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HINGE-POINT QUESTIONS

-a hinge is a point in a lesson when you need to check if students are ready to move on, and if yes in which direction

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-a hinge-point question is a diagnostic question that you ask your students when you reach the hinge, responses to which give you evidence about what you and your students need to do next.

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- should take < 2 minutes for the students to answer (ideally 1)

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-should take the teacher < 30 seconds to view/interpret answers

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The following is my interpretation of hinge-point questions to be used in combination with coloured cards and classroom discourse

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Which is an example of energy?

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How can the body use the energy in an apple?

For growing

To keep us warm

To exercise

To think

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What animal is best adapted to live here?

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What habitat could this animal belong to?

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Which of the following are sources of energy?

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Which circuits are “closed”?

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Which of the following is a fossil fuel?

A

C

B

D

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Which of the following represents non-renewable energy?

A

C

B

D

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Which of the following pollutes the air we breathe?

A

C

B

D