Top 5 March Madness Activities to Use in the Classroom If you are an intermediate (grades 3-6) or secondary (grades 6-12) teacher, I am sure there are many students that are interested in the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, also known as March Madness! We have developed numerous activities that relate to math, writing, geography, spelling and ...

I recently responded to a blog challenge by a video recording of myself - you can see it by clicking here. Most EFL teachers are probably aware of the activity where students are asked to say some things about themselves, and the others are to guess if they're true or false. I suggested taking this a step further and have the students bring video ...

We have already seen an activity for second conditional with Norah Jones, and I'd also touched on the subject of countries prior to this. However, from my experience, the concept of conditionals isn't too hard to grasp, but it could be used as a springboard for speaking activities. Please see my post on The Best Countries as well. With that in ...

Here's another game on countries and nationalities. The clue gives you the nationality and you'll have to find the country on the map. You may also like these other games on countries: Countries and Nationalities Arcade Game The Best Countries Flags of the World Capitals of the World Find these Cities

If you had a choice of a country to live in, where would you choose? What would your criteria be? Newsweek recently compiled a list of the best countries in the world based on health, economy, politics and the quality of life. The project took them several months to complete, but their results are now available. Click on the image below to browse ...

Try to identify all these flags in this point-and-click game. Make sure to try these other games, too: Capitals of the WorldCountries and Nationalities For more, browse under category 'geography' in the GAMES AND QUIZZES section.

Teachers, please take note: some of my quizzes, like this one, for example, ask for an email. If an email is provided, the results will be sent automatically to it. This allows you to grade/check your students' progress. If you haven't got an email for this purpose, I'd suggest creating one for this purpose, and ask the students to provide that ...

Our oldest son’s class used Playdough to model the land formations about which they have been learning. He loved this hands-on project! Here’s a quick tour of the geographic landscape that he created (via iPhone video). Educational Connections Here are some quick thoughts regarding this activity. Our son said everyone in the ...