Continents Wheel
Seven slices, seven continents: a simple wheel that opens up a lot of geography. Spin to choose where today's research, story or quiz question comes from, and ask students to find it on a globe or world map before you move on. Younger classes can name an animal, a country or a famous landmark from the continent. Older students can compare climates, describe the hemisphere it sits in, or work out how they would travel there from your school. Because every continent has the same chance, the wheel also makes a fair way to share out project topics between groups.
How to use it
- The wheel is ready with 7 entries. Press Spin, click the wheel or press Space, and the result appears in the middle.
- Open Edit entries to change the list for your class, or press Use my class instead to spin your students' names.
- Press Present (or F) to show just the wheel on the board. Turn on Take winners off the wheel in Settings if you don't want repeats.
Ways to use it in class
- Map dash: spin a continent and the first team to point to it on the world map wins a point.
- Project topics: let each group spin for the continent they'll research and present.
- Three facts: spin, then pairs share one animal, one country and one landmark from that continent.
More ready-made wheels
Questions teachers ask
Can I change what's on the wheel?
Yes. Open Edit entries to add, remove or reword anything, one entry per line. Your changes last until you leave the page, and Restore brings back the original list.
Can I spin my students' names instead?
Yes. Press Use my class instead to swap the entries for your saved class, with absent students left off. Press the back button in the same place to return to this wheel's entries.
Is every entry equally likely?
Yes. The result is chosen with your browser's cryptographic random number generator before the wheel moves, and every slice has the same chance. Turn on Take winners off the wheel in Settings to avoid repeats.
Will ads show on my projector?
No. Press Present (or F) and the screen shows only the wheel and the Spin button, in large type for the back of the room.