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A whole-class geography game for teachers (projector or interactive board)
Most geography quizzes are built for one student and one device. A projected world map changes the energy in the room: the whole class watches, shouts hints, and remembers the moment someone finally found Kazakhstan.
Why it works in a classroom
- No accounts, no setup. Open a web page on the classroom computer. Students never sign in and nothing about them is collected.
- Teams. Up to four players at a time, or Sun vs Moon teams, so you can rotate pairs to the front while the class plays along.
- Curriculum friendly. Continents, countries, capitals, flags, seas and oceans, rivers and lakes, mountains, cities, languages and ancient civilisations.
- Every round starts easy. Then it climbs, and the difficulty setting decides how hard the last rounds get.
A 15-minute lesson plan
- Warm-up (3 min): Country Hunt on Explorer, two volunteers race at the front.
- Focus (7 min): pick the topic you are teaching (Rivers & Lakes, Seas & Oceans, or Capital Quest). Teams of two swap after every question.
- Challenge (5 min): a Find them all rule such as "countries on the Mediterranean coast", and the whole class calls out answers while the players hunt.
Hints never give the answer away for free: they cost points, and wrong guesses made in a rush cost more, which nudges students to think before they press.
Quick quiz: how well do you know the map?
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Questions
Do students need devices?
No. Everything happens on the shared screen. Players use gamepads or a shared keyboard.
Is it suitable for elementary and middle school?
Yes. Explorer suits younger pupils (country names are shown), and Expert challenges older students.
Does it work offline?
It needs an internet connection to open, then keeps the map and pictures cached for smooth play.