The Jeopardy PowerPoint can be an excellent tool to use in the classroom to review and/or learn new content.  Students seem to love it because itÕs exciting and is a non-traditional teaching technique.  You are receiving a blank copy of the file and the instructions below will guide you through the process of modifying it for your classroom.
Open PowerPoint
When PowerPoint opens choose Open an existing presentation and click OK.
A window will pop up.  Find the jeopardy.ppt file.
Click Open
The Jeopardy PowerPoint file opens showing the first slide.  It looks like the Jeopardy Game Show board. 
Click on the first block which says ÒCategory HeadingÓ.  Type your first column heading..i.e. Vocabulary
Repeat step 6 renaming each category heading
After completing steps 6 and 7, you are now ready to begin entering your questions and answers.  On the Jeopardy game show contestants receive the answer and must give the question.  If you wish to give the students the question and have them answer itÉitÕs OKÉ.itÕs your game.
LetÕs enter questions. Scroll to the next slide. Slide 2 is your first answer, Slide 3 will be your first questionÉand so on.
The best procedure for adding questions and answers is to write them down in a list.
Refer to your list as youÕre entering questions and answers on each page and you shouldnÕt get lost.  Look below the buttons in the bottom left corner to see what slide youÕre on.
Click on each slide in the ÒClick to Add TitleÓ box and enter your question or answer.  Repeat through Slides 2-51.  Save it and youÕre done.
 
 
Jeopardy Template