What do you remember most from your time in school as a child? It probably wasn’t the research papers and worksheets. It was most likely the hands-on and interactive projects and assignments that stood out to you. All students have different learning styles, so for majority of them, they will not learn to their highest potential if they are not interacting from their work. I, being a visual and kinesthetic learner, prefer hands-on work because I am able to retain information better when I am actually seeing the information in action. I believe that it makes more of an impact that doing a research paper or a worksheet.
Imagine you are in your classroom and you all are having a lesson on the model of a cell. If you give your students a fill in the blank label worksheet, they will just be focused on finishing and labeling the cell. They won’t be focused on learning the information, but rather they will be focused on just turning in the work. If you give your students a hands on interactive project to make a model of a cell using food, play doh, or different supplies other than a pencil and a paper, the students will be able to remember and retain the looks and the names of the cell parts on a test a lot better. By doing this type of interactive, visual project, they will be able to make connections and it will benefit your students in the end.
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