Make Lectures More Interactive

Make Lectures More Interactive

Quizizz Lecture

Poll

How often do you use 'traditional lectures' in your class?

• Every day

• Once a week

• Now and then

• Never

Upload your own existing presentations

Example

Example

Students have strategic handouts

Poll

What did you label structure #4?

• Weird growth

• Psoriasis

• Yellow-ish

• See a doctor

Dinosaur Fight:

Iguanodon vs. Anklyosaurus

Background Research

Take notes in your note catcher

Write down only what you need, not every word on the screen!

Poll

Who would win in a fight to the death? Iguanodon vs. Ankylosaurus

• Iguanodon

• Ankylosaurus

Pros

• Sharp knife-like bone thumbs

• Largeish dinosaur

• Decently fast, with large thunder thighs that are presumably strong I guess

• First discovered dinosaur, so large ego and bragging rights

Cons

• Slow

• Dumb - pebble sized brain (see next slide)

• Not very agile

• Aggression score = "down comforter"

• BMI = 40+

This misshapen pebble is actually the first ever dinosaur brain fossil ever found. - Vox

Pros

• Broad, robust body

• Strong club tail use for self defense

• Back spikes

• Spiky turtle-like bone armor

• Spikes around eyes, and VERY thick skull, so

• small brain, did not exhibit a full range of emotions

• On the street goes by Ank --> r/ankmemes

Cons

• Small body. Smaller brain

• Slow

• "1993 Tony Thulborn proposed that the tail club of ankylosaurids primarily acted as a decoy for the head, as he thought the tail too short and inflexible to have an effective reach; the "dummy head" would lure a predator close to the tail, where it could be struck"........ aka bad at fighting

• Agression score = snapping turtle

Open Ended

 $\rho\left(\frac{\partial x}{\partial y}+\nu\times\Delta\nu\right)=-\Delta\rho+\Delta\times T+\Sigma\tau$  

Who do you think would win the fight now? Did you change your mind?

Share with your neighbor how you think the fight would go down!

57 seconds to discuss

Diagram the Fight!

Using what you now know about the two dinosaurs, do a simple diagram of how you think the fight would go down.

Use the 6-panel comic strip at the bottom of the note catcher to outline your thoughts.

*You will be graded on thought process, effort, and originality, NOT on artistic ability!

Now, we will present our thesis and share it with the class

• Open a new tab, go to flipgrid.com/b99ceafc

• Narrate the thesis you illustrated on your note catcher

• Use evidence to support your argument

• Be sure to include your final verdict!