The fastest hands Materials: None Instructions: Students walk around each other and compete in scissor-paper-stone games as a warm up. Then the game develops so that the students compete in mathematics. The game continues in the same way but when students meet each other they ‘1-2-3-now’. On ‘now’ the students show a number of fingers …
The word hunt Materials: 52 notes with letters (2 for each letter of the alphabet), paper and pencil for each group. Instructions: The teacher places notes with letters in a marked area. The notes are face-down so they cannot be read without turning them over. The students are divided into teams of three to six …
Academic dodgeball Materials: A soft ball and paper Instructions: Students play dodge ball in a marked area. The aim is to throw and hit the others with the ball. The students can’t dribble or walk with the ball. Four students are placed in each corner of the hall and write times tables on paper in …
The mad scientist in the lesson Materials: Free choice Instructions: he students are in small groups and are challenges to find their own academic play activities. Here are some questions to get them going: What games and activities do you know already? Which games have got a good way of connecting academic content? Which subjects …
Speed talk Materials: None Instructions: Students walk around each other when the teacher says “stop” they need to find a partner. The teacher asks an academic question that needs to be discussed. When the teacher says “go” the students walk around again and find a new partner when the teacher says “stop”. Then the same …
The professor speaks Materials: none Instructions: The students start by working in groups with the same/ different challenges within the same academic area. At some point the teacher points out a group who become professors. They spread out in different corners of the room, then the rest of the students also spread out and listen …
The quick journalists Materials: Cards with academic questions/themes Instructions: Half of the students get a piece of paper with an academic question or theme on it. They then have two minutes to interview the other half of the students to get as much academic input as possible. The answers are written down on paper. The …
The four corners of the world Materials: Four pieces of A3-paper Instructions: The A-3 paper is hung up in the four corners of the room. Each of the pieces of paper has an academic concept which the students need to brainstorm about. The students walk around the room adding their input to the four academic …
Send around a question Materials: None Instructions: The students stand in a circle and each think of a question related to an academic concept which has recently been covered. One of the students starts by asking the question to the student on their left, who answers and then sends the question on until everyone in …
The apprenticeship Materials: None Instructions: The class is divided into two halves who work within their own academic area. When the teacher says ‘apprenticeship’ they have to get together with someone from the other group and present their knowledge. They then swap roles so both get the chance to be the apprentice. View All PAL …
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