Welcome to the University of Pittsburgh's
Details on Game Construction
for using the Sciences Jeopardy Games and for building your own Game.
(Links to other Chemistry Jeopardy! games by other authors are at the bottom of this page.)
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Get Real-Player sound plug-in for the PC here.
Notes: Many of the pdf file downloads accessed on this site will open a new browser window on your local computer.
Several individual Jeopardy questions (e.g., Orgo, Game 1, Final Jeopardy) require the Chime browser plug-in.
If you don't want a sound plug-in for your browser, just hit "Cancel" when the alert box announcing such opens.
Several published, peer-reviewed articles discussing the use of Jeopardy games
in science education:
Chemical Jeopardy: An Alternative Group Meeting, D. Scarpetti, J. Chem. Ed., 1991, 68, 1027-1028.
Chemical Jeopardy, J.P. Deavor, J. Chem. Ed., 1996, 73, 434-435.
A Final Exam Review Activity Based on the Jeopardy Format, M.V. Keck, J. Chem. Ed., 2000, 77, 483.
Simple HTML Templates for Creating Science Oriented Jeopardy! Games for Active Learning, Grabowski & Price, J. Chem. Ed., 2003, 80, 967.Publicity about Our Sciences Jeopardy! Project:
CIDDE Workshop as described in the University Times. 30 May 2002.
14 December 2002: Len Kogut's presentation of this project was featured in the University Times!, 21 November 2002.
Documents available on this web site:
Use this document to get a short
synopsis of how to create your own game.
(in MS-Word or pdf
format)
Use this document to Prepare Science Jeopardy Answers. (in MS-Word
or pdf format)
Use this Answer Template to prepare summary and solution
documents. (in MS-Word or pdf format)
Use this document to convert your answers into GIFs via ChemDraw (in MS-Word
or pdf format)
Use this document to convert your answers into GIFs via PowerPoint (in MS-Word
or pdf format)
Game site design and html programming notes.
(in MS-Word or pdf format)
Blank Single Jeopardy Game files (Zip file; for
preparing your own browser-based, game)
Blank Complete Jeopardy Game files (Zip
file; for preparing your own browser-based, game)
In the tables below, you can find the downloadable Zip files for existing games
and/or their categories
Templates for creating your own content and category gifs.
See the Design document above for
details on how to use these templates.
PC Users: Right click a ".cdx" file and select "Save
as" in the dialog box. Be sure the file extension is
".cdx" when saved.
PC Users: Right click a ".ppt" file and select "Save
as" in the dialog box. Be sure the PowerPoint file is save with a
".ppt" extension.
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Template |
ChemDraw |
PowerPoint |
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Game Board Category |
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Answer Board Category |
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Answer Board - for text and/or molecules |
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Answer Board - for reactions |
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Answer Board - for Final Jeopardy |
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All
templates in a single ZIP file |
Not
yet available |
Summary Sheets and "Questions Keys" for established games.
"Complete" indicates the game contains a Single, a Double, and a
Final Jeopardy game board.
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General Chemistry Game |
Content |
Solution Key |
Comment (& Zip files) |
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Game1:
Final Exam Review |
Single
Jeopardy only |
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Game2:
More Final Exam Review |
Single
Jeopardy only |
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Game3:
More Final Exam Review |
Single
Jeopardy only |
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Game 4: Acids
and Bases |
Single
Jeopardy only |
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Game 5: History
of Chemistry |
history.pdf or .doc |
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Single
Jeopardy only |
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Game 6: Atoms
and Ions |
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Single
Jeopardy only |
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Game 7: Review
of Basics |
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Single
Jeopardy only |
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Game 8: Bonding |
bonding.pdf
or .doc |
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Single
Jeopardy only |
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Game 9: Solids,
Liquids, and Solutions |
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Single
Jeopardy only |
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Game 10: Thermochemistry |
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Single
Jeopardy only |
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Organic Game |
Content |
Solution Key |
Game Type |
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Game1:
Nomenclature |
game01_solutions |
Complete
Game |
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Game2:
Transformations |
Complete
Game |
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Game3:
Day 1 Review |
Complete
Game |
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Game 4:
Final Review |
Complete
Game |
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Game 5:
Aromatic Substitution |
game05_solutions |
Complete
Game |
