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Using FlipGrid to build student voice in Science

Many of you may already be experiencing #flipgridfever at the moment with this fantastic new App which helps gives students a voice in the classroom.

Karly Moura and Sean Fahey have put out excellent blogs via Twitter about how to use FlipGrid in the general and Mathematics classrooms. If you haven't already seen the awesome resources, check out the links below:

As a Science teacher I am always looking for ways to continue to improve students learning and see FlipGrid as a valuable tool. Over the winter break I brainstormed ways that I could integrate this App into my Science classroom. Many of these tasks could be further extended by requiring students to reply and provide feedback to their peers.

So without further ado, here are Miss Lawson's 10 ways to use FlipGrid to improve learning and engagement in the Science classroom:
  1. Point of View thinking tool - Students record their point of view on a scientific issue or concept (e.g. genetically modified organisms, examples of Newton's Third Law of Motion). 
  2. Test reflection - Students choose one incorrectly answered question and then explain why they got it wrong and what is the correct answer.
  3. Exit ticket - Leave a prompt regarding the learning objective for that lesson and students have to respond or answer the question.
  4. Class laboratory safety expectations - Instead of doing the traditional brainstorm at the start of the year, have students list what they consider to be the five most important laboratory safety rules and justify why they decided on this. 
  5. Summary of individual research investigations - Students share a brief summary of their findings on the FlipGrid rather than having to present in front of the class. A peer assessment sheet could be used for students to critique other students work.
  6. Peer feedback for experimental method design - After creating their own individual experiments for a particular topic, students could share the method on FlipGrid and get feedback from their peers as to areas of strength and weaknesses.
  7. What do you know? - Identify students pre-knowledge by getting them to share what they know about a particular topic. Or use it as a post-topic technique.
  8. What would you do to change this/make this experiment better? - Students can voice how they would improve an experiment.
  9. Instructional clip - Students need to show how to do or teach a scientific skill - e.g balance chemical equations, measure liquid in a measuring cylinder correctly, light a bunsen burner.
  10. Reflection of excursions - Students are prompted to reflect on their excursion by sharing one new thing that they learnt and how it can be linked to the coursework.
If you have any more great ideas on how to integrate FlipGrid into the Science classroom tweet me at @jodyflawson.


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