0:00-0:05 - Attendance, settling in
0:05-0:025 - Brainstorming Interests
You could do this one of two ways:
1. Focus on student interests more broadly (within or outside of your content), or;
2. Have students focus on specific content areas in your class.
1. If you’re letting students choose any topic they want, you can use the questions verbatim. If you’re having students focus on their interests within the specific content you’re teaching, you can adapt them. For example, the first question could become “What are your favorite websites to visit for information on environmental science? Why?” you could also rewrite the fourth question to be “What kind of hobbies do you have related to environmental science?” or question seven might be “Where would you most like to travel? What sort of environmental issues are of concern there?”
Potential Topic Brainstorming Questions: