Learning with Mery

Time Travel: Prehistory Good afternoon, everyone. We have started this week to study the history part of Social Sciences. History is one of the most difficult things for our students because they have to memorise a lot of dates, names, places...  That is the reason why I have created a new project in which our students feel involved and motivated.  I have created a radio programme. In it, they are presented with the situation that a secret button has been discovered in their school, and if they press it they will travel back in time. As this is going to be about prehistory, we will divide the class into three groups, and each group will be given one of the three periods of Prehistory. Students will have to carry out a series of activities to finally achieve the final objective, the recording of a podcast. Below you will find the guide I have prepared to be able to implement it in the classroom.      I am also enclosing the first programme which is the one I...

  What do animals eat? Good afternoon colleagues! How is everything? I´m back after Easter holidays.  This has been a very fantastic week dealing with... ANIMALS. I´m teaching it in 2nd grade.  They love this subject, but it is true that they tend to go a bit crazy trying to talk about their experiences with animals. This week we have been dealing with the subject of what animals eat, which in my view is one of the most "boring" parts regarding to  animals as it does not have too much content. I've been mulling over the idea of how I could teach it in an engaging way. This time I have used Genially as a resource. Genially is a website that allows us to make amazing and eye-catching presentations that will capture the attention of our students. Usually, we tend to use the typical Power Point or Prezi presentation, which is a bit outdated. Thinks I liked from Genially... Genially is very simple to use, with all the steps indicated. With this app you have...