What if ....

Starter or plenary activity.
Students work in pairs to discuss a number of 'what if ....' questions

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Slogans

Students are given a scenario and asked to write a suitable slogan.  Could be given as a homework task

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Acting up

A fun starter activity.

Students are given a character card. They then have to explain a term related to this topic whilst staying in character.

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Give me ten

Students work in pairs to come up with ten words related to this project before joining up with another pair to expand their list.

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Draw me a picture

Students are given a selection of key terms and are asked to illustrate one of them in a diagram.

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Consider all reasons

Students are given an open ended statement related to the topic.  In pairs, they identify as many reasons as possible in order to provide an answer to the statement

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Just a minute

Starter or plenary task

Students are asked to talk to a partner about this topic for 60 seconds whilst abiding by a set of rules

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30 seconds

Students are shown a number of terms for exactly 30 seconds. They need to memorise as many as possible. After 30 seconds, the terms are hidden and they need to write down as many terms as they can remember along with at least one fact about that term.

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One, Two, Three

Can be used either as a starter or a plenary task.

Students are given a sheet to complete firstly on their own, then with a partner and then joining up with another pair

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10 questions

Can be used either as a starter or a plenary task.

Students are given a sheet to complete firstly on their own, then with a partner and then joining up with another pair

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Across the curriculum

A plenary activity.

Students are asked to consider how they could apply what they have learned today in other school subjects and at home

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I predict

This task acts as the plenary from one lesson and the starter for the next lesson

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Corkboard

A great plenary idea both for AFL and for getting feedback from every student

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4-4-2

A plenary activity where students are asked to summarise the lesson and pick out the main key words related to the topic.

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Pass the buck

An excellent starter or plenary for involving all students and getting them to identify a large number of facts about the current topic

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Three facts

Starter or plenary task

Students are asked to write down three facts that they can remember off the top of their heads about the topic.

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Text me

A plenary activity where students are asked to write a text message to explain what they have learned during the lesson

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Pyramid

A plenary activity.

Students are asked to complete a self assessment sheet to indicate what they have learned during this lesson

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Countdown

Students are given a set of jumbled up words related to this topic. They have to unscramble each of the words within 30 seconds.

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Mastermind

A plenary activity which is loosely based on the game show 'Mastermind'

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Theory Notes Task

Students read the theory notes on the mini website and then answer the questions on the sheet.

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100 words

Students have exactly 100 words to summarise the key points about this topic

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Agony Aunt

Students are put into the role of an agony aunt who has to answer a set of letters about technology related problems.

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Construct an answer

Students are given an exam style question to answer. They are also given a set of key words to incorporate into their answer.

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Fill in the gaps

Students are given a piece of text with a number of key words removed. The key words appear in a table above the text. They need to replace the words correctly back into the text.

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In the style of ....

A fantastic kinaesthetic activity which is bound to produce some amusing results whilst at the same time reinforcing the main concepts of this topic.

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Matching pairs

Students work in pairs to turn over two cards and matchup a keyword with a definition or example.

Full instructions are given in the task sheet. Requires preparation prior to the lesson

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Mind map

Students are given the basic structure of a mind map for this topic. They are asked to complete the mind map by adding extra branches.

Mind maps are a useful tool to use as a revision aid.

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Mnemonic

Students often find it hard to remember long lists of items. A mnemonic is a rhyme or acronym that they can create to help them recall such a list.

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Prioritise

Students are given three different scenarios and asked to identify how the different factors could affect quality of information specific to the scenario.

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Presentation task

Students can take forever to set up a presentation often wasting valuable lesson time choosing their background colours and font styles.

This resource provides students with a template for this topic with the aim on them spending time on the content rather than the 'pretty stuff'.

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Scenarios Task

Students are given three different scenarios and asked to identify how the different factors could affect quality of information specific to the scenario.

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