Classroom timers, races & name pickers
Pick a student
Fair cold-calling — nobody gets picked twice until everyone has had a turn.
All name pickers →New Gumball Machine
Turn the crank and a gumball rolls out with a student's name — a game-show twist on the name picker.
🥤Popsicle Stick Cup
A cup of named sticks — one rises out, wobbles, and reveals whose turn it is. The classic cold-call trick, digitized.
🧧Lucky Envelope
A board of sealed red envelopes. Students choose one, it opens, and a name slides out — still fair, no repeats.
🫙Sticker Jar
A sticker flies out of the jar and flips to show a name. Every pick goes on the class sticker chart.
🌍Spin the Globe
Spin the globe, drop a pin, pick a student — with an optional country for a quick ESL speaking prompt.
🎯Name Picker
Randomly cold-call a student from a simple list. No repeats until everyone's had a turn.
Games & teams
Split the class into teams and play a review game — no student devices needed.
All games & team tools →New Review Game
Auto-made teams, a fair pick of who answers, and three modes: team race, dice board game, or the classic ESL bomb board.
👥New Group Maker
Split the class into random, balanced groups or teams — dealt out live on the projector.
🎡New Team Wheel
Each student spins the wheel to find their team — dramatic, but always balanced.
🤝New Mystery Partners
Flip two cards to reveal each pair. Handles odd numbers and avoids repeat partners.
🚩Team Race
Click-to-advance race for team competitions and classroom quiz games.
Race to decide the order
Type in your class and watch them race. The finish order is your turn order.
All races →Halloween Halloween Race
A pumpkin, a friendly ghost, a witch, a black cat and a mummy race through a moonlit pumpkin patch. Cute, not scary.
🏁Race Timer
Randomly decide student order for presentations, reading turns, or line-up — as a fun animated race.
🚩Team Race
Click-to-advance race for team competitions and classroom quiz games.
🔤Word Race
Enter vocabulary words instead of names — a random race decides your review order.
🥷Ninja Race
Ninja-themed random order picker — fast, silent, and fun for classroom energy breaks.
🏯New Samurai Race
Armored samurai, an apprentice and an old master race through a cherry blossom dojo to decide who goes first.
🦖Dinosaur Race
Dino-themed random order picker — great for a change of pace during a unit on animals.
🍣Sushi & Dumpling Race
A tasty twist on the random order picker — great for a change of pace.
🏴☠️Pirate Race
A crew of distinct pirate characters race to decide who goes first — great for an ocean or adventure unit.
🤠Cowboy Race
A posse of distinct cowboy and cowgirl characters race to decide who goes first — great for a Wild West unit.
👾Pixel Race
A retro cast of 8-bit heroes races to decide who goes first — pairs perfectly with the chiptune race music.
🐰Cute Critters Race
A pack of adorable animal characters races across a meadow — great for younger classes.
Classroom timers
Big, simple timers that work in fullscreen on any projector.
Countdown Timer
Big, readable countdown with an alarm — great for timed activities and tests.
⏱️Stopwatch
Simple, fullscreen-friendly stopwatch with lap tracking.
Why teachers use ClassCarnival
Every tool here is built for a shared classroom screen: big text, fullscreen mode, and nothing to install or sign up for. Paste in your class list once and you can run a race, a name picker, or a timer in seconds.
The name pickers and races are designed around fairness. Instead of pulling a random name every time — which means some students get picked again and again — each tool works through the whole class before anyone repeats. That makes cold-calling feel like a game rather than a gotcha, which matters most for younger learners and students speaking in a second language.
Pick the style that suits your class: a quick list picker when you just need a name, a gumball machine or popsicle stick cup when you want a bit of suspense, or a themed race when you need to decide presentation order and want the whole room watching.