User Interfaces Starters and Plenaries

Interactive Quizzes

Interactive Whiteboard

Interactive whiteboard

If this isn't interactive, you will need to change the security settings in PowerPoint to medium, then it will work fine.

Paper-based starters

Card sorting exercise

The cards will need some preparation before the lesson. It would be better to laminate them if possible to provide a long lasting resource. However, if time is short, they can simply be printed out and cut up.

A good kinesthetic activity

Wordsearch

Crossword (differentiated)

Students are given a crossword to solve with clues relating to key words for this topic.

There are three differentiated versions to allow students to choose the best level of difficulty for themselves.

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version 1

version 2

version 3

answers

Cryptogram

Bingo

Great fun, all students love playing this. Get them to explain the terms