Dec 11, 2020
Apollo 11 Mission: Online Lesson using the Jigsaw Teaching Strategy
Some time back we covered the Jigsaw teaching strategy in detail. But it’s better to provide a great practical example. So here is an excellent LAMS lesson that highlights the benefits of Jigsaw when applied to good topic. In this case: Apollo 11 Moon Mission.
Lesson Details for Teachers
A Moon mission is complex, so attempting to cover all aspects on it in a single lesson can be tedious.
Using Jigsaw, we are able to split the mission into 5 content areas (content chunks are they are called in the Jigsaw jargon):
- Crew,
- Spacecraft,
- Preparations,
- Journey and
- Landing
These content areas will be tackled by each expert teams which will learner each content related to this area, synthesise and create a summary of it to be presented to their home teams. (Need help understanding the Jigsaw flow? This can help)
The LAMS learning design for this Apollo 11 Mission is depicted below:
For a step by step run of the lesson or to download it and use it in your own classroom, take a look at this card
