The following are factors you may consider in deciding on the order of topics or skills.

1. There may be a logical order you have to follow, especially in a skill.

2. You may start with something to create interest.

3. Usually proceed:

• from the known to the unknown;

• from the simple to the complex;

• from the particular to the general e.g. from looking at a particular soil to the general characteristics of soils;

• from the concrete (something you can see or imagine) to the abstract (an idea you cannot see) e.g. make lists of foods (concrete) and then divide them into classes such as energy foods (abstract);

• from observation to reasoning e.g. looking at a plant with patches on the leaves and asking why?

• from practical to theory e.g. taking a carburettor apart before drawing a diagram of it;

• from the visible to the invisible e.g. look at an actual pig before you name its parts.

4. Sometimes these orders may be reversed e.g. the fifth example goes from the

unknown (leaf damage) to the known (suggesting causes). An abstract generalisation such as 4 types of food may sometimes come before naming the foods.

5. In deciding the order it is good to group the points into three or four sections.

This makes it easier to follow the session.