Submitted by: Dan Daglish
School: Tuckahoe Middle School
Summary
News you need to know! Students scoured the Internet for current national and international science news. They each wrote a synopsis concerning the event they discovered. Students collaboratively revised the synopsis and created presentations to share the news with the entire class.
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Students were using appropriate Internet search techniques to discover sources that explained their science experimental topic. Students evaluated their resources to determined which were the most authoritative for their research purposes. Students used the information to write a synopsis that described their current science event. Small groups then used collaborative presentation tools to display their research for the whole class.
Students used Google Apps documents and presentations to work collaboratively on this project. Small groups work together to refine and amend a selected synopsis. Students then created a presentation collaboratively based on the research. Small groups work independently to accomplish their task.
While all strands of the TIPC are important and should be addressed, this lesson is focused on Research and Information Fluency. There are ways to increase the level of Critical Thinking and Problem Solving but they may not tie as closely to the learning outcomes focused on in this lesson.
Students worked alone and collaboratively to create their final presentation. Students used knowledge gained from research to write an original document concerning their topic. Student worked together to create an original presentation incorporating specific requirements as designated by the teacher.
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