Submitted by: Rebecca Friedlander
Collaborators: Lindsay Kingoff
School: Arthur Ashe Elementary
Summary
After having been introduced to the three types of rocks covering SOL 5.7, the students will work in small groups in order to create a Keynote Presentation about either sedimentary, igenous, or metamorphic rocks. The students will incorporate facts about their rocks that they gathered from a variety of sources which include: books, encyclopedias, websites and hands-on experiences (i.e. examing rocks). Students will also incorporate pictures into their presentation which come from websites, as well by using the Proscope. Students will take pictures of rocks and incorporate them into their presentation. Using the Blabberize program, the students will make their “rock” talk, sharing additional information about their rock. The students will Skype with a geology expert from a local university in order to gain insight or confirm collected information about their rock. The students will then present their rock presentations to another fifth grade class.
TIPC Ratings
Developing: This lesson would fall into the high-end of the developing domain of the TIP-C. Students are provided with questions required to be answered through their research in addition to generating their own. Students are provided with resources they can access in addition to using the OneSearch database to conduct their own searches for information and images.
Developing: This lesson would fall into the high-end of the developing domain of the TIP-C. Students work in teacher-selected groups due to instructional and behavioral considerations on a class assignment. Within these groups, students established their own group norms and roles.
Developing: This lesson would fall into the high-end of the developing domain of the TIP-C. Students generated and responded to their own questions when developing quiz questions. They used a variety of digital tools (ProScopes, Pixie, PhotoBooth, Keynote) to think critically and solve problems in class assignments. They elaborated on problem solving practices when prompted.
Developing: This lesson would fall into the high-end of the developing domain of the TIP-C. Students were given a template to follow to complete their Keynote projects given them limited aspects of personal choice to generate new ideas and products. They summarized existing knowledge using provided digital tools.
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Contents:
- Lesson Plan
- Student Sample
- Student Reference Recording Page
- Project Directions
- Keynote Slide Template
- Research Note Taking Sheet
