Get together MATERIALS: Two or three long ropes and a few notes/chalk Instructions: The long ropes get placed on the floor like a Venn-diagram and students write notes or write with chalk in the circles. Venn-diagrams are perfect to use when students have to compare something, find similarities and differences. Some ways to use it …
Yes or no Materials: Two long ropes and some academic questions Instructions: The two long ropes are placed on the floor in circles and represent respectively a ‘yes-circle’ and a ‘no-circle’. The teacher (or an individual student) makes a number of academic questions that can be answered with ‘yes’ or ‘no’. The teacher gives a …
Going home Materials: A skipping rope per student Instructions: Each student sits in their ‘home’ which is illustrated with a skipping rope that lies on the floor in a circle. All of their homes are randomly placed in a marked area. On the basis of this structure the activity can be organized in different ways …
Know your prepositions Materials: A chair for each student Instructions: Captain Skip comes to visit to check if all the students know their prepositions in their native language or foreign languages. The students have to place themselves in the following ways in relation to their chair. Behind, beside, in front, under, over, against, across and …
Spell with your body Materials: Cards with words written on them and possibly letters/numbers made from cardboard. Instructions: Students are in pairs and take it in turns to takecard from the pile. They have to spell words in their native language or in a foreign language using their body in different ways e.g.: Make the …
Good chemistry Materials: Cards with chemical symbols Instructions: All students get a card with a chemical symbol on it in chemistry. They then have to walk around and make chemical bonds with other students. How many chemical bonds can you make- do you know the names? View All PAL Activities
Triangle drama Materials: None Instructions: Students stand and may not touch each other in this activity. Each student selects two other students to be ‘points’ in their triangle. The aim is to make an equilateral triangle, where all the sides are equal. Students keep who they are thinking about a secret. When the teacher says …
The big line Materials: One or two long ropes and notes Instructions: The long ropes are placed in a long line on the floor. Then the students could make a timeline by placing notes that organize the events or concepts in chronological order. Examples: Geography – The different planets’ distance to the sun. Social studies …
The X-Y axis Materials: Two long ropes, notes and skipping ropes Instructions: The long ropes are placed horizontally and vertically on the floor so that they create an x-y axis that respectively represent two different concepts. The x-y axis could represent: Social studies – distribution and value politics Home economics – food in relation to …
Artist for a day Materials: Skipping ropes and possibly a long rope Instructions: The students work individually or together in small groups. They now have to be ‘artist for a day’ and shape various things on the floor with the skipping rope/ long rope. Languages – make different letters with your skipping rope on the …
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