Independent Thinking and Revision Tactics

This morning Ed Thorndyke (Teacher of PE) demonstrated an activity that all teachers can adapt for their subjects. The activity required energy; it really woke us up at 8.30am and got us moving!

How to use the activity:

1. Students work in small groups for this activity.
2. They are given a large sheet with different areas to investigate. (See picture below).
3. Each topic on the sheet is colour-coded: green, blue or red (in order of difficulty).
4. Around the room there are sheets of information, which are also colour-coded. (Again, see picture below).
5. Students must then move around the room finding information, they cannot bring the sheets back with them, they must read and remember the information and add it to the sheet on their desks.

The activity worked really well and by the end of Swap Shop all of us had filled an A3 sheet with information about 'Drugs in Sport'!

This activity has the potential to be adapted in many ways. Ed explained how it could be used to develop and extend writing; in English for example, you could colour-code sentences in a way which progresses students from C-A*.

How could you use it in your subject?