Teaching Styles
This teaching style consists of the instructor talking about the lesson
What is a lecture?
The first President of the United States
Who is George Washington?
You should do this periodically throughout a study session to keep your mind refreshed
What is take breaks?
This game consists of different categories of questions with points ranging from 100-500 and the answers are given in question form
What is jeopardy?
This is something that was once classified as a planet, but scientists declared it was too small to be one
What is Pluto?
This teaching style involves the students writing down information as its presented
What is taking notes?
Number of states in the United States
What is 50?
Students can make a ____, with rhythm and melody, to help them memorize what they need to know
What is a song?
This game involves finding words within a jumble of different letters
What is a word search?
A2+B2 =C2
What is the Pythagorean theorem?
This teaching style consists of allowing the students to actually work the problems
What are worksheets?
A thermometer measures
What is temperature? (Fahrenheit/Celsius)
Things a student can make that are typically used for vocabulary, that have a term on one side and a definition on the other side
What are flash cards?
This puzzle consists of a grid of squares and blanks into which words crossing horizontally and vertically are written according to clues
What is a crossword?
The geographic discovery that all of the continents used to be connected
What is Pangea?
This teaching style consists of students collaborating in a conversation about a certain assignment
What are discussion boards?
The type of book written about someone's life
What is a biography?
This method of studying involves working through mock problems similar to what would be on the actual test
What is a practice test?
This game involves teachers leaving answers around the room and giving students the clues to find them, the students win by being the first to find all the answers
What is a scavenger hunt?
Number of elements on the periodic table
What is 118?
This teaching style consists of allowing the students to participate in lessons or giving them hands-on activites
What is interactive teaching?
The layer of earth located beneath the crust
What is the mantle?
A type of studying technique that involves creating a “phrase” from the first letters of a concept you are trying to learn Example: Never Eat Soggy Waffles
What are mnemonics?
This game involves students standing by each other and competing against one another until someone says the correct answer first and then they compete with the next student, whoever makes it ‘around’ the room wins
What is around the world?
The third article of the Constitution sets the guidelines for
What is the Judicial Branch?