Estimated time
🕙 25 min
📃 Summary
In this activity, students summarize subject matter into a few simple icons, making it clear at a glance (‘in 5 seconds’). This can be, for example, a step-by-step plan or process. To do this well, students need to know the subject matter thoroughly; only then can they distill the essence.
📝 Step by step
• Show students some fun examples of “Life in Five Seconds” (e.g., via Google). • Ask students to summarize the subject matter they are working on in this way on a sheet of paper. • Have students add concepts to the icons/drawings. • Remind students that ‘less is more’: make the summary short but powerful.
✅ Requirements
• Examples of Life in Five Seconds • Pencil and paper for each student