12th lesson for 2020: foreign language lesson in distance teaching mode – an article of Chinese rivers

Author: Gracie Meng-Pitkänen, worked as a Chinese teacher in Finland and China I have practiced distance teaching for several months with my small group of students since the Covid-19 pandemic started in Finland this spring. Overall, the outcome is very positive. Thanks to LessonApp which provides distance teaching methods on Read more…

8th lesson for 2020: Social studies lesson for 9th graders (basic education) in distance teaching – Finnish parliament and legislation

Author: Satu Herrala (M.A.) special education teacher in lower secondary school (grades 7-9), Takahuhti school, Tampere, Finland In February, before the Covid-19 pandemic reached Finland, my class of 9th graders made a field trip to the Parliament house in Helsinki. The hostess of our visit was a Finnish MP Hanna-Leena Read more…

5th lesson for 2020: Information Hunting (pre-existing, new and fake information) Topic: What is a corona virus? (6th grade)

Author: Kaisa Tuomarla, Class teacher, Basic Education This lesson type can be useful for many different subjects and topics: e.g. biology (for example human / growing up, nature / animals / certain animal) or geography (continents, particular country). In my case, I had an extra lesson to give, and therefore Read more…