Energy Review Games for Middle School

Set of 3 quick energy review games for middle school – fun as stations! Includes the following games:

1. Test Review Taboo – Played in pairs, students review vocabulary terms with a set of 14 game cards. Each card has a word that Player #1 must get Player #2 to say – but the trick is they are given several words they can’t use in their effort. This gets kids to think about the terms on a deeper level by avoiding the definition words they are accustomed to using.

2. Energy Chain Puzzle – Students create a domino-like chain from phrases and definitions. Students are given 14 boxes with 2 phrases each, one on each side. Students must match the right side of the box to a matching word or phrase on the left side of another box. They repeat to form a long chain.

3. Energy “Cootie Catcher” – Students complete a “cootie catcher” paper foldable with answers to energy questions, fold the paper according to given directions, then play with their creation.

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Teacher Notes:

• Each game is simple and easy to print – no color needed.
• Taboo cards and chain pieces can be reused from class to class and year to year if you store them in sandwich bags.
• NGSS Standards: MS-PS3-1, MS-PS3-2, and MS-PS3-5
• Please note: These energy review games for middle school are NOT editable.
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Related Standards:

• NGSS MS-PS3-1: Construct and interpret graphical displays of data to describe the relationships of kinetic energy to the mass and speed of an object.
• NGSS MS-PS3-2: Develop a model to describe that when the arrangement of objects interacting at a distance changes, different amounts of potential energy are stored in the system.
• NGSS MS-PS3-5: Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.