by Anthea Manderson,
Teacher of Science
Sometimes revision and gap filling can not always be the most engaging of lessons. One way I have used to revise with students is giant spider diagrams on tables. A topic is written on a table using whiteboard pens. Students are then placed in groups and given their own whiteboard pens and 5 minutes to write as many things to do with that topic as they can. They then swap tables and critique the other groups information, correcting it if needed and adding more information to the spider diagram. This carries on until they are back at their original table. They then get some time to walk around the room looking at all of the information that has been written on the desks and to do something useful with it, whether that’s answering questions, filling in their own mind map, etc.
Teacher of Science
Sometimes revision and gap filling can not always be the most engaging of lessons. One way I have used to revise with students is giant spider diagrams on tables. A topic is written on a table using whiteboard pens. Students are then placed in groups and given their own whiteboard pens and 5 minutes to write as many things to do with that topic as they can. They then swap tables and critique the other groups information, correcting it if needed and adding more information to the spider diagram. This carries on until they are back at their original table. They then get some time to walk around the room looking at all of the information that has been written on the desks and to do something useful with it, whether that’s answering questions, filling in their own mind map, etc.
Students really find this task engaging as its different to
what they would usually do with mind maps. The writing on the desks is
something they usually get told off for so they really enjoy it. It’s a great
way to see where your class' gaps in knowledge are too, so you can use this to
feed into your planning and review.
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