1. See the following slides for examples
Activation
Strategy #1:
Use pictures and content based questions to spark conversation and prior knowledge.
See the following slides for examples

2. What is this a picture of?
What do you think it may be used for?

3. What does it mean to problem solve?

4. What do the parts of the snake represent
What do the parts of the snake represent? Explain what “Join, or Die” means.

5. Let’s Take a Look…
Use your webcam to share something that cannot be shown through a picture.

6. See the following slides for examples
Activation
Strategy #2:
KWL Charts
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7. (Type Topic Here) K W L What do I know? What do I want to know?
What have I learned?

8. (Type Topic Here) K W H L What do I know? What do I want to know?
How do I find out?
What have I learned?

9. What new questions do I have?
(Type Topic Here) K W H L A Q
What do I know?
What do I want to know?
How do I find out?
What have I learned?
What action will I take?
What new questions do I have?

10. See the following slide for a simple template.
Activation
Strategy #3:
Brainstorm Webs
See the following slide for a simple template.

11. What do you know about the topic below?
Add your topic here, and ask the students to fill up the slide with anything they know about the topic.

12. See the following slides for examples.
Activation
Strategy #4:
Anticipation Guides
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13. Do you agree or disagree with the statement?
What do you think?
Do you agree or disagree with the statement?
Before
After
Statement
Type a statement related to the topic of the lesson. Ask the students to agree or disagree with the statement at the start of the lesson. You can then revisit at the end to see if their answers change or stay the same.

14. AGREE NEUTRAL DISAGREE
The students use their pointers to show where on the spectrum the agree or disagree with the statement read aloud by the teacher.
AGREE
NEUTRAL
DISAGREE

16. See the following slides for examples.
Activation
Strategy #5:
Odd Ball: Teacher lists words, phrases, pictures, etc. on the board and asks the students to find/circle the one that does not fit with the others. (You can use pictures for primary students.)
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17. ODD BALL Which number does not belong with the others?6 2 4 10 8 7

18. ODD BALL

19. See the following slides for examples.
Activation
Strategy #6:
Video Clips: Use short video clips to engage the students from the start. Make sure to provide them with a task to complete during and after the watch.
See the following slides for examples.

20. Where can I find video clips?
You Tube:
Remember to visit our video tab on the site to see how to pop-out your video. Then, you will not have any advertisements /links on the side.
Teacher Tube:
PBS Teacher:
BBC:
Science Kids:
Teachers Domain: