Rocket Up Your Class!: 101 High Impact Activities to Start, Break and End Lessons (Independent Thinking Series) [Paperback]

There are so many ideas here that are guaranteed to improve the classroom atmosphere. I think absolutely every teacher will find something new and improving in this book. --Johnny Ball, Science Writer

Dave Keeling s vibrant and witty book blows a breath of fresh air up the backside of any classroom. --Matthew Gray, Assistant Professor at Carnegie Mellon University

Dave s approach motivates all students to think and learn and doesn t simply teach to the 20% who are already motivated. --Esther Sayers, Curator for Young People s Programmes, Tate Modern

If you are looking for a creative opening, energising middle or big finish to a lesson then this book provides over a hundred activities which have been developed over ten years and have worked with thousands of students in hundreds of schools. Start your lesson with a quick game of Thumb Wars, Anagrammer or throw in a Thought Grenade. Break a lesson up with a round of Bagsnatcher or make it unforgettable with Quizzical and Pass the Exam. Bring the lesson to an end with School Disco, Homework Lottery or Lesson Trailer. This book is for the curious and enthusiastic and for anyone who is stuck in a learning environment wishing they were somewhere else. The activities are designed to develop communication, teamwork, creative thinking, confidence, and provide the dopamine release required for effective learning. This book shamelessly entertains whilst at the same time engaging young people in the creative arena by putting a Rocket Up Your Class!

Dave Keeling, a 6 2 , self-confessed Ginger Ninja, has been a professional actor and a stand-up educationalist (or kinaesthetic and passionate) for 10 years working the length and breadth of the country with teachers, pupils and parents.