Post on 18-Dec-2015
FROM GOOD TO OUTSTANDING - CLASSROOM IDEASHelen Dowds
We often ask students to make notes…
Have you ever taught them how????
Note Making.
•Highlight and choose ‘x’ points•Cross out irrelevant information•Mind map•Think – Pair – Share / Snowballing
Some ideas..
1. Read the text.
2. Either:Highlight the relevant points (6 points only!)
Or Cross out the irrelevant points.
3. Transfer into YOUR notes.
4. Think, pair , share.
John Newlands
John Newlands wrote the Law of Octaves, he ordered the elements in increasing relative atomic mass.
Newlands proposed that the 8th element was a repetition of (had similar properties to) the first.
His work was rejected by other scientists because:• He assumed all elements had been discovered• No gaps were left for undiscovered elements• He grouped some elements together which were
not alike• He found it necessary to place 2 elements in the
same position
John Newlands - Notes
•Research shows that in order for information to be committed to memory the learner must be exposed to the information at least 6 times.
The magic number
6
•Odd one out•Jeopardy•Pictionary•Word Bubbles
Revision ‘Games’
Cards at the ready!!!!!!!!!
Odd One Out! Topic: Metals
a. Potassium
Calcium
Sodium
b. Calcium
Potassium
Sodium
c. Sodium
Potassium
Calcium
d. Potassium Sodium
Calcium
3 2 1Choose !
Correct Answer !
a. Jewellery
c. Alloys d. Bridges
3 2 1Correct Answer !Choose !
b. Bleach
a. Soft b. Weak
d. Ductilec. Insulator
3 2 1Correct Answer !
Choose !
Here’s the answer…What’s the question?
Metals Jeopardy!Topic: Metals
Let’s electricity pass easily
Malleable
Iron Oxide
Your turn…
-Think of a question about metals.-Write down the answer.-Can your partner guess the question?
1. Beaker2. Bunsen
burner3. Filtering4. Soluble
PictionaryTopic: Separating Techniques
Word BubblesTopic: States of Matter
Can you link the bubbles?
solid
property
Can you link the bubbles?
solid
Liquid
Can you link the bubbles?
solid
temperature
Meltingpoint
Can you link the bubbles?