Google Halloween Fun!

This Halloween Google has come out with two really cool activities. Looks below to see descriptions and links to both. As a bonus, both of these activities will work on pretty much any device students normally can get their hands on.

So if students are using Chromebooks, iPads, Windows laptops, or Macs, they are all good to go!

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Halloween Google Doodle

Have you ever wondered what would happen if you crossed cats with Harry Potter and then made it into an interactive Google Doodle? No? Me either, but apparently someone at Google did! This Google Doodle challenges you to draw certain symbols to defeat the ghosts that appear and it gets harder with each level. 

I personally found it easier to play on my iPad, but had tons of fun playing it on my Chromebook too!

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Frightgeist

This little Google creation really amazed me! If you have ever wanted to show students the power of data mining, this is your ticket it! Frightgeist uses Google Trends to show what people are searching for in the world of costumes. Google Trends aggregates search data into visuals that people can easily view and understand. 

For example if you were to look at the top five costume searches right now, 4 of the 5 are superhero themed. This is a great Halloween resource for classrooms of all ages to get students talking and looking at real data!