Interactive Amplify (IA) sits at the Interactive row and Amplify column of the PICRAT grid. Below: real Geography lessons for KS3 that classify as IA, plus anti-examples that look IA but are not.
Map skills with shared digital map pins
The teacher posts a shared Google Map with no pins. Students are each given a country plus a case study (e.g. earthquake, flood, drought, urbanisation). They drop a pin on the right country, label it with the case study type, and add a one-line summary. The class scrolls the populated map; the teacher highlights any pins on the wrong continent and asks the contributing student to explain.
Tools: Google Earth
Climate data analysis for two cities
Each student receives a shared spreadsheet with monthly mean temperature and rainfall data for two cities at similar latitudes (e.g. Lisbon and Boston, or Cape Town and Buenos Aires). They produce a comparison chart, identify three differences, and post the differences to a class Padlet column. The class discusses why two cities at the same latitude can have very different climates.
Tools: Google Sheets, Padlet
Population pyramid sorting on a class wall
Each student is given an unlabelled population pyramid for a country. They have to (a) classify the country's stage in the demographic transition model and (b) post their pyramid to the class Padlet under the right stage column. The class scrolls and the teacher highlights any country placed in a contested column for class discussion.
Tools: Padlet
Lessons that look IA but are not
Useful counter-examples when you are checking your own lesson placement on the PICRAT grid.
This page is one of a growing set of PICRAT examples by cell, subject and key stage. Page maintained by Andy Perryer.