Making Groups

This is a clever way of helping children find their seats in class. Read the instructions at http://t.co/CgzXjb3Ks6 pic.twitter.com/6XwC8LebLw
— Teaching Ideas (@TeachingIdeas) August 22, 2014

I saw this tweet and thought of another activity specific to science teaching that I got from a former colleague who used a similar idea to put students into groups.

She printed out stickers or cards in a set. The set contained the name of a piece of equipment, a scientific drawing of the equipment and a photograph of the piece of equipment. She explain to the students the group should contain a name, a diagram and a photograph and then let the class organise themselves into groups.

An alternative for pairs would be a diagram and photograph.

This can help to organise random groups for the first few lessons while you get to know the students.