Think Pair Share: students ponder the answer to a question and then share their thoughts with a neighbor.
Role Playing: "each student takes the role of a person affected by an Earth science issue, such as a volcano or a polluted lake and studies the impacts of Earth science issues on human life and/or the effects of human activities on the world around us from the perspective of that person."
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Discovering Plate Boundaries : this is a group discussion method employing many aspects of cooperative learning.
In the example cited here, students use the "Jigsaw" technique to learn more about plate tectonics. For a more general discussion of cooperative learning see the module on Cooperative Learning.
Peer Review: students review and comment on materials written by their classmates.
Discussion: promoting a successful discussion depends on correctly framing questions. Discover tips for framing discussion questions to promote higher order thinking.
Role Playing: students look at the topic from the perspective of a character, who will affect and be affected by a chosen topic.
Problem solving using real data: students use a variety of data to explore scientific questions.
Just in Time Teaching: students read assigned material outside of class, respond to short questions online, then participate in collaborative exercises the following class period.
Game Based Learning: uses competitive exercises, either pitting the students against each other or through computer simulations
