image in both the Facing Up and Facing Down boxes.

    Create as many cards as you need. If you create more than 12 cards, the additional cards appear in the middle of the page, along with a Discard pile. To use the additional cards during play, discard any of the cards in play and replace them with cards from the stack in the middle.

  4. When you’re done creating cards, click Next.

  5. Select a theme for your activity and click Finish.

    Tip 

    Select Custom Theme to customize the card faces, flip the cards, and add your own background image.

    The activity loads and then appears on a new lesson page.

  1. Open the lesson that contains the activity in Delivery mode, and then navigate to the page with the activity, and tap Start.

    Tip 

    If you’re delivering this activity at the classroom display, you can add a buzzer, timer, or randomizer game element to facilitate group play. TapGame Elements to open the game element selector.

  2. Have students flip cards over to reveal what’s on the other side. For example, the face of the card may be labeled “jump,” while the back of a card may be labeled “verb.”

    If you have more than 12 cards, after a card has been flipped and the answer discussed, you can drag it to the discard pile.

    Tip 

    If the activity contains an image, you can magnify it to view it full screen. Tap anywhere to exit full screen mode.

    Tip 

    If you’d like to play again, use Reset to erase the activity data and start over.