The Top Ten Video

When it came to activities in my K-12 education it all depended on the teacher to what activities we did. Some teachers strictly taught lectures, others liked worksheets, but my favorite kind of teacher was the one who liked us to interact. So I was able to experience a few times when I did little activities like the one in this video. I had a class where at one point in the year the students were put into groups and had to teach a chapter to the class. I also did group projects where we researched, wrote papers, and created games to go with our topic. So needless to say I did have a few times where I did some fun activities but nothing to this extreme and not in fourth grade. I think that this activity addresses all the learning styles, even kinesthetic. The students are involved in so many different projects everyone’s learning style seems to be incorporated. The students give lectures/presentations, research, have discussion, do a test on their pets, and more.


I am not very surprised that most of this project was done without the use of textbooks. The students did not need books they could find any information they needed on computers and from experience with the animals. I think students have more fun when they are not having to research a book. They want to go out into the world and figure information out on their own and in a fun way. I would definitely consider teaching in a similar way. Some concerns I might have are some students not getting into the assignment and other students having to do extra work because someone is slacking off. Also children at the age do not know much about researching so that may be a barrier we need to work on.