“When things in the textbook seem really boring, do activities that force us to get involved and make connections. In my ninth-grade science class we read about how resources were divided among the world, and he had students act as countries and divide up popcorn in amounts that represented their country’s share of the resources. We have to organize to get enough popcorn for our countries” – Daryl, page 135.
I personally just like this idea. It is an effective way to teach about resources, the problems that this country is facing and the dent that it is making on the world. It gets students up and moving, communicating and visualizing the sharing of resources. Because I am a science concentration, I find that there are not a lot of ‘motivating stories’ about science classes, it catches my eye when I see one, and I use it. Science textbooks are incredibly boring, doing activities like this one can help teach something that is not in the textbook, or can be used to supplement or replace reading for people who are more visual or kinesthetic learners. I also did it in middle school, and it was really fun.
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