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37. Lesson Notes and Resources
OBJECTIVE: Students will be able to identify the forces that shape the earths surface then use science process skills to predict where the nextvolcanic island will appear.
Process Skills: Observe, predict, communicate, classify, make a model, interpret data, measure, predict, infer.
Science Content: Earths layers include the atmosphere, hydrosphere, crust, mantle and core.
Plate tectonics explains how forces deep within Earth move chunks of Earths crust.
Mountains are produced where Earths crust is compressed or being sheared.
Earths surface and ocean floor are covered by landforms.
Relief maps and topographical maps show elevations on Earths surface.
Most volcanoes are found at plate boundaries where one plate is sliding under another plate.
Lava, rocks, and ashes that erupt on land build volcanic mountains.
Lava that erupts from the sea floor builds volcanic islands.
Weathering wears away land.
Erosion moves land from one place to another.
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38. Lesson Notes and Resources
Standards: 5.1.4 & 8 A, B, C
5.3.4 & 8 B, C, D
5.8.4 &6 A.1, 2
5.8.4&6 C.1, 2
5.8.4&6 D.1
Materials: ScienceA Closer Look, Student Notebook, computers, microphone, clear plastic containers, soil, sand, gravel, Play Dough, LCD projector
Technology:http://voicethread.com/share/740072/
http://voicethread.com/share/769523/
mrsstackhouse.eboard.com
Google Earth, Skype
Assessment: Formative, summative, multiple choice, constructed response, note booking, student recordings, performance.
Process: Students began a general study of earth science. They learned relevant vocabulary and basic science content as presented in the assigned text, Science A Closer Look, Macmillan/McGraw-Hill. As students studied the processes shaping the earths surface, the question, Where will the next volcanic island in the Hawaiian chain form? was posed. Students then brainstormed about how they might find the answer to this question.
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39. Lesson Notes and Resources
Students used their notebooks to record each course of study and step in process. Students suggest computer research, reading of textbook, interviewing a scientist, making models etc. Students interviewed a scientist from Rutgers University using video conferencing technology. Then they were broken into cooperative groups made of members having varied abilities. One group focused on computer research, another text reading, and another worked on making a model. Each group collaborated with the two other groups to create a finished presentation that showed where the next volcanic island will appear.
Science concepts that were not assessed in the student project were assessed with standard multiple choice and constructed response paper tests. All students were also assessed using voicethread technology. Although the science content in this unit is 5th grade level some students are reading and writing at a 2nd grade or lower level. Voicethread gives students the opportunity to view graphic representations of science content then explain their understanding of the content verbally.
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40. REFLECTION
I presented this unit to 5th grade students of varied abilities: English language learners, special needs, grade level students and gifted students. I used a variety of presentation methods, ranging from traditional lecture and text reading to hands-on exploration, and high tech recordings and game play. I also used varied means to allow students to express themselves.
While I feel these varied strategies were valuable, struggling students still struggled and exceptional students still excelled. The biggest obstacle, however, was scheduling. Students must be rushed from class to class on a rigid, chaotic schedule that interferes with project based learning.
Students seemed to problem solve well, but communicating about the process was difficult.
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41. REFLECTION
The content presented at the University was completely aligned with the current text approved for my students.
Combining the content I learned in the summer courses with the student text, hands-on exploration, and technology helped create a rich science experience for my students.
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