An interactive way for students to revise sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks.
Good points about this lesson
- You can see whether students are engaged (because they have to move!)
- It introduces encourages good flash card technique (i.e. saying the answers out loud, making sure you get precise wording etc).
- Print the model answers file onto card (If you do the 2 pages on 2 colours you can then control the pace of the lesson a bit) and cut into small individual cards (one copy of the entire document for a class of 20, or you could double up for a normal-sized class. The class I wrote this for was very small.)
- Give students 1 card each
- Tell students that they now each have a model answer to a question. They will have 15 - 20 minutes to swap answers with their peers like so
Student 1 - reads question 1
Student 2 - answers question 1
EITHER Student 2 gets it right, and wins the card or Student 2 gets it wrong.
THEN Student 1 reads out the answer to question 1
Student 2 repeats it back
Then reverse roles.
Nobody can move on without saying the model answer. If they can't answer the question, they don't just keep guessing. They are told what the right answer is. BUT they have to be able to repeat it, which keeps them listening.
When this period is over, give students the blank sheet to fill in. This acts as a summary of what they have learned. (In other topics I have given students other activities like a cloze exercise, a table or materials to mind map their answers. Lots of ways you could follow it up, but I think it's important to give them some way to consolidate their learning and produce a resource they can go back to).
Depending on the memory skills of the class you're doing it with, this could be silent recall or you could let them make use of the cards.
Good points about this lesson
- You can see whether students are engaged (because they have to move!)
- It introduces encourages good flash card technique (i.e. saying the answers out loud, making sure you get precise wording etc).
- Print the model answers file onto card (If you do the 2 pages on 2 colours you can then control the pace of the lesson a bit) and cut into small individual cards (one copy of the entire document for a class of 20, or you could double up for a normal-sized class. The class I wrote this for was very small.)
- Give students 1 card each
- Tell students that they now each have a model answer to a question. They will have 15 - 20 minutes to swap answers with their peers like so
Student 1 - reads question 1
Student 2 - answers question 1
EITHER Student 2 gets it right, and wins the card or Student 2 gets it wrong.
THEN Student 1 reads out the answer to question 1
Student 2 repeats it back
Then reverse roles.
Nobody can move on without saying the model answer. If they can't answer the question, they don't just keep guessing. They are told what the right answer is. BUT they have to be able to repeat it, which keeps them listening.
When this period is over, give students the blank sheet to fill in. This acts as a summary of what they have learned. (In other topics I have given students other activities like a cloze exercise, a table or materials to mind map their answers. Lots of ways you could follow it up, but I think it's important to give them some way to consolidate their learning and produce a resource they can go back to).
Depending on the memory skills of the class you're doing it with, this could be silent recall or you could let them make use of the cards.
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Very useful with the exams coming up.
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