Hello
Out there in WBT land has anyone created power pics. for 7th or 8th grade science? If so I would sure like some advice regarding how to create my own, for instance what standards to cover and the formating of the information side.
Thanks Jason

Jason,
I've created the concept pix for K through 5. I'd be happy to help you get started; send me some of your grade/subject specific standards and/or vocabulary terms and I'll walk you through it. I'm currently updating everything K-5, so I have this down pat.

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Peace

Hello Jay
I have seen Reksted's power pics and would like to start using them myself. I'm just not sure of the format. I know the front side is a picture, but what info do you put on the back side?
I want to start building my pics library over the summer and continue adding to it as the year goes on, how do you decide what to create a pic for? How many pics. do you introduce in a given lesson?
I will begin teaching about living things and their cells, then, mitosis, chromosomes, organs, systems, organisms. Any help you may give is appreciated.
Thanks Jason Mills

jmills wrote:


In a nutshell:
1. Turn your standard or vocabulary into a question...example: systems: What are systems?
2. What is the answer to your questions...think kids terms. This is the verbal part of the brain that they teach each other.
3. Come up with an icon or picture that matches the term (google images or microsoft) visual part of the brain
4. Come up with a gesture that coincides with both the verbal and visual. motion part of the brain
5. As for the the things on the back of the card: I put the question, answer, gesture, and state standard (for my administrator if they ask).

I like to use my pix to frontload lessons. Go over all of the vocab and pictures before they actually read the chapter, but there are many ways to put it into practice. I wouldn't go more than five pictures at a time, but middle school kids might be able to handle more.

Let me know if this cleared or muddied the water.

Jay

Thank You Jay

That was the direction I needed.
Jason Mills

I'm new. What's a Power Pick and how do I use it??? Thanks.

Jay, your Power Pix method is fantastic. I taught newcomer ESL students for three years, and this is almost exactly what I did with those students. Of course I had to do a lot of prep work on my own (finding pictures) because their ability to communicate in English was extremely limited, and my ability to speak any of their languages was null. Thank you!

I'm glad the idea is working well for you. It is Whole Brain Teaching at it's best; getting many different learning style with one lesson. I'm working on some things that will help our kids become more and more involved in creating their own gestures and image ideas for these lessons. Middle school kids will eat it up, but we need a bit more classroom practice.

I'd love to see your science for k-5. I do a science lab and have never used this mthod before. It sounds great. My email is This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it if you wouldn't mind sharing.