A gallery walk is a teaching strategy where students work in small groups to move around the classroom and provide feedback on questions, projects, or materials displayed at different stations. Teachers first prepare the questions or materials to display around the room. Students then rotate in their groups between stations, spending 5-10 minutes examining and discussing each one. Finally, the class reconvenes for a whole-group discussion. Gallery walks promote engagement, collaboration, and critical thinking as students learn from their peers.

1. Created by Suzanne Winn
THE GALLERY WALK

2. A gallery walk is a teaching strategy that allows
students to interact and be engaged as they walk
throughout the classroom. They work in small
groups, 3-5 students depending on the size of
the class, to share ideas, responses, and feedback
to questions, projects, problems, images, or text.
WHAT IS A GALLERY WALK

3. • Choose the topic
• Create your questions – you
could also have the students
create posters/slideshows
about the topic
• Group the students in 3-5
• Questions, posters, or
slideshows are then hung
throughout the classroom
FIRST…PREPARE

4.  Have groups start at different
stations.
 Have the students examine the
questions, posters, or slideshows.
 Depending on goal of the activity,
have students provide feedback at
each station.
 After 5-10 minutes, have students
move to the next station.
 When all groups have been to all
stations, do a group discussion
about the topic and each display.
SECOND…BEGIN

5. A Gallery Walk helps promote class discussion, critical
thinking, team building, and cooperative learning.
LEARN AND GROW TOGETHER
WHY USE A GALLERY WALK

6. PROS OF A GALLERY WALK
 Gets students out of seats
 Promotes team building
 Helps students learn from
and interact with each other
 Engages students minds for
critical thinking
PROS

7. CONS OF A GALLERY WALK
 Lack of student participation from all
group members
 Room space might not allow for many
stations
 Time involvement
 Students talking off topic

8. HOW IT HAS BEEN USED IN THE CLASSROOM
Click on the link to see a short video about how a gallery
walk can be used in the classroom to inspire student
collaboration.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vablnDnJZ80

9.  After reading a book for discussion
 After completing a lab project
 To examine historical documents or images
 After students have created display projects
 To solve math problems
 To generate ideas
FINALLY…WHEN TO USE