The knight's movement: The First World War

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• Lower Secondary (Key Stage 3)
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Drag & drop questions

With the knight's movement, make a 8 letter word out of the letters in the chess game. Then, drag the letters to the boxes so that the word becomes visible.

Open-ended question (last slide)

Explain (to each other) what these words mean.

The knight's movement

Gamification

Feniks, Geschiedenis Werkplaats, Memo, Saga

The knight's movement

In the game of chess, the knight moves in an L-shaped pattern. It can move 2 squares horizontally and 1 square vertically or 2 squares vertically and 1 square horizontally. This unique movement creates an L-shape on the chessboard whenever the knight makes a move.

Jump with your knight to create a word with 8 letters. Drag the letters to the right boxes and reveal the word. Last but not least, explain the meaning of the word.

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In the game of chess, the knight moves in an L-shaped pattern. It can move 2 squares horizontally and 1 square vertically or 2 squares vertically and 1 square horizontally. This unique movement creates an L-shape on the chessboard whenever the knight makes a move.

The knight's movement

Jump with your knight to create a word with 8 letters. Drag the letters to the right boxes and reveal the word. Last but not least, explain the meaning of the word.

S

A

E

R

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T

T

G

In the game of chess, the knight moves in an L-shaped pattern. It can move 2 squares horizontally and 1 square vertically or 2 squares vertically and 1 square horizontally. This unique movement creates an L-shape on the chessboard whenever the knight makes a move.

The knight's movement

Jump with your knight to create a word with 8 letters. Drag the letters to the right boxes and reveal the word. Last but not least, explain the meaning of the word.

A

A

R

T

R

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C

In the game of chess, the knight moves in an L-shaped pattern. It can move 2 squares horizontally and 1 square vertically or 2 squares vertically and 1 square horizontally. This unique movement creates an L-shape on the chessboard whenever the knight makes a move.

The knight's movement

Jump with your knight to create a word with 8 letters. Drag the letters to the right boxes and reveal the word. Last but not least, explain the meaning of the word.

P

L

H

E

A

S

N

R

In the game of chess, the knight moves in an L-shaped pattern. It can move 2 squares horizontally and 1 square vertically or 2 squares vertically and 1 square horizontally. This unique movement creates an L-shape on the chessboard whenever the knight makes a move.

The knight's movement

Jump with your knight to create a word with 8 letters. Drag the letters to the right boxes and reveal the word. Last but not least, explain the meaning of the word.

E

E

I

P

Z

L

P

N

In the game of chess, the knight moves in an L-shaped pattern. It can move 2 squares horizontally and 1 square vertically or 2 squares vertically and 1 square horizontally. This unique movement creates an L-shape on the chessboard whenever the knight makes a move.

The knight's movement

Jump with your knight to create a word with 8 letters. Drag the letters to the right boxes and reveal the word. Last but not least, explain the meaning of the word.

L

E

S

I

O

R

D

S

In the game of chess, the knight moves in an L-shaped pattern. It can move 2 squares horizontally and 1 square vertically or 2 squares vertically and 1 square horizontally. This unique movement creates an L-shape on the chessboard whenever the knight makes a move.

The knight's movement

Jump with your knight to create a word with 8 letters. Drag the letters to the right boxes and reveal the word. Last but not least, explain the meaning of the word.

P

E

O

C

A

N

H

T

In the game of chess, the knight moves in an L-shaped pattern. It can move 2 squares horizontally and 1 square vertically or 2 squares vertically and 1 square horizontally. This unique movement creates an L-shape on the chessboard whenever the knight makes a move.

Jump with your knight to create a word with 8 letters. Drag the letters to the right boxes and reveal the word. Last but not least, explain the meaning of the word.

The knight's movement

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N

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Explain to each other what these words mean.

Explain (to each other) what the word you found in the horse jumping puzzle means.