Secondary Toolbox - Activity Builders

Thinking Maps are a great way to help students organize their thinking. You can select any of the files to the left, make a copy, and use as an interative activity with your students.

Coggle is a great "mind mapping" website that allows you to organize your knowledge. Coggle can be downloaded as a PDF or a PNG image so they are easily shared in Classroom. Students can work collaboratively on a shared Coggle.

Padlet is a great tool for organizing notes, images, etc. Padlet works with Google Classroom and can be quickly added to your Classes for Interactive Collaborative activities.

Prezi is great presentation tool.

You can use it to share information with the class or have the class use it to collect information. The example to the right is a Prezi of Atomic Structure. Select to view it in action.

Consider this tutorial Prezi before starting your own.

ReCap is an interactive site where you can post question and the students video their answers. My students loved this one and ask for it often. While recording, the students have an opportunity to view their response and re-record if they wish.

Essential Vocabulary Activity

After the lessons closes (times limits are set) a video is made of the responses. You have the option to edit the video to include 1-6 your students.

Goal Setting

The videos are stored in their account, so they can revisit them at the end to see if they mastered their goals.

Quizlet is great for vocabulary, test reviews, or any short answer content. They recently added diagrams which enhances the capabilities.

Quizizz offers assessments in Live (competition in the classroom) or Homework (they complete on their own).

Kahoot! offers competitive game play at any grade level for any content.

AnswerGarden allows for a "20 characters or less" answer to any question you post. It is great for a quick short answer assessment or brainstorming ideas.

Quizalize is a tool that allows you to build assessments based upon TEKS. You can easily identify who needs help and what they need help on.

Wizer.me is a great App for organizing various activities for your classroom.

If you use your Google login to set up your Wizer.me account, you can easily link your activities to your Google Classroom.

Nearpod allows you to created an activity combining videos, documents, and questions. You can explore the website and use activities that are already created by adding them to your library or you can create your own.

Note: You can add Nearpod activities directly to your Google Classrooms. Once you have set up your Nearpod accounts, you can view the lessons below.

Ancient Egypt Gods and Goddesses CODE: NGKWA

Cell Organelles CODE: SMKCU

Edpuzzle allows you to select/upload a video and insert recorded comments or instructions from you along with questions or quizzes that you can post throughout the video. Edpuzzle also links directly to your Google Classroom so you easily attach activities to your Classes.

Check out the sample lessons below:

How small is our planet?

What is a Constitution?

Thinglink will help you create interactive images/activities for your classroom. Students can also use Thinglink to present understanding of the content. You can try out the two examples below by selecting them.

Blendspace can be found in your Web Store. It allow you to piece together videos, questions, PDFs, presentations, and notes. It also shares directly to the Google Classroom. With a lessons library, you can browse activities and videos to copy, edit, and share.

With Pear Deck, every learner engages with the interactive activity on his or her own screen, and knows their response will be seen by the teacher, but anonymous to the rest of the class. Pear Deck is now available as an Add-on in Google Slides.

Formative allows you to put together content with assessment throughout. Formative also assigns directly to Google Classroom. Students can also quickly sign up through a class code.

Flippity.net has created a page of templates for Google documents. You are welcome to copy/download them to use in your classroom. Each one comes with instructions for easy use. Flippity is also available as an Add-On in Google Sheets.

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