Wrapping up a lesson at the end of a class can sometimes be disappointing. More often than not, children are in a hurry to leave and they can be seen chatting with their friends while the teacher tries in vain to get some answers out of them. Here are a few five- minute activities that can effectively wrap up a lesson.
Category: 2015
Multi-threaded math
Ragini Ramalingam
Is mathematics only about numbers? Is it too abstract? How can one get interested in this subject? This article explains why mathematics can be a life-changer and how it is linked to other sciences.
Save the Frogs
Geetha Iyer
India has a rich diversity of frogs, but they are fast disappearing, and unless some steps are taken to protect their exterior environment, the human population will be losing out a lot of the services that they render. Here are some ways on how the study of frogs at the school level can be taken beyond physiology to ecology.
The joys of reading: our discovery
Manik Dhingra
How can reading be transformed from being just a chore to a pleasurable activity? A simple exercise given to students to help them enjoy their reading changes their perception about reading being passive and not interesting enough. Discover how this change came about.
The elephant in the room?
Aditi Dhammachakra
The only way to have truly inclusive schools is to ensure that education equips children and adults with the kind of critical thinking that is necessary to dispel false beliefs. This will help teachers tackle difficult questions about caste and gender issues.
Dahl Tadka – a creative carnival
Sonali Bhatia
Children are creative and enthusiastic and left to themselves are capable of springing surprises. In a departure of sorts, an event based on books was conducted by children that included creating art and craft objects as well as performance. Here the children planned the event all by themselves with a bit of guidance from the teachers. This article gives a break-up of how teachers can help their children to conduct a similar event.
The medium can be the message
Roshen Dalal
Teaching history need no longer be a dull affair with disinterested students waiting for the class to get over. In the Age of the Internet, there are now available different types of media that can be used to bring history alive. Apart from books , magazines and photographs, the use of New media can kindle the interest of children. Read on to find out more.
“Misses” can make mistakes too
Megha Radhakrishnan
Have you ever come across teachers who deliberately make mistakes, all with the intention of telling children that is OK to make mistakes and learn from them? Here is an interesting article that talks about how two teachers came up with this idea and succeeded in driving home their message.
From academic excellence to administrative acumen
Devika Nadig
The role of a school principal has changed dramatically over the last few decades. From being an academic head, a principal is now more of an administrative head. Are principals equipped to take on this double burden? With several schools going the corporate way, there is much emphasis on trivialities leaving principals with hardly any time to concentrate on academic exercises.
Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown
Chintan Girish Modi
Principals are often stereotyped as self-important individuals who sit in a spacious cabin holding meetings, making decisions and signing documents away from the classroom where children and teachers do ‘real’ work.