This week, we conducted an exciting activity which was successful AND fun, hence we would like to share it here. It's a 'flight trip' that was carried out with a group of 10-year-olds. Since they were learning about ancient Egypt, we thought of ending the unit with this memorable 'flight'.
The activity flow is as follows:
Before the Flight: Prepare the Documents
Teachers need to prepare a few things beforehand such as the boarding passes, identification cards, passports, information chart for station games and feedback forms. All these are prepared to let the students have a feel of how it's like to travel via airplane, especially for those who have never flown before.
A day before the flight, pupils are briefed on the basic regulations in a real flight. They also fill in their particulars on the passport cover following the details on the identification cards.
During the Flight: Station Games Activity
On the day itself, pupils need to show their identification cards in order to get their boarding passes. Once they enter the 'airplane', they sit in the allocated groups and listen to the 'flight announcements'. Once the flight takes off, pupils start doing the activities in each station. At the end of the trip, pupils check their work and fill in the feedback form behind their passports before they exit the 'airplane'.
After the Flight: Sharing Session
Pupils recap their flight experience and share how they feel about it with their friends. They are guided to write a short paragraph about their experience and some are asked to share what they've written. After editing their paragraphs, pupils rewrite it on sticky notes and they paste it on the noticeboard.
