As soon as I walk into the classroom, I am faced with a mix of different facial expressions and body language from the students. Some look stern and focused, while others seem to question their very existence on this planet.
How can we bind them in one single thread?

@Bousl2336873cb4 That's an effective way of handling them... thanks for the response.

@Denis-KudaymetoThanks for the valuable inputs. v

As soon as I walk into the classroom, I am faced with a mix of different facial expressions and body language from the students. Some look stern and focused, while others seem to question their very existence on this planet.
How can we bind them in one single thread?

@Ana_moderator
Just want to share one of my method.
Introduce chapter / topic with a Challenge:
Before I TELL the students how to do something, I let them first try it themselves. This gets those creativity flowing and encourages them to think critically.
For instance, when I teach a lesson on trees classification, I ask students to write different trees name and, without much instruction, challenge them to group the trees in ways that they thought made sense, based on similarities. The students came up with some pretty interesting ways to group the trees and then we follow with the discussion on the concept of classifying.
(Note: This exercise does not exceed more than 5 to max 7 mins.)

Have you tried any methods that might be interesting or innovative?? Do share with us.