Sending a note to a “professor” or the “headmaster” of the school? Sounds like a job for Owl mail. Then, have students send notes and drawings to fellow wizards via the owlery. Learn about different owls and promote writing skills with your very own Owl Mail Delivery service! Students research specific owl types and their unique abilities. Towel-tube towers and cardboard box battlements await your finest “imagineers.” 9. Inspire student collaboration and historical connections as students learn about actual castles while they tape, paint, and glue together one of literature’s most famous schools. History and fiction fuse together when you recreate Hogwarts as a classroom project. Magically minded muggles can create their own spells to solve classroom problems… “ integrum homework!” 8. Have students use Google Translate to decipher the meaning of their favorite magical sayings. Many of the spells in Harry Potter have Latin roots. Ring your ‘golden snitch’ bell to end all matches. Got a championship crew? Here’s a link to a free printable to help with multiplication and division version. Become the Quidditch captain of your classroom and have your practice squads team up to score points and practice adding and multiplying skills. Math games promote practice and fluency in students. Head over Feece and Fun for the full tutorial! 7. Transition out the craft shop and have students write about the very first spell they will cast with their creation. The wand chooses the wizard as students decorate sticks with pipe, cleaner, jewels, feathers, and more to craft their own unique wand. Olivander’s new art class is helping students express themselves by making a personalized wand. Draw and write your most magical candy creation to earn a magical candy-chef apprenticeship. Announce a challenge to your wizard writers: the Weasley Brothers are holding a magical candy contest. In Diagon Alley magical candy has a special place Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes. Muggle mischief not included in Harry Potter lessons. Presto! The heat reveals an invisible map and your classroom becomes an adventure in wizard cartography. Let it dry, then add heat with a lightbulb. Use wand-shaped cotton swabs to draw on white paper. Infuse your muggle math with a dash of science and a pinch of magic as students create scale maps of their classroom space-in invisible ink. Have students create posters that celebrate their chosen beast. Choose a Potter-based creature to study like griffins, werewolves, or mermaids. Mythological BeastsĪre your history and social studies lessons lacking? Spruce them up with a Newt Scamander approved infusion of magical beasts. Challenge students to write their own recipes and explain the magical effects. Use pipette wands to observe the magic of mixology. Have them share with the class what their special potion does. Once you have several cups mixed, give each student their own clear cup and let them make a “potion.” Use either spoons or eye droppers to combine colors. With clear plastic cups, add water and food coloring, learning about color mixing along the way. Turn your art instruction into a potions lesson even Severus Snape would admire.
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