The If:Then Game
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Close your laptops, stand up and practice making conditional statements with everyone on your team.
How to play : For every round of the game, there is one Coder and everyone else is a Computer. The Coder stands in front of the Computers and gives them his/her command. If I _________ (fill in the blank), then you __________ (fill in the blank). For example, the Coder can give the command: “If I turn in a circle, Then you jump up and down.” Coders can command the computers to do something different than they are doing or the same thing. So, be sure to listen to the command and not just watch the coder.
Add a challenge
- If-Then-Else statements. For example, the Coder commands: “ If I raise my right arm, Then you raise your left arm, Else raise your right foot.” So, if the Coder just stands there doing nothing, Computers should all be raising their right foot.
- Eliminations. Computers should “break” and sit down when they don’t follow commands correctly. The last Computer standing wins.