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Toad Hop InteractiveToad Hop Interactive
Publisher
Arcademics
Resource Details
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Grade
4th - 6th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Resource Types
Interactives
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Audiences
For Teacher Use
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Duration
10 mins
Instructional Strategies
Collaborative Learning
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Technology
Internet Access
Year
2020
Usage Permissions
Fine Print: Educational Use
Interactive

Toad Hop

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Hop-scotch your way across the world to help improve class members' skill and accuracy in identifying capital cities. By using a frog avatar, learners leap to the correct country for each capital city as it flashes up on the screen. Features include ways to set up collaborative experiences and track pupil progress. 

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

world geography, capital cities, video games

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Create a team challenge using the game's interactive feature
  • Develop an incentive for players reaching goals in the game for accuracy and speed

Classroom Considerations

  • Some versions of the game require a paid account

Pros

  • Resource is easy to adapt to a variety of lessons 
  • Game is interactive and fun to play

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RF.4.4.a RF.4.4.b RF.4.4.c RF.5.4.a RF.5.4.b RF.5.4.c RH.6-8.7 RH.6-8.10

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