S2 Montserrat Volcanic Eruption Role Play

On Wednesday 18th March 2GE2 took part in a role play, based around the events of a volcanic eruption. This lesson is based around the excellent idea and resources produced by Noel Jenkins through his Juicy Geography website. Mr Rafferty was kind enough to video the events and the edited highlights and his comments can be seen below.


Montserrat Volcanic Eruption Role Play from Neil Goodfellow on Vimeo.

Mr Rafferty said afterwards, "In Geography I saw an excellent lesson where pupils worked in groups on a
real-life scenario challenge. Mr Goodfellow was good enough to let me record the
lesson. In the video you will see an excellent lesson showing examples of cooperative learning/collaborative team
work. Pupils worked in teams of 3, as vulcanologists, to come up with
real-life solutions to the threat of an imminent volcanic eruption. The
learners were certainly active and worked with a real sense of urgency, and
purpose. Pupil engagement was kept very high by an excellent balance of
activities. The lesson was thoroughly prepared and well-organised
throughout. Mr Goodfellow's use of IT to enhance learners experience was also very
effective. Mr Goodfellow's mild mannered approach to de-escalating issues is also
very interesting to watch."

You can view some of the work done during the lesson below. Feel free to add any comments