Interactive Amplify (IA) sits at the Interactive row and Amplify column of the PICRAT grid. Below: real Geography lessons for KS4 that classify as IA, plus anti-examples that look IA but are not.
Coastal management decision vote
The teacher presents a real-world coastal management dilemma (e.g. should the village of Happisburgh be defended or abandoned?). Each student votes on Mentimeter for one of three options. The class sees the live spread, then in pairs writes a 30-second defence on a class Padlet. The teacher calls pairs from each side to argue. The class re-votes.
Tools: Mentimeter, Padlet
Climate evidence reliability sorting
The teacher posts ten pieces of evidence on climate change (from sources ranging from peer-reviewed papers to op-eds to social-media posts). Each student sorts each piece into one of three reliability columns on a shared Padlet (high, medium, low) with a one-line justification. The class scrolls the populated columns and the teacher highlights any piece sorted into different columns by different students.
Tools: Padlet
Migration evidence on a shared map
The teacher posts a shared Google Map. Each student is given one country pair (origin and destination) representing a real migration flow (e.g. Syria to Germany, Mexico to USA, Bangladesh to UK). They drop two pins on the map (origin and destination), label each with one push or pull factor, and post a one-line caption. The class scrolls the populated map and discusses dominant push-pull patterns.
Tools: Google Earth, 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.