1. Talk-Less Teaching in Science c.ferguson@millthorpeschool.co.uk @FergusonMr1

2. Answers taken from a survey of over 500,000 schools. On average, teachers talk for 50% of lesson time. 80% Teachers talk less to older students. Smaller classes/behaviour/they have figured out more talk from us means less work from them Teachers talk less as class size decreases. On average, 20% of lesson time is devoted to student discussion. 5% On average, teachers ask around 100 questions a day. Up to 300 – most are house keeping – have you got a pen? Most children are given about 5 seconds to answer teacher’s questions. Less than 1 second – we pile questions on top of questions and don’t allow any think/response time.

3. TALKING = QUICKENS way to get information OUT BUT NOT necessarily IN. Even we like to be PASSIVE – you are all thinking tell me what I need to know so I can go home!

6. How many of these do you know the answer to? 1.What is the frequency of Ultrasound waves? 2.What precautions are taken when using X- rays? 3.How are X-ray images made? 4.Why are Ultrasound waves used for prenatal scanning? 5.Why are ultrasound waves partly reflected by body organs?? 6.Why is an Ultrasound scanner better than an X-ray scanner for scanning a body organ? 7.State one advantage and one disadvantage of a CT Scanner in comparison with an ordinary X-ray machine. (GCSE QUESTION) Go around the room and ask someone your question. If they get it RIGHT – ask them an extension (if there is one) and then give them the card. If they get it WRONG – tell them the answer and get them to REPEAT IT back to you. They will then ask you a question and repeat this process. SWAP QUESTIONS Do this until you have been asked at least 5 different questions Feeling confident answer Mr Ferguson’s GCSE Question!

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8. How many of these do you know the answer to? 1.What is the frequency of Ultrasound waves? 2.What precautions are taken when using X- rays? 3.How are X-ray images made? 4.Why are Ultrasound waves used for prenatal scanning? 5.Why are ultrasound waves partly reflected by body organs?? 6.Why is an Ultrasound scanner better than an X-ray scanner for scanning a body organ? 7.State one advantage and one disadvantage of a CT Scanner in comparison with an ordinary X-ray machine. (GCSE QUESTION) Go around the room and ask someone your question. If they get it RIGHT – ask them an extension (if there is one) and then give them the card. If they get it WRONG – tell them the answer and get them to REPEAT IT back to you. They will then ask you a question and repeat this process. SWAP QUESTIONS Do this until you have been asked at least 5 different questions Feeling confident answer Mr Ferguson’s GCSE Question!

9. Useful for FACT BASED or CONTENT heavy lessons – perfect for Science! DIFFERENTIATION- You can colour code the cards so that pupils who are working at different levels/outcomes only swap with people with the same coloured cards EXTENSION- to push further you can have a 2 nd question on the same card to push further Time: Optimum time = 10 minutes – LOTS of information – NO teacher talk.

11. Go around the room and ask someone your question. If they get it RIGHT – ask them an extension (if there is one) and then give them the card. If they get it WRONG – tell them the answer and get them to REPEAT IT back to you. They will then ask you a question and repeat this process. Do this until you have been asked at least 4 different questions. Create an easy question and a further tricky question to see how much everyone remembers! Teach me, tell me Easy question: A: Tough Question: A:

13. How many of these do you know the answer to? 1.What is the frequency of Ultrasound waves? 2.What precautions are taken when using X- rays? 3.How are X-ray images made? 4.Why are Ultrasound waves used for prenatal scanning? 5.Why are ultrasound waves partly reflected by body organs?? 6.Why is an Ultrasound scanner better than an X-ray scanner for scanning a body organ? 7.State one advantage and one disadvantage of a CT Scanner in comparison with an ordinary X-ray machine. (GCSE QUESTION) Go around the room and ask someone your question. If they get it RIGHT – ask them an extension (if there is one) and then give them the card. If they get it WRONG – tell them the answer and get them to REPEAT IT back to you. They will then ask you a question and repeat this process. SWAP QUESTIONS Do this until you have been asked at least 5 different questions Feeling confident answer Mr Ferguson’s GCSE Question!