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Suggested Inquiry Activities
Use spicynodes to drive your instruction surrounding an essential question and have students collaborate to fill in information/questions about the topic at hand. |
Have students create a spicynodes mindmap around a primary source with questions they want to answer during a course of study. Throughout the unit have them build out the spicy nodes to reflect what they have learned. |
Use Spicy Nodes as a parking lot for keywords surrounding topics of study, and students can access them from home and from school. |
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What Teachers Like About Spicynodes
- Fast , fun, and interactive for students and teachers alike.
- Can be presented in a variety of formats
- Easy to access at home and at school.
- Can work as a collaboration between multiple students.
- You can take what you have done on posters in the classroom and put it into digital form on a spicynode for easy recording and presentation at a later date.
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Teacher Tips For Using the Tool
Primary Sources Example
Getting Started
Teacher Tips For Using the Tool
- Start simple and play with the outline organization of this tool to learn about the format before using it in the classroom,
- Train your students to "drive" while you discuss so the tool becomes seamlessly intertwined in lessons.
- Take a look at the educational suggestions in Spicy Nodes
- Look at the gallery of samples and get some great ideas for using this tool in the classroom
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