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Game 6: Fun with OChem
II |
Complete
Game |
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Game 7:
Carbohydrates |
Complete
Game |
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Game 8: Carboxylic
Acid Derivatives |
Complete
Game |
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Game 9: Properties and
Reactions of Haloalkanes |
game09_answers |
game09_solutions |
Complete
Game |
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Game 10: The Hydroxy
Functional Group |
Single
Jeopardy only |
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Game 11: Cycloalkanes |
Single
Jeopardy only |
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Game 12: Alcohols and
Ethers |
Single
Jeopardy only |
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Game 13:
Stereochemistry |
Single
and Double Jeopardy |
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Game 14: Alkanes |
Single
Jeopardy only |
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Game 15: NMR |
Single
Jeopardy only |
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Game 16: Alkenes |
Single
Jeopardy only |
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Game 17: Substitution
& Elimination Reactions |
Single
Jeopardy only |
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Biochemistry Game |
Content |
Question Key |
Game Type |
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Game1:
Biochemistry/Final Exam Review |
Complete
Game |
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Game2:
Biochemistry/First Exam Review |
Not
Available |
Not
Available |
Single
Jeopardy plus a bit more |
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Game3:
Biochemistry/Second Exam Review |
Single
and Double Jeopardy |
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Game4:
Biochemistry/Third Exam Review |
Single
Jeopardy only |
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Miscellaneous Game |
Content |
Question Key |
Game Type |
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Game1:
Society of Research Administrators (Multiple
Choice) |
Not
Available |
Single
& Final Jeopardy only |
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Game2:
Active
Learning (A demonstration of a complete Single Jeopardy game created over
lunch during and for the Active Learning SIDI event of 5/17/02.) |
Not
Available |
Not
Available |
Single
Jeopardy only |
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Game3: Pitt Facts
(By LK) A collection of Pitt trivia in a complete Single Jeopardy game.
11/9/02 |
Not
Available |
Single
Jeopardy only |
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Game4: Freshman
Studies I Final Exam (By JJG). A collection of questions based on the
Fall 2003 Freshman Studies I course, which was centered on the idea of the
"Research Community". 11/17/03. |
Not
Available |
Complete
Jeopardy (Single, Double, Final). |
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Game5: Freshman
Studies I Final Exam (By BJH & JJG). A collection of questions
based on the Fall 2004 Freshman Studies I course, which was centered on the
idea of the "Research Community". 11/18/04. |
Complete
Jeopardy (Single, Double, Final). |
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Game6: Freshman
Studies I Final Exam (By MMW & JJG). A collection of questions
based on the Fall 2005 Freshman Studies I course, which was centered on the
idea of "Scientific Leadership" and was part of a Learning
Community. 11/17/05. |
Complete
Jeopardy (Single, Double, Final). |
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Game7: Freshman
Studies I Final Exam (By AJR & JJG). A collection of questions
based on the Fall 2006 Freshman Programs 0001 course, which was centered on
the idea of "Scientific Leadership in Medicine and Research" and
was part of a Learning Community. 11/16/06. |
Complete
Jeopardy (Single, Double, Final). |
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Game8: Freshman
Studies I Final Exam (By PJG). A collection of questions based on the
Fall 2006 Freshman Programs 0001 course, which was centered on the idea of
the Darwin and was part of a Learning Community. 11/15/06. |
Not
Available |
Single
Jeopardy only |
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Game9: Freshman
Studies I Final Exam (By ALD & JJG). A collection of questions
based on the Fall 2007 Freshman Programs 0001 course, which was centered on
the idea of "Foundations of Medicine:
Better Living Through Chemistry" and was part of a Learning
Community. 11/16/07. |
Complete
Jeopardy (Single, Double, Final). |
Steve
Marsden has created, and made available, another method for creating Jeopardy!
games.
(Here is how he described them in July 2005 in a post to the ChemEd ListServe:
"I offer 13 games which I created during this past school year, one for
each of the units in my Honors course. While my syllabus may not resemble
yours, you may find some ideas and/or be able to mix and match questions to
create a game that would be useful in your classes. A "key" is
provided with each game.")
March
2008, Matthew Hagaman, Eastern Illinois University has made his Jeoparty II
program available.
To quote from his web site: "Jeoparty II is a completely
free computer program modelled after the Jeopardy television programme. It is a
teacher-led presentation program that is intended to provide a fun review
experience for students. In addition to displaying prompts in the Jeopardy
format, Jeoparty II tracks team scores and offers other advanced features."
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