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I sometimes have the opportunity to take a class on a field trip to a local park. As a follow-up activity, I like to ask students to get creative and come up with concepts for their own parks. They might, for example, create an aquarium-themed park, a teenager-only park a trampoline park, or a food park complete with pizza-shaped slides. The more unusual, the better!
What to do:
- Brainstorm a list of park-related vocabulary, and create a class list of new words.
- Divide your class into small groups.
- Introduce the topic. Display the slide above, or create a list of questions of your own that you would like students to respond to. Give them time to discuss.
- (Optional, but recommended) Hand out poster paper, and instruct students to draw a picture of their new park.
- Give students time to prepare a presentation for their classmates. Tell them that they should be able to describe their picture, and explain why their idea deserves to win the new park competition.
- (Also optional) After all groups have presented, take a class survey: Which group should win the competition, and why?
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