A Day on The Farm

A Homemade PowerPoint Game

By

Maggie Harington and Debbie Byars

UNC Charlotte

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A Day on The Farm

Farmer Bill has many animals to take care of on his farm. Everyday, he gets up early to feed the animals. Each type of animal must be fed two times a day. You will start with a bucket of animal feed. As you go to feed a type of animal, you will answer a question about the animal you are feeding. If you answer correctly, you will be given extra food ticket to purchase feed for your animals.

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Game Directions*The goal of the game is collect as many feed tickets by answering the questions correctly

*To play the game you have to move the game piece around the farm and answer math questions

*To win the game you have to answer the questions correctly and have the most feed tickets

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Game Preparation

• Game Board: Print out Game Board Slides 11-13 and tape together

• Game Pieces: Print out Farm shapes to move around the board game

• Feed Tickets: Cut out feed tickets from slide

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CreditsAll teachers and students at non-profit schools can use, revise, or adapt this game

at will at no cost on the condition that all prior designers are cited.

• Originally designed by Maggie Harrington and Debbie Byars, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, May 24, 2007 “A Day at The Farm”.

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Educational Objectives• Audience

– Kindergarten Students

• Subject Area Objectives

– COMPETENCY GOAL 4:The learner will collect, organize and display data.

– COMPETENCY GOAL 1:The learner will recognize, model, and write whole numbers through 30.

– Competency Goal 2: The learner will demonstrate knowledge and skills in the use of computer and other technologies.

– http://www.ncpublicschools.org/curriculum

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Copyright• Copyright 2007 Maggie Harrington and Debbie Byars

• Permission to copy this game at no cost is granted to all teachers and students of non-profit schools.

• Permission is also granted to all teachers and students of non-profit schools to make revisions to this game for their own purposes, on the condition that this copyright page and the credits page remain part of the game. Teachers and students who adapt the game should add their names and affiliations to the credits page without deleting any names already there.

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Time to play “A Day at The Farm”!

Directions: Roll dice and move to markers until reach the first set of questions. Answer a questions correctly and get a feed ticket. Player has to answer all questions in set before moving onto the next animal.

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Dog House

Sheep Pen Pig Pen

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Horse Pasture

Chicken House

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Cat Barn

Cow Pasture

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• Click the numbered boxes to answer the farm animal questions

Quiz Questions

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16 17 18

19 20 21

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4 5 6

32Dog House

Cats

Cow Pasture

Chicken House

Pig Pen

Sheep Pen

Horse pasture

Farmer Bill

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On the game board, how many dogs do you see?

• 3 • 5• 10• 1

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If each dog gets one scoop of feed, how many scoops did Farmer Bill give out?

Hint: 1+1+1=?

• 10• 5• 1• 3

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If one dog ran away, how many dogs would Farmer Bill have?

Hint: 3-1=?

• 1• 6• 2• 0

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How many cats live in the barn?

• 10• 6• 7• 0

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If the momma cat has 2 babies, how many cats are there now?

Hint: 6+2=?

• 8• 6• 7• 0

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If 6 cats are fed 1 scoop two times a day, how much feed are they given?

Hint: 6+6=?

• 8• 6• 7• 12

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How many cows are in the pasture?

• 8• 20• 7• 12

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If two cows got out of the pasture, how many are left?

Hint: 20-2=?

• 8• 20• 18• 7

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If 5 cows go in the barn, how many are in the pasture?

Hint: 20-5=?

• 8• 20• 18• 15

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How many chickens do you see in the chicken house?

• 8• 20• 18• 15

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If every chicken lays one egg, how many eggs are there?

• 15• 20• 18• 10

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If the chickens are given three scoops of feed twice a day, how many scoops will

they be fed?Hint: 3+3=?

• 6• 10• 7• 8

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How many pigs do you see in the pig pen?

• 5• 6• 4• 2

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If the momma pig has 10 babies, how many pigs are there now?

Hint: 4+10=?

• 12• 6• 13• 14

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If all the pigs get out of the pen, how many are left?

• 0• 1• 2• 4

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How many Sheep are in the pen?

• 5• 10• 0• 14

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If Farmer Bill buys two more sheep, how many are there now?

• 5• 10• 12• 14

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If Farmer Bill gives 6 scoops of feed twice a day, how many scoops will he give?

Hint: 6+6=?

• 5• 10• 12• 14

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How many horses are in the pasture?

• 20• 15• 10• 8

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If 3 horses run away, how many horses are left?

• 6• 5• 7• 11

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If Farmer Bill buys 5 horses, how many horses does he have now?

• 20• 5• 10• 13

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How many different types of animals did Farmer Bill feed today?

• 10• 7• 2• 5

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