Another idea from the “Interesting Ways to…” teachers “Use Google Earth as an introduction to Shakespeare. Visit Stratford upon Avon and find the house that he was born in. Zoom over to the banks of the Thames, switch on the 3D building layer and load up the Globe Theatre model. Explore the inside structure of the theatre, with Full Article…
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Grown ups couldn’t spell either!
Use your Twitter network and get the children to compose a tweet such as #YsgolEvanJames What was the word you had most problems spelling when you were in school? or #class4Newtownprimary What word do you still find difficulty in spelling?” (ask your friends to retweet to their networks as well) Get the children to make Full Article…
Cartoon science
Nic Daniels using cartoons to make science fun…. Children love making cartoons and on the whole hate writing up science experiments so recording science experiments as a comic strip can be the way forward. We used Comic Life to create the ones above. It comes bundled with the Mac but entry level is free for Windows and that Full Article…
Geo Tweets
I love this one from Tom Barrett “Use a combination of Twitter and Google Earth as a unique mapping activity or intro to using Google Earth. Ask your Twitter network for challenges, GeoTweets if you will. Do this in advance of the session to give people time to respond. Guide the children quietly – you Full Article…
Line and path maths in primary
Quentin D’Souza on TeachingHacks.com says “Use the Line and Path measurement tools to find distances that are challenging to measure.” I have used this in maths with an extra bit. Find a regular shaped feature on a map – say a football pitch – and ask children to measure it using the line and path function. Full Article…
Jigsaw planet
Use Jigsaw Planet to create fun on-line jigsaws which can be used across the age range as you can increase the number and complexity of pieces. And for those of you who are still wondering….. Nic and I have been doing each other’s jigsaws for the last half hour – if you want to Full Article…
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