How to use Tigtag
Tigtag has everything you need to plan and teach outstanding science and geography lessons
Log in
To log in to Tigtag, click the link in the top right-hand corner of the homepage and enter your username and password.
Logging in will take you to your personal homepage with links to suggested content and the Tigtag Mindmap.
Mindmap
Tigtag’s Mindmap makes it easy for you to find the right resources for your next lesson.
It’s organised into four modules – Material processes, Physical processes, Life processes and People and places.
Each module contains four to six topics and, within each topic, you’ll find four to seven lessons.Simply click the module, topic and lesson matched to what you’re teaching. You can also search for a lesson by curriculum point or by entering a keyword into the search bar at the top of every page.
Lessons
Each Tigtag lesson contains at least one curriculum film, one context film and four to five shorter Tidbit films.
Curriculum films cover the main teaching points for the lesson. These films have a light green border.
Context films use exciting examples from the real world to deepen your pupils’ understanding of the topic. These films have a dark green border.
Tidbit films are only 30 seconds long. They encourage fun, active learning with exercises like True or false and Odd one out.
Lesson support materials
Below the films you’ll find a range of support materials to help you plan and teach your lesson.
- Learning objectives and key teaching points
- A suggested starter, main and review activity
- Ideas for practical investigations and extension work
- A quiz and review questions to assess your pupils’ understanding
- Photos and diagrams to print out or display on your whiteboard
If teaching time is limited, you can filter these materials to reveal a ready-made one-hour lesson.
You can also print out all the support material in advance of your lesson.
Present this lesson
When you’re ready to teach the lesson, click the purple button in the right-hand corner of the page that says ‘Present this lesson’.
This will reveal an engaging, whiteboard-friendly interface with all the films and learning materials you’ll need for the lesson – minus those bits that are only relevant to you as the teacher.
And don’t forget Catch the Tigtag! An interactive game to challenge your pupils’ minds and their hand-eye coordination!
