Set Up - Write one name of each state on a tongue depressor or popcicle stick. Scatter the 50 sticks, plus 25 blank ones, in general space. Be sure to place the name of the states face down. Divide class into 5 groups relay formation.

Instructions: Give each group 1 pencil and 1 blank USA map. On "go", the first person in each line runs the perimeter of general space. After the 1 lap, the runner tags the next person on his/her team, enters general space and picks up 1 stick, and then returns it to the group. This continues until the group has 10 states. Once the group has 10 states, they write the names of their 10 states in the correct place on the map. If a runner picks up a blank stick, he/she must bring it back to the team, and it counts as one turn.

My 3-5th graders love this game!