Digital Inventory: Collect, Count and Check It Off

Each group takes charge of one type of equipment: they collect it at a walk, count it, check its condition and log it on an inventory sheet on the tablet. It brings heart rates down with a useful, responsible task.

How to play

1. Assign roles: each group gets one type of equipment and the number that came out of the storage room (1 min).
2. Collect it at a walk, no running, counting quietly in pairs (3 min).
3. Check condition: anything broken or flat goes into a labeled box (2 min).
4. Log it on the tablet sheet and compare with the starting count; if something's missing, everyone looks for it (2 min).

Rules

• Walk at all times.
• Equipment goes in the cart or in bags, never thrown.
• One person per group types on the tablet while another reads out the counts.
• Nobody leaves the class area to look for equipment without telling the teacher.

Variations

Adaptations

• Limited mobility: handles the tablet log and the final count.
• Students with visual impairments: count small items by touch as they're handed over.
• Students with attention difficulties: get one clear task, such as counting the cones.

Learning goals

• Cool down with a calm task.
• Take care of shared equipment.
• Record simple data in an organized way.

Equipment for a class of 25

• tablets: 4
• inventory sheets: 4

Teacher tip

A shared school spreadsheet or a paper template works just as well. This way you spot broken equipment right away instead of at the start of the next class.

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