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Science Classroom Games

Science games help students remember vocabulary and processes, and STEM challenges let them build and test ideas. Use these for unit review or a hands-on Friday.

  • 🎲 24 games
  • βœ… Free
  • πŸ–₯ Board-ready tools
Review games

20 Questions

The class asks up to 20 yes-or-no questions to figure out a secret person, place or thing.

  • ⏱ 5–15 min
  • πŸŽ“ 3–12
  • ✏️ No prep
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Classroom Bingo

Students mark answers on a bingo card as you read clues.

  • ⏱ 15–30 min
  • πŸŽ“ K–12
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Classroom Escape Room

Teams solve a chain of puzzles built from your unit content to unlock the final "lock" before time runs out.

  • ⏱ 30–50 min
  • πŸŽ“ 3–12
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Classroom Scavenger Hunt

Students search the room for hidden clues or items, answering questions to unlock the next clue.

  • ⏱ 20–45 min
  • πŸŽ“ K–12
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Classroom Taboo

A student describes a vocabulary word to their team without saying the word or any of the "taboo" words listed on the card.

  • ⏱ 15–30 min
  • πŸŽ“ 6–12
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Connect Four Review

Two teams answer questions to drop a colored token into a grid on the board.

  • ⏱ 15–25 min
  • πŸŽ“ 3–12
Team building

Cup Tower Challenge

Teams stack plastic cups into the tallest tower, or a Christmas tree shape, without touching them with their hands.

  • ⏱ 15–25 min
  • πŸŽ“ 3–12
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Fact or Fiction

Teams hear surprising statements and decide whether each one is fact or fiction.

  • ⏱ 10–20 min
  • πŸŽ“ 3–12
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Fly Swatter

Two students race to swat the correct answer on the board with a fly swatter.

  • ⏱ 10–20 min
  • πŸŽ“ K–8
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Jenga Review

Color-code Jenga blocks to question cards.

  • ⏱ 15–30 min
  • πŸŽ“ 3–12
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Jeopardy Review Game

A quiz-show board of categories and point values where teams pick a square and answer the question behind it.

  • ⏱ 30–50 min
  • πŸŽ“ 3–12
Quiet games

Kim's Game

Students study a tray of objects for one minute, then the tray is covered and one object is removed.

  • ⏱ 5–15 min
  • πŸŽ“ K–8
Team building

Marshmallow Challenge

Teams build the tallest freestanding tower from spaghetti, tape and string that can hold a marshmallow on top.

  • ⏱ 25–40 min
  • πŸŽ“ 3–12
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Memory Match

Students flip cards two at a time to find matching pairs, such as a word and its definition.

  • ⏱ 10–20 min
  • πŸŽ“ K–8
Quiet games

Mystery Bag

A student feels an object inside a bag without looking and describes it while classmates guess.

  • ⏱ 10–15 min
  • πŸŽ“ K–5
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Odd One Out

Show four words, numbers or pictures and ask students which one does not belong and why.

  • ⏱ 5–15 min
  • πŸŽ“ K–12
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Pictionary

One student draws a word on the board while their team guesses it before time runs out.

  • ⏱ 10–30 min
  • πŸŽ“ K–12
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Quiz Quiz Trade

Each student holds a question card, quizzes a partner, gets quizzed back, then trades cards and finds a new partner.

  • ⏱ 10–20 min
  • πŸŽ“ 3–12
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Stand Up, Sit Down

Read a statement.

  • ⏱ 5–10 min
  • πŸŽ“ K–12
End of year

Telephone Pictionary

A sentence turns into a drawing, then a sentence, then a drawing, as papers pass around a group.

  • ⏱ 15–25 min
  • πŸŽ“ 3–12
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Trashketball

Teams answer review questions, and every correct answer earns a shot at the trash can for bonus points.

  • ⏱ 20–45 min
  • πŸŽ“ 3–12
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Who Am I?

A student holds a card to their forehead without seeing it and asks yes-or-no questions to figure out which person, animal or term they are.

  • ⏱ 10–20 min
  • πŸŽ“ 3–12
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Whole-Class Quiz Show

Run a quiz show with mini whiteboards: every student answers every question at the same time, so nobody sits out.

  • ⏱ 15–30 min
  • πŸŽ“ 3–12
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Word Scramble

Teams race to unscramble vocabulary words.

  • ⏱ 5–15 min
  • πŸŽ“ 3–12

Quick picks

Top 5 to try first

  1. ❓ 20 QuestionsThe class asks up to 20 yes-or-no questions to figure out a secret person, place or thing.
  2. 🎱 Classroom BingoStudents mark answers on a bingo card as you read clues.
  3. πŸ” Classroom Escape RoomTeams solve a chain of puzzles built from your unit content to unlock the final "lock" before time runs out.
  4. πŸ—ΊοΈ Classroom Scavenger HuntStudents search the room for hidden clues or items, answering questions to unlock the next clue.
  5. 🚫 Classroom TabooA student describes a vocabulary word to their team without saying the word or any of the "taboo" words listed on the card.

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Questions teachers ask

Frequently asked questions

What are fun science review games?

Fact or Fiction, Pictionary with science terms, Who Am I? and Jeopardy review are easy to adapt to any unit.

What is a good STEM team challenge for class?

The Marshmallow Challenge takes about 30 minutes and works from grade 3 through high school.

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