Turf Takeover: Middle School Earth & Space Science Review

A team review game for every NGSS middle school earth & space science standard. Teams claim tiles on a map by answering questions, and can steal each other's tiles. Play a full review or pick the standards you want. The results show % correct for each standard.

Grades 6–8Team review1–4 teamsNo student loginsWorks offline

$5Buy Turf Takeover: Middle School Earth & Space Science Review ▶ Play the free demo 🎁 Get this game free

Try it free with your class: the demo runs right in your browser for 5 questions or 5 minutes, whichever comes first. No sign-up needed.

Or get every game, including all future games, with the All-Access Teacher License for $150.

Screenshot of Turf Takeover: Middle School Earth & Space Science Review: a map of standard tiles claimed by two teams

What students practice

all 15 standards, including moon phases, eclipses and seasons, gravity holds the solar system, scale of the solar system, geologic time, the rock cycle, fast and slow geoscience processes and more

Great for

Test prep and state test review, end-of-unit and end-of-year review, and whole-class review on the smartboard. No prep: open the file and play.

Standards

NGSS: MS-ESS1-1–4 · MS-ESS2-1–6 · MS-ESS3-1–5

How it works

Open the game file in any web browser: Chromebooks, laptops or your smartboard. No accounts, no student logins and no internet needed once it's downloaded.
Choose Full review or pick only the standards you want, then set the teams, map size and timer and press Start.
Teams take turns picking a tile on the map. A right answer claims it, and teams can steal each other's tiles. The results screen shows the percent correct for every standard, so you know what to reteach.
Each purchase includes the game file and a one-page Quick Start guide.