This week, we finished up presenting our Jigsaw project. You may or may not have heard of the Jigsaw method, but in my opinion, it is an effective type of learning. In Jigsaw learning, the class is separated into groups, and these groups are called home groups. In the groups, each member is given a topic. All the students in the class with the same topic meet up and explore. These new groups are called expert groups. The goal is for each student is to learn and understand new material so they will "be an expert" on their topic. When they are finished learning, they will meet back with their home groups and each student will teach their content to their group. Here is a video of the Jigsaw method.
In class last week, we attempted the Jigsaw method. For the project, we were given several topics that relate to climate change. We were put into groups and chose a topic of interest from a given list. All the classmates that chose the same topics were grouped together. The goal was to create a lesson with our groups on our topic and how it effects climate change. My topic was "weather and atmosphere" and in my group was Aimee and Jack. We worked together to become familiar with the content by reading different articles and creating slides for our lesson. We provided an introduction, development, check for understanding, and evaluation. We worked on creating our lessons for about a week. Then we all presented our lessons to the class.
We got to learn about how oceans and coasts, marine life, and fresh waters all effect climate change. We also learned what exactly climate change was. All the groups did a great job and their lessons were very helpful in getting a better understanding of each topic.
The Jigsaw project is great way to provide a different yet effective type of learning. It also helps to improve students' communication skills. I will use this method in my classroom.
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