Dot Polling
Teaching STEM
This strategy supports students in establishing priorities among a list of options, interests or actions.
Two Stars And A Wish
Teaching STEM
This learning strategy helps students in providing peer feedback.
Used to Think, Now I Think
Teaching STEM
This strategy helps students reflect on how their understanding or thinking may have shifted after exploring or learning about a concept, idea, or perspective.
Gallery Walk
Teaching STEM
This learning strategy provides students with the opportunity to walk around a classroom, actively engaging with content and each other.
Snowball
Teaching STEM
This learning strategy helps students activate prior knowledge or share ideas in an anonymous, safe way.
Generate, Sort, Synthesize
Teaching STEM
This strategy helps students explore and synthesize information while incorporating and honoring individual points of view.
Inter-VENN-tion
Teaching STEM
This strategy helps students build relationships within a small group by identifying commonalities, distinctions, and areas of expertise.
Traffic Lights
Teaching STEM
This strategy helps students pause and reflect on how they are feeling about a concept or idea.
Here’s What!... So What?... Now What?
Teaching STEM
This strategy helps students challenge and reflect on ideas, understandings and perspectives.
First Turn, Last Turn
Teaching STEM
This strategy helps students collaborate and practice active listening by taking turns to offer insights without cross-talking.
Walk Around Survey
Teaching STEM
In this learning strategy, students walk around the room to gather information from their peers.
Annotated Text Scrolls
Teaching STEM
This strategy helps students comprehend large blocks of text by looking at and annotating the text in a continuous scroll format.
3-2-1
Teaching STEM
This strategy helps students summarize and engage with new content.
Leading Questions
Teaching STEM
This strategy helps students solve a problem by asking each other leading questions.
Carousel Brainstorm
Teaching STEM
This strategy helps students generate ideas in response to prompts and build on the ideas of others.