This week, I have looked into videos that may possibly be used for my webquest project. I have also found a buddy to work with me on the project. Yay!!! Carolyn and I met today to discuss our ideas and share what information we have. So far, we have gotten off to a great start. We have a basic outline to what we want to do, how we want to break up our groups and such. Now we need to get down to the nitty gritty and determine what the elements of each area will be. We know what we intend to have the students learn, we just need to gather the resources and information and put it together.
I think this will be a lot of fun! I am excited to get deeper into this assignment.
Friday, March 25, 2011
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
WebQuest assignment
After this weeks readings, I think I have a better understanding what a WebQuest is. A WebQuest is an activity that incorporates the students using the internet with learning a particular topic. The activities should follow Bloom's Taxonomy and have students use higher order thinking. The students should be given the websites they will be viewing for specific information, rather than have them go blind and search for the information on their own.
I am still trying to figure out exactly what I want to do my WebQuest on, but I want to try to do a science lesson using the USGS website and google earth. The standardI want to base my lesson on is 6th grade Earth Science: Plate Tectonics and Earth's Structure. (standards at the bottom of the post) I know I have a lot of work to do; especially since I have to brush up on the material myself. Obviously, this is a big change from my original idea but I think it will be a lot of fun for the students, and since we live in earthquake territory, I can incorporate a lesson on earthquake safety procedures.
My tasks can be
1) students look up the 10 largest earthquakes in California and map out the locations of past earthquakes, faults, volcanoes and mountains, using google maps and USGS as reference. Students will be given paper to draw a map of California and will create a key label the map which can later be turned into a salt-flower map.
2) students learn how to find the epicenter of an earthquake.
3) students research the effects of an earthquake, such as what changes to the Earth can occur, after shocks, tsunamis, etc...
4) students will research earthquake safety procedures, will create a safety and evacuation plan for their house and will write a paper on what they should include in their earthquake emergency kit.
Hopefully, I am more on the right track than I was last week.
I am still trying to figure out exactly what I want to do my WebQuest on, but I want to try to do a science lesson using the USGS website and google earth. The standardI want to base my lesson on is 6th grade Earth Science: Plate Tectonics and Earth's Structure. (standards at the bottom of the post) I know I have a lot of work to do; especially since I have to brush up on the material myself. Obviously, this is a big change from my original idea but I think it will be a lot of fun for the students, and since we live in earthquake territory, I can incorporate a lesson on earthquake safety procedures.
My tasks can be
1) students look up the 10 largest earthquakes in California and map out the locations of past earthquakes, faults, volcanoes and mountains, using google maps and USGS as reference. Students will be given paper to draw a map of California and will create a key label the map which can later be turned into a salt-flower map.
2) students learn how to find the epicenter of an earthquake.
3) students research the effects of an earthquake, such as what changes to the Earth can occur, after shocks, tsunamis, etc...
4) students will research earthquake safety procedures, will create a safety and evacuation plan for their house and will write a paper on what they should include in their earthquake emergency kit.
Hopefully, I am more on the right track than I was last week.
1. Plate tectonics accounts for important features of Earth’s surface and major geologic events. As a basis for understanding this concept:
a. Students know evidence of plate tectonics is derived from the fit of the continents; the location of earthquakes, volcanoes, and midocean ridges; and the distribution of fossils, rock types, and ancient climatic zones.
b. Students know Earth is composed of several layers: a cold, brittle lithosphere; a hot, convecting mantle; and a dense, metallic core.
c. Students know lithospheric plates the size of continents and oceans move at rates of centimeters per year in response to movements in the mantle.
d. Students know that earthquakes are sudden motions along breaks in the crust called faults and that volcanoes and fissures are locations where magma reaches the surface.
e. Students know major geologic events, such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and mountain building, result from plate motions.
f. Students know how to explain major features of California geology (including mountains, faults, volcanoes) in terms of plate tectonics.
g. Students know how to determine the epicenter of an earthquake and know that the effects of an earthquake on any region vary, depending on the size of the earthquake, the distance of the region from the epicenter, the local geology, and the type of construction in the region.
Saturday, March 5, 2011
moving onto the next project
Honestly, in looking at the upcoming assignments, I feel a tad overwhelmed, but I know I will get through it. I sort of read chapter 3 when I was in the process of creating my website to help me. I then tried to create my own HTML and it didn't come out quite the way I had anticipated. Time to try again.
Anyway, the point of the blog post... we are in the first stage of developing an Instructional project/web page. In the examples I have looked at so far, it looks like I will basically be writing out a lesson plan on a webpage, including any instructional websites and tasks to go with my project. PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG. I will need an introduction, task, process, evaluation, conclusion and will also need to give credit where credit is due and it seems as though I will need a teacher page.
I have two different ideas to use so far. One idea is on food chains. I would have students define words related to the food chain, then students will create food chains in class. They will play a food chain game online and a game as a physical activity, and will create a food web at the end of the lesson using yarn and nails. This is actually a lesson I did in my student teaching with my 4th graders. The one thing I did not do was have students create a food web. I actually made the food web a project for my final lesson in the credential program. I took a piece of board and with nails made a circle, around one nail which was the sun. I placed pictures of different plants and animals next to each nail, and gave my classmates yarn to create a food web.
The other idea I came up with was a lesson on trees. The first task the students will do is participate in a sensory lesson using a mystery box filled with samples taken from two different trees, and then the class will work together to create a comparison of the two different trees. The next tasks the students will be asked to do are go out to the grassy area or local park to take digital pictures of and samples of trees. The students will do a tree rub with leaves on tissue, using liquid starch to make a collage. There are more tasks I will need to figure out for this project, and will work on that to help me determine which idea I will decide to go with. Any suggestions?
I look forward to hearing about everyone else's ideas for their instructional website.
Take care
Anyway, the point of the blog post... we are in the first stage of developing an Instructional project/web page. In the examples I have looked at so far, it looks like I will basically be writing out a lesson plan on a webpage, including any instructional websites and tasks to go with my project. PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG. I will need an introduction, task, process, evaluation, conclusion and will also need to give credit where credit is due and it seems as though I will need a teacher page.
I have two different ideas to use so far. One idea is on food chains. I would have students define words related to the food chain, then students will create food chains in class. They will play a food chain game online and a game as a physical activity, and will create a food web at the end of the lesson using yarn and nails. This is actually a lesson I did in my student teaching with my 4th graders. The one thing I did not do was have students create a food web. I actually made the food web a project for my final lesson in the credential program. I took a piece of board and with nails made a circle, around one nail which was the sun. I placed pictures of different plants and animals next to each nail, and gave my classmates yarn to create a food web.
The other idea I came up with was a lesson on trees. The first task the students will do is participate in a sensory lesson using a mystery box filled with samples taken from two different trees, and then the class will work together to create a comparison of the two different trees. The next tasks the students will be asked to do are go out to the grassy area or local park to take digital pictures of and samples of trees. The students will do a tree rub with leaves on tissue, using liquid starch to make a collage. There are more tasks I will need to figure out for this project, and will work on that to help me determine which idea I will decide to go with. Any suggestions?
I look forward to hearing about everyone else's ideas for their instructional website.
Take care
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