Sort it into boxes
Each card is confirmed the moment it lands, so a mistake gets corrected while they still remember why they made it.
When to use it
Straight after teaching a classification, such as states of matter, habitats or types of rock. A station in a carousel lesson where pupils work without you. Catching a misconception early, before it turns up in their written work.
What makes it this
Built on the Categorize generator with these changed. Everything else is the default.
- Confirm each card as it lands
Players see straight away whether a dropped card is in the right category.
In the builder: How it plays › Solving aids
Preview
View only — copy it to play.Solid, liquid or gas? Sorting at room temperature
Eighteen everyday materials, as they are at room temperature. Carry each card into the box where it belongs — a card in the right box turns green and settles there.
18 cards
Why the example is built this way
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Every card belongs in exactly one box.
State the condition the sort depends on, like room temperature, and leave out anything that could defensibly go in two boxes. A card that is only sometimes right starts an argument, not a lesson.
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One card that looks like a trap.
Put in one card that seems to belong with its neighbours but doesn't. It's the misconception worth catching, and it gets caught the moment the card is dropped.
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Feedback per card, not per box.
With Confirm each card as it lands on, a right card turns green and stays put while a wrong one shakes. A whole-box check says nothing until a box is complete, which a young learner can't act on.
Build it yourself
- 1 Open the Categorize builder and fill in the Categories & cards tab.
- 2 Change the settings under What makes it this. Each one says where it is in the builder.
- 3 Share the link with your players, or embed the activity in your own site.
Or skip the building: copy this example and swap in your own content.