US States Wheel
Fifty states are a lot to learn, and a random spin keeps the practice unpredictable. This wheel holds every US state, from Alabama to Wyoming. Use it for a capitals quiz, a find-it-on-the-map challenge or to hand out state report topics fairly, with each winner taken off the wheel so no two students get the same state. The wheel is busy with fifty slices, so names on the smallest slices can be hard to read, but every state has an equal chance and the winner always appears in full. Remove states you have already studied to focus on a region.
How to use it
- The wheel is ready with 50 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
- Capitals quiz: spin a state and the first student to name its capital chooses the next spin.
- State reports: switch on Take winners off the wheel and let each student spin their own state.
- Road trip: spin two states and ask pairs to plan a route between them, naming the states they cross.
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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.