Instructional Strategies

Consider these instructional strategies!

Take students through various, related websites.

Journaling ideas

Develop word pictures.

Take students through an inquiry.

Invite students to complete a WhiteBoarding Science Inquiry.

Use the concept map to access prior knowledge, build new connections in learning, and assess for conceptual understanding.

Invite students to write like a scientist when preparing their lab reports.

Use a graphic organizer to help students prepare a student or group lab inquiry.

Create an analogy...simply analogical!

Expose students to new terms and have fun with the science vocabulary!

Check for prior knowledge and or review with the A, B, C's

Develop a science specific a.c.r.o.n.y.m.

Have students read a bulleted list of science concepts as AWED or EVEN.

Bill Taylor's Teams, Review Games and Tournaments--a differentiated activity for all subjects!