1. Allows you to make changes necessary without having to re-film your entire lesson, or project
2. You can add music, transitions, title pages, and credits
3. Caters to multiple intelligences
4. Provides a project for students who need higher level assignments (Higher level of Blooms Taxonomy)
5. Saves time by allowing you to continually edit additional pieces (if you were to make a movie for a whole semester project that involves individual pieces)
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Benefits to Using a Webquest
1. Offers a creative way for students to research a topic in a guided way.
2. Students will be able to collaborate to see if they are collecting the same answers.
3. It allows the teacher an assessment tool to see if the students and grasping the correct concepts.
4. It caters to many mulitple intelligences, thus capturing a greater audience. Students who learn in different ways will be able to connect with a webquest and find it interesting.
5. Easily differentiable. For students who need more stimulation, give them greater objectives to accomplish. For example, answering more in depth questions throughout the webquest.
2. Students will be able to collaborate to see if they are collecting the same answers.
3. It allows the teacher an assessment tool to see if the students and grasping the correct concepts.
4. It caters to many mulitple intelligences, thus capturing a greater audience. Students who learn in different ways will be able to connect with a webquest and find it interesting.
5. Easily differentiable. For students who need more stimulation, give them greater objectives to accomplish. For example, answering more in depth questions throughout the webquest.
Webquest- 2nd Grade Science
Standard 4 Objective 2: Identify basic needs of living things (plants and animals) and their abilities to meet their needs.
PLANTS
o Go to the above link and review the information and then answer/fill in the following questions:
o Roots help __________ the plants in the soil and also store extra ________ for future use.
o What is the main purpose of the stem?
o
o Leaves are designed to capture _________ which the plant uses to make food through a process called photosynthesis.
o What is the function of flowers for most plants?
o ____________________________________________________________
o Fruit provides what for the seeds?
o
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
o What part of the plant contains new plants?
o ____________________________________________________________
o List three ways in which plants help the environment in many different ways:
1._______________________________________
2._______________________________________
3._______________________________________
o Please fill out the diagram with the correct answers.
o Watch this video and answer the following questions:
1. Photosynthesis allows plants to make their own _______________.
2. What do plants make that humans need to breathe? _________________
o Towards the bottom of the page, click on “Plants and Our Environment Activities”
o Next, click on “It’s in Code”
o
o This activity will present you with new vocabulary about more specific parts of the plants.
o
o Please write down your answers
1. Veins in the center of the root
___________________________
2. The male part of a flower which produces the pollen.
____________________________
3. The outside covering of the seed is the ________________
4. The process by which green plants use carbon dioxide, water and sunlight to make their food….
5. A white food substance that is made and stored in most plants
___________________________________________________________
ANIMALS
o Go to the above link and review the information and then answer/fill in the following questions:
o What characterizes an invertebrate? ___________________________________
o What characterizes a vertebrate? _____________________________________
o Are mammals, fish, and reptiles categorized as an invertebrate or vertebrae? Why?
______________________________________________________________
o What are the five basic needs of animals? Click on the flashcard to display the answer.
___________________________________________________________________
o This video demonstrates what basic need for animals? Circle the correct answer.
FOOD WATER
SHELTER OXYGEN
RIGHT CLIMATE
o Got to the above link and review the information.
o What are the three ways that animals are able to survive during the winter? Explain each.
1._____________________________________________________________
2._____________________________________________________________
3._____________________________________________________________
o Go the above link. Think of ONE question to ask a zoologist in regards to animal adaptation (How animals change in order to be able to live in the location they live). Fill out the needed areas, and type in your question. Let me review your question before you submit it.
Webquest Answer Guide
ANSWER GUIDE
PLANTS
1.
o Roots help ______ANCHOR____ the plants in the soil and also store extra __FOOD______ for future use.
o What is the main purpose of the stem?
o They support the plant and act as the plumbing system
o Leaves are designed to capture __SUNLIGHT__which the plant uses to make food through a process called photosynthesis.
o What is the function of flowers for most plants?
o __Reproductive______________________________________________
o Fruit provides what for the seeds?
o ________A Covering/protection______________________
o What part of the plant contains new plants?
o _Seeds_____________________________________________________
2.
