Landscapes in a Box
Resources:Used shoe boxesAssessment cover sheet and peer marking sheet for follow up.What to do:This idea was found from the DigGeog website (Original activity by Alan Parkinson via an Article in Teaching Geography magazine.) Students are to create their own landscape in a box! They should aim to use recycled cardboard and sustainable materials only! (These […]
Bullseye
Resources: 1 x A5 colour copy of Dartboard. Click HERE for editable word doc and HERE for PowerPointRevision equipment/materials eg. highlighters, flash cards, revision notes, a sheet of paper to keep their score/note of activities completed. Here is a GCSE PE version by @meesh_121 What to do:The aim of this resource is to guide students in a session of focused […]
Reflection Bubbles
Resources: None Or a thought bubble and a speech bubble shape printed on to paper/Thought bubble stickers. How it works: The bubbles can be used as a useful AfL/reflection tool. The speech bubble is where thye record what they’re most confident in, or what they feel has gone well. The thought bubble is used for […]
Keyword Blocks
Resources: Nothing! (A3 paper?) What to do: This can be an individual, paired, group or class activity! Depending on ability/topic of class- students are asked to draw a grid on A3 paper? In their books? E.G- 5 x 5- which makes 25 boxes. (I would use this for an A level Class- 50 Mark A2 […]
Question Grids
UPDATE!Resources:Click here for all the resources…What to do:These are a variety of grids to help develop your students ability to question…Amazingly simple to use and very effective! All courtesy of @JohnSayers www.twitter.com/johnsayers And for more information about Questioning- Click HERE Idea has been adapted by @JamieClark85 here- http://jamieleeclark85.wordpress.com You add the picture in the middle and get the students […]
Masked Learning
Resources: Need to make some masks? Characters are up to you… Make the masks relevant- At the moment Apprentice is on TV! What to do: Simple idea! When students are asked to give their opinion or to stand up at the front and talk to the class, a way to help reluctant ones is to […]
First time
Resources: Paper! Maybe nothing!How It Works:Students to get into groups of 4-6.Students line themselves up… sitting next to each other.Teacher provides the first student with a stimulus- picture/quote/text/ or says the information to the student. (Make sure you stick to a time limit- keep it short and snappy!)The student must then write it down..? He then […]
Freeze Frames
Resources:Pictures to support if neccessary.How It Works: Pupils get into small groups. They are asked physically to pose in a snapshot representation of a specific, significant moment. Pupils could work together as a group to discuss what they are being asked to depict and how it might look in a freeze frame. Groups could take […]
Spinning Tops
Spinning Tops A spinning top can add an element of fun and creativity to you lesson, and can be created in advance by you or even easier made by the pupils. Resources: Paper, ready for pupils to cut out the circles Or ready created spinning tops How it works: […]
Learning Zones
Resources: Posters stuck up in each corner of the room? How It Works: When a teacher has set a task and activity has been completed; to check on the understanding of the students, how about you ask them to move to the learning zone that reflects their level of understanding…? One corner- red smiley One corner- […]