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Reverse dictionary approach in language learning.
fast forwarding from ca 1000 AD until 2003 showing Europe's shifting borders, alliances, unions, territories, occupied land etc. Slow down and zoom in to see years and events.
This is to support a science investigation to find out if plants need light to grow well. This diary, produced in booklet format, provides a record of growth for two beans - one grown in the light, the other in the dark. It is editable so could be modified for a similar type of investigation.
Resource designed to get pupils speaking. For GCSE (Topic Questions) or A-Level students. I carried it out with an AS Spanish class to practise the stimulus cards. Pupils are presented the stimulus card and given 12 minutes to write the best responses they possibly can to the questions. They are the More…n split into teams in the class and names drawn from a hat in order to make the battle match-ups. Pupils then given a limit during which they will battle. Those not taking part take note and give feedback following the battle and we decide who wins.
While the iPad’s potential in formal learning environments is clear, there is a practical side to its implementation that is not often recognized until after they’re purchased. Logistics here are usually left to an over-worked school or district IT person—or worse, to the classroom teacher.
A teacher with good command can have classes working hard even through the most tedious fifty minutes. That said, a badly planned lesson will have a detrimental effect on behaviour. These are three strategies for making the structure and content of your lessons as behaviour-friendly as possible:
This is the booklet we give to all Y7 Spanish learners to help support their learning. It has a mixture of grammar and vocabulary. It is in A4 format but we photocopy down to A5 size as a booklet.
Some of the Internet's best resources dedicated exclusively to educational uses of the iPad. The popularity of the iPad in our schools continues to grow.
The sun and the wind battle it out to see who is more powerful. Each unleashes its force until the winner is declared. Meanwhile Paula, the weather forecaster, gives a strange forecast - will her predictions come true? This animation is also available in English: bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/5802.
On the Guardian Teacher Network, you can find useful resources to explain and expand on the issue of drought in the UK and across the developing world, where of course drought is affecting people in a more devastating way.
The Guardian Teacher Network has plenty of resources to guide pupils through the maze of the eurozone crisis and anti-austerity measures.
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