This hexagonal thinking activity will help your students engage in meaningful discussions and think deeply about health and fitness.
Hexagonal thinking is a strategy that helps students understand how different concepts are connected to each other.
It helps students think critically and analyze different aspects of a certain phenomenon or situation.
It can be used in a variety of different subjects to consolidate learning, foster higher level thinking skills and even assess what they have learned.
The resource includes:
hexagon cut-outs with terms related to health and fitness
instructions
reflection worksheets
arrow cut-outs for indicating important relationship between terms
free templates for other hexagonal thinking activities
This is an open-ended activity. There are no right or wrong answers. The students can come up with any arrangement of hexagons that makes sense to them, as long as they are able to explain their thinking and justify their choices by making logical and meaningful connections.
Instructions
Print out as many copies of the hexagonal thinking activity sheets as you need (students can work individually, in pairs or in groups)
Cut out the hexagons
Explain to the students that they need to arrange the hexagons in a meaningful manner to show the connections between the terms
Showcase some examples of finished hexagon networks to demonstrate what the final product should look like; there are no right or wrong answers, but the connections need to be meaningful and logical
Explain to the students that they need to choose three or six (as many as you want) connections which they will explain in more detail
Hand out the hexagons, arrows and explanation sheets
Monitor as your engaged students lead meaningful discussions, make connections and explain their thinking
After they’re finished, you can ask members of each group to present one or two of the connections they chose to explain in more detail
As an extension activity, you can ask students to engage in a class-wide discussion about the issue