The Nervous System Game Ideas???

chevyv, BSN, RN · Mar 7, 2009

We had to do games for one of our classes too. I hate that part! I did a crossword puzzle for my game. I actually went online and purchased crossword weaver because I was so desperate at that point. It was cool because you could put in the hints and it does everything for you. So if you become desperate, that is one option.

Another person went out and bought a cheap ball in the toy section at wally world. She then sectioned off bits of it with black permanent magic marker and added little bits of information such as hints (might be a range, or answer to something)or even number it 1- whatever. . The hint or number would correlate with a question you have written down either on poster board, or on paper and you ask them the question. You begin by tossing the ball and whoever catches it reads the number/hint that their, say... right thumb is on or closest to. They can work in teams to answer the question and you can have a bag of candy or whatever as prizes. It's fast and get people out of their seat for awhile.

Holly5477 · Mar 7, 2009

Thanks so much! I have been so busy the past week, I haven't had time to focus--But, your ideas were great

Daytonite, BSN, RN · Mar 10, 2009

it depends on what information is important to convey to your fellow students. if the game is to be the finale of your presentation and like a post test, then something like "jeopardy" will work very well. you can divide the class up into groups and ask questions worth progressively higher points. each group can confer and must give an answer but only after the group agrees on the answer. give a prize to the winners with the highest number of points. for medical terms connected with the subject at hand, play "password" or a form of "bingo". make bingo cards that have medical terms on them and you give the definitions. students cover what they think the correct medical term is. winners get simple prizes. another game could be "hangman" in which you go down each row and each student gets to suggest a letter that can go in the blanks and try to avoid hanging the man. you can give a clue as to what the mystery thing is (nervous disease structure or disease). have fun!

RochesterRN-BSN, BSN, RN · Mar 10, 2009

I was a health teacher before a nurse and Jepardy is a fun way to learn and study again later too!!

That Guy, BSN, RN, EMT-B · Mar 10, 2009

What we did was have a game of Jenga and wrote numbers 1-12 on each one of the blocks. Made the people come up to the board and then one person drew a tile to start the game. We asked a question corresponding to 1-12 cranial nerves and it could be anything about them. The students then had to write their answer on the board. Anyone who missed it had to draw the next tile and the game continued until the Jenga game knocked over. Was kinda fun and our teacher stole the idea and used it later on.