A Gallery Walk involves students moving around the room in groups to visit different stations, each with its own display of content. At each station students complete a provided task, such as responding to a prompt about the displayed content.
Instructions
- Arrange the stations around the classroom, evenly spaced and easily accessible to students.
- Briefly introduce the topic or concept that will be explored during the gallery walk. Divide your students into small groups, ideally 4-5 per group.
- Each group will start at one display station, spend a designated amount of time exploring and discussing it and write the group’s responses, thoughts and comments on the communal paper or whiteboard provided.
- Each group will then rotate to the next display. Students will discuss the prompt and the previous group’s response and write their response on the paper or whiteboard. Repeat the process until each group has visited all the display stations.
- After the gallery walk, facilitate a discussion. Each group will share their observations, questions and insights about the displays. Encourage critical thinking and comparisons between displays.
- Summarise key takeaways.
Resources
Sticky notes, paper and pens, or whiteboard markers and whiteboards and various activities or prompts to display.
Variations
- Make it peer assessment/review practice: Instead of answering prompts or discussing concepts, teachers can put students’ group work (with students’ permission) on the “gallery” wall. Each group will discuss and give feedback on the work.
- Change the type of task: Rather than writing responses, students could complete a task suited to the specific discipline – for example, constructing something, or completing an experiment.