A simple white board can be a great tool. Not only is is quick and erasable but it also saves paper. I went to Home Depot and asked for a large white board. Then I had them cut it into 30 smaller pieces. Voila a class set of white boards. I have used them numerous times, students love them and they are easy to move about and clean. Here are a few ways they have been useful in my classroom:
1) Each student drew an organ and then we placed them all together on the floor to make a human body.
2) A quick assessment tool, draw A, B,C,D and hold it up (usually tight to the chest so others can't copy or see)
3) Write a question you think might stump a fellow student about our current topic-trade with a classmate
4) Make a giant graph of data on the floor, all A's, B's etc.
5) Use them as ramps in lab activities
6) Write different terms on some and definitions on others and have students match them up by walking around the room
7) Card sorts but they are the cards
8) Have each student in a group of 4 draw a different part of an organ or part of the body then mix them up and like a jigsaw have students create the right image
These and many more. The flexibility they provide is endless. I love that they can be cleaned very quickly and reused. They are also inexpensive and are long-lasting cutting down on needless copies.
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