Drag & Drop Activity Tutorial for Any Concept

Drag & Drop Activity Tutorial for Any Concept

You can easily create digital, interactive activities for your students using Google Slides! This tutorial goes step-by-step through the process of designing a drag & drop activity. The best part? You can use this for any concept or subject!

You design a background that cannot be edited or manipulated by students. Then, add images and text for students to move into the correct locations.

This example shows drag & drop as a sorting activity, but it is not limited to that!

I’m picturing labeling layers of the Earth and matching the correct definitions to the respective layers. Identifying patterns of data shown in a graph?

The limits of what you can create with this drag & drop activity are up to your imagination!


Purchase Already Created Drag & Drop Activities

Types of Rocks Drag & Drop Sort

You can quickly check for student understanding as a review or formative assessment! Each activity purchase includes color and black & white versions and an answer key.

Plate Tectonics Drag & Drop Sort

More drag & drop activities are being created, so check back often! Do you have a request for a specific activity that you’d like to see? Send me a message below!


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