2. List three ways in which plants help the environment in many different ways:
1. Plants make food
2. Plants make oxygen
3. Plants provide habitats for animals
4. Plants help make an preserve soil
5. Plants provide useful products for people
6. Plants Beautify
3.
Please fill out the diagram with the correct answers.
1. Leaves
2. Flowers
3. Fruit
4. Stem
5. Seed
6. Roots
4. Photosynthesis allows plants to make their own _____Food__________.
What do plants make that humans need to breathe?
______oxygen____________________________________
5.
Veins in the center of the root
XYLEM
The male part of a flower which produces the pollen.
STAMEN
Name for the center of the root
STELE
The outside covering of the seed is the ___SEED COAT____________
The process by which green plants use carbon dioxide, water and sunlight to make their food…. ________PHOTOSYNTHESIS__________
A white food substance that is made and stored in most plants
___STARCH_________________
ANIMALS
6.
o What characterizes an invertebrate? Animals without a Backbone or Spinal Column
o What characterizes a vertebrate? Animals with a Backbone or Spinal Column
o Are mammals, fish, and reptiles categorized as an invertebrate or vertebrae? Why?
VERTEBRAE- BECAUSE THEY HAVE A BACKBONE OR SPINAL COLUMN
7. o What are the five basic needs of animals?
FOOD, WATER, OXYGEN, RIGHT CLIMATE, AND SHELTER
8. This video demonstrates what basic need for animals? Circle the correct answer.FOOD WATER
SHELTER OXYGEN
RIGHT CLIMATE
9. What are the three ways that animals are able to survive during the winter? Explain each
o MIGRATE: ANIMALS TRAVEL TO OTHER PLACES WHERE THE WEATHER IS WARMER OR THE CAN FIND FOOD.
o ADAPT: MANY MAKE CHANGES IN THEIR BEHAVIOR OR THEIR BODIES TO KEEP WARM.
o HIBERNATE: SPECIAL, VERY DEEP SLEEP. THE ANIMAL’S BODY TEMPERATURE DROPS, AND ITS HEARTRATE AND BREATHING SLOW DOWN.
10. Go the above link. Think of ONE question to ask a zoologist in regards to animal adaptation (How animals change in order to be able to live in the location they live). Fill out the needed areas, and type in your question. Let me review your question before you submit it.
This has no one answer, they will be graded on effort, and relevance to question.
Benefits of Teaching Technology In Your Classroom
1. We live in a very technology based economy.
2. It allows students to present their information in more complex, interesting ways.
3. Technology is convenient.
4. Being able to use an Elmo or SmartBoard is easily accesible and allows everyone in the classroom to be involved by allowing the students to be active in the teaching.
4. Teaching students to utilize the internet is critical in helping them communicate with peers, and to easily find needed information.
2. It allows students to present their information in more complex, interesting ways.
3. Technology is convenient.
4. Being able to use an Elmo or SmartBoard is easily accesible and allows everyone in the classroom to be involved by allowing the students to be active in the teaching.
4. Teaching students to utilize the internet is critical in helping them communicate with peers, and to easily find needed information.
Benefits to Using Prezi
1. Prezi allows for a new way of visual story telling, without the use of monotonous slides.
2. Prezi's functions are easy to use and understand
3. It allows you to group the big ideas, while also being able emphase the importance of the topic by altering the size of the slide.
4. The slide transitions allow the presenter to be more in control of the interaction with the audience.
5. You can use pictures, graphs, chartsc etc. Also, zooming and panning in on animations helps to show the big picture, while entertaining the audience.
2. Prezi's functions are easy to use and understand
3. It allows you to group the big ideas, while also being able emphase the importance of the topic by altering the size of the slide.
4. The slide transitions allow the presenter to be more in control of the interaction with the audience.
5. You can use pictures, graphs, chartsc etc. Also, zooming and panning in on animations helps to show the big picture, while entertaining the audience.
Friday, July 15, 2011
Benefits to Using Powerpoint in Your Classroom
Its engaging
It's visual
Benficial for multiple intelligences
It’s reusable
It allows students to create their own presentations
Simple way to outline your presentation for effective presentation of the topic
Monday, July 