Expert Groups for Cooperative Learning- Fungi Kingdom

We are studying the classification of the living things and in this session children are learning everything about the Fungi Kingdom. To do it we are working with the strategy of “experts groups” inside the cooperative learning methodology.

Expert groups is a grouping strategy in which the members of the established cooperative groups are reorganized into "expert" groups containing one member from each group.

The members of the expert group work together to learn about a part of the fungi Kingdom, then return to their "initial" groups to share their learning. In this way, the work of the expert groups is quickly disseminated throughout the class, with each person taking responsibility for sharing a piece of the total topic.

Cooperative Groups:

Team Red	Team Blue	Team Yellow	Team Pink	Team Green	Team Purple
Pupil A (Fungi)	Pupil A (Fungi)	Pupil A (Fungi)	Pupil A (Fungi)	Pupil A (Fungi)	Pupil A (Fungi)
Pupil B (yeast and Moulds)	Pupil B (yeast and Moulds)	Pupil B (yeast and Moulds)	Pupil B (yeast and Moulds)	Pupil B (yeast and Moulds)	Pupil B (yeast and Moulds)
Pupil C (Mushrooms, reproduction and types)	Pupil C (Mushrooms, reproduction and types)	Pupil C (Mushrooms, reproduction and types)	Pupil C (Mushrooms, reproduction and types)	Pupil C (Mushrooms, reproduction and types)	Pupil C (Mushrooms, reproduction and types)
Pupil D (Mushroom, parts and dishes)	Pupil D (Mushroom, parts and dishes)	Pupil D (Mushroom, parts and dishes)	Pupil D (Mushroom, parts and dishes)	Pupil D (Mushroom, parts and dishes)	Pupil D (Mushroom, parts and dishes)

Expert Groups:

Team A	Team B	Team C	Team D
Fungi (A Red)	Yeast and Moulds (B Red)	Mushroom, reproduction and types (C Red)	Mushroom, parts and dishes (D Red)
Fungi (A Yellow)	Yeast and Moulds (B Yellow)	Mushroom, reproduction and types (C Yellow)	Mushroom, parts and dishes (D Yellow)
Fungi (A Orange)	Yeast and Moulds (B Orange)	Mushroom, reproduction and types (C Orange)	Mushroom, parts and dishes (D Orange)
Fungi (A Purple)	Yeast and Moulds (B Purple)	Mushroom, reproduction and types (C Purple)	Mushroom, parts and dishes (D Purple)
Fungi (A Blue)	Yeast and Moulds (B Blue)	Mushroom, reproduction and types (C Blue)	Mushroom, parts and dishes (D Blue)
Fungi (A Pink)	Yeast and Moulds (B Pink)	Mushroom, reproduction and types (C Pink)	Mushroom, parts and dishes (D Pink)
Fungi (A Green)	Yeast and Moulds (B Green)	Mushroom, reproduction and types (C Green)	Mushroom, parts and dishes (D Green)