This is a website that has a countdown timer that can be displayed in fullscreen mode on your projector. You can set the countdown to whatever you want it to be, but there is a catch...the real reason why I like this so much. It has music to go with the timer!
Ok...so it may not be the catchiest music, but I guess that is the allure for me. What music does it play? Well, there is the usual classical music like Fur Elise, William Tell Overture, and others. But then you get the really good songs like the themes for Hawaii 5-O, Pink Panther, The A-Team, Mission Impossible, Indiana Jones, and.......Star Wars! I know that these are nerdy, but that is really the point! My students always make comments about this music. They will always complain when it is on, and then as soon as I don't use it once they complain that the music isn't there.
I often use this timer on a review day. I use the timer to time them on a specific problem or set of problems. Then when the music stops and the timer runs out I use the random name generator that I posted previously to pull a name. That student (or their group) has to answer the question or show the solution on the whiteboard. It is an easy way to make a normal "sit down and do some problems for practice" assignment into something engaging and fun. I have gotten a lot of use out of this and I hope other do as well!
Feel free to post any new ideas in the comment section.
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