The lab days represent the experimental step of the Teachers’ Handbook produced by the CURRY project. In lab days, teachers and learners test Teaching Activities, to evaluate their effectiveness and reproducibility.
| LAB DAYS: | |
| Date and place of the Lab Day | 11th of March 2022, Kadrina Keskkool |
| Name of teachers | Liina Suurkivi, Kristi Aimla-Maripuu |
| Number of students participants | 23 |
| Age/class | 8-9 years old – class 2 |
| Title of the activity | Tervisliku eluviisi põhimõtted (Principles of a healthy lifestyle – game and presentation) |
| Language | Estonian |
| Duration | 2 hours |
Work steps
- To start the activity, we attracted the attention by asking questions from the Estonian database of twisted issues.
- Creating a thematic word cloud in the AnswerGarden
- View and discuss “What to eat?” from the Heureka ERR archive.
- Create teams.
- Get to know the LearningApps environment and create your own in teams by following the instructions.
- Loading the game into Padlet.
- Introducing games to other teams.
- Creating a concept map to summarize a topic in Coggle.
Positive elements
Students were engaged and enjoyed the topic; they enjoyed working with the tablets. Students liked to work in teams and to look to the other’s team’s results.
Critical elements
Little bit difficult to use LearningApps at that age. Insufficient digital skills.
Considerations
The activity itself is enjoyable, but probably more suitable for older students.