Big East Football Conference for Young

Students!

By: Luke Waitt

Audience• 5-6th Graders• Gifted & Talented Students• Middle Class, Urban Community• Students who excel in the classroom

and need to be pushed in regards to learning because they become disinterested.

Environment

• Individual or Group Work• At a Computer • In a quiet study area where the students will

not be disturbed.

Objective

• The students should be able to identify all 8 Big East Football schools when given access to a computer, and they should be able to answer all 3 questions correctly on the quiz.

Orientation

• There are 8 teams in the Big East Football Conference. The student will select a school and a slide will give them information about there choice. Let’s start learning about the Big East!

Directions!• Read through the information given about each school

• Once you finish with a school, click the MAIN button to go back to the main menu, then select a new school

• At the end of the information, you will be given a quiz to test how well you understand the info

HAVE FUN!Click to Start!

Big East Football Conference

Connecticut

Pittsburgh Syracuse

Cincinnati

West Virginia Rutger

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South Florida Louisville

QUIZMatching Activity

Connecticut• Nickname- Huskies• Location- Storrs, Connecticut• They are famous for winning three national

championships in basketball the past 15 years and their football team recently was promoted to Division I.

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Pittsburgh• Nickname- Panthers• Location- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania• They play their home games in the same

stadium as the NFL Steelers.

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Syracuse• Nickname- Orange• Location- Syracuse, New York• They play in the same dome as their

basketball team.

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Cincinnati• Nickname- Bearcats• Location- Cincinnati, Ohio• They won the Big East in 2008-2009 seasons

and played in two BCS bowl games.

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West Virginia• Nickname- Mountaineers• Location- Morgantown, West Virginia• They are the most successful football team in

the Big East Conference.

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Rutgers• Nickname- Scarlet Knights• Location- Piscataway, New Jersey• They won their first bowl game in 2006, lead

by their head coach Greg Shiano.

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South Florida• Nickname- Bulls• Location- Tampa Bay, Florida• They left Conference USA to join the

Big East and reached as high as #2 in the 2006 rankings.

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Louisville

• Nickname- Cardinals• Location- Louisville, Kentucky• Their stadium is named after Papa Johns Pizza.

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Application1. __ Connecticut A. Cardinals2. __ Syracuse B. Bearcats3. __ Rutgers C. Orange4. __ Pittsburgh D. Scarlet Knights

5. __ West Virginia E. Moutaineers6. __ South Florida F. Panthers7. __ Louisville G. Huskies8. __ Cincinnati H. Bulls

ANSWERS

Answers

1. G2. C3. D4. F5. E6. H7. A8. B

QUIZ

Now it’s time to see how well you grasped the information.

Push BEGIN to start!

Directions

• You will be given a question and 4 possible answers.• If you are correct, you will be taken to a slide telling

you to go to the next question.• If the answer is incorrect, you will be able to go back

to the main page and search for the correct answer!

GOOD LUCK!

CLICK TO START

Question #1

SYRACUSE CONNECTICUT

LOUISVILLE RUTGERS

What school is nicknamed the Huskies?

It’s Connecticut!

NEXT QUESTION

CORRECT!

That answer is incorrectClick the “Correct Answer” button to find the

right answer!

Correct Answer

Question #2

PITTSBURGH CINCINNATI

SOUTH FLORIDA RUTGERS

What school is located in Piscataway, New Jersey?

You’re Right!

The answer is Rutgers!

NEXT QUESTION

That is the wrong answer

Click the button below to find the right answer!

Correct Answer

Question #3

LOUISVILLE PITTSBURGH

SYRACUSE WEST VIRGINIA

What school plays in the same stadium as the

Steelers?

PERFECT!

It’s the Pittsburgh Panthers!

Now, click on the arrow in the bottom right corner to see how you did!

I’m sorry that answer is incorrect.

Keep Trying!

CORRECT ANSWER

QUIZ Summary

• If you were able to answer all three questions correctly, you have passed the lesson.

Great Job and CONGRATULATIONS!

What you should have learned?

• The nicknames of all 8 Big East schools• The city each are located in• An overall understanding of all 8 teams

Thank you for participating in this activity!

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