One of the best ways to learn something is to teach it!
During remote learning I looked to create a summative project for my students instead of a traditional, written final exam. One of the things I tried was to assign my students a slides project to present to the class.
Students could present in person with the projector when we were in person and when remote students could present with technology like Zoom or Google Meets by sharing their screens. When I taught a hybrid class, I had students use both ways to teach their classmates.
Sometimes I even choose to do slides projects where students did not present but simply submitted their slides to me.
In a biology, earth sciences, or environmental science class you could assign our Local Ecosystem Slides Project-its fun to study state or local park or reserves near you!
In a physical science or chemistry class, you could assign our Ionic and Covalent Compounds Slides Project. In this project, we ask students to describe ionic and covalent compounds and nomenclature and then to compare and contrast the different types of compounds.
I find it helpful to create a calendar for students with what tasks they should complete on which days. Here's an example from the ecosystems project:
A graphic organizer for citations also helps students keep track of their sources and makes completing the Citations Slides simpler for students. This is the one we used in the Local Ecosystems Slides Project:
A rubric is helpful for both you and students. We like to set ours up like a checklist:
My students would feel such a sense of accomplishment when finishing these projects and I loved seeing how creative and thoughtful they could be when explaining our science content!
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