So last year we had an inservice training and they were trying to get us to have a word wall. That sounds great, for elementary school teachers, or English teachers, but I just can't see it in my high school biology/AP biology room. So I decided to try to get the students to create a concept wall.
I originally envisioned the large blank wall in my room, gradually being filled with student work that visually explained concepts in biology. And by the end of the year it would be a huge "cheat sheet" and contain all the info we had learned. So, who needs this most ... the freshmen ... mistake! It was ridiculous. I gave up.
Toward the end of the year I let my AP students take the project on as a review of what they needed to know before their exam. This time I put up colored paper and sectioned off the paper into the units that we had covered. This was an improvement, but still fairly lame.
So this year we are starting anew. I am starting it at the beginning of the year with the AP students. We are having a contest at the end of each sub section for the info and the design of the info for the wall.
Has anyone ever tried this before, or have ideas that could help?
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