Station to Station

Title

Station to Station

Physical
Author: Calum Crosbie
Facilitated by the teacher
Aim

The aim is to develop independent learning skills with different types of resources.

Time
1 hour
Students
Class group
Materials
Whiteboard, digital/paper resources, tablets pen & paper
Steps

Steps

  1. The teacher places resources about a topic at ‘stations’ around the room.
  2. The students go round each station collecting information on the topic:
  • what it is about?
  • interesting facts
  1. Students post their research findings on post-its, whiteboard or Padlet.
  2. The class reviews the information and group the information together on the whiteboard/Padlet.
     

On completion of this exercise, the students may, now, progress to the next activity.

Reflection

Reflection

This activity will increase the students’ abilities to become independent learners and increase task-motivation as the physical element will make the activity more dynamic. It reinforces the need for different sources of information in the learning process.
The activity could be done using online tools such as Trello, virtual whiteboard and breakout rooms in Teams/Zoom.
Inspiration

Inspiration