Teacher Name: Ms. Scheid
School: Ridge ES
Grade Level(s): Grade 4
Content Area(s): Social Studies
Lesson Summary
Students create their own video time capsule showcasing life on earth using pictures and sounds based on the NASA Golden Record project. Students have to have a basic understanding of our solar system in relation to the rest of space. The videos are in theory going to be sent out of our solar system to life in other galaxies. Students have to brainstorm pictures important to their society and culture with their small groups and put them together using WeVideo.
TIPC Ratings
Research & Information Fluency
Rating:Approaching – Explanation: Students use research strategies to locate pictures using multiple sources and following copyright guidelines. They use the pictures to create a video.
Communication & Collaboration
Rating: Approaching – Explanation: Students choose their own teams and decide how to complete the project. They used Google Drive to organize their pictures and collaborate using WeVideo.
Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
Rating: Ideal – Explanation: Students justify their picture choices to answer the purposeful question: “What is LIfe on Earth?”
Creativity & Innovation
Rating: Ideal – Explanation: Students use their prior knowledge about their own life and about the solar system and applied it to what they thought would be important to share with life in other galaxies.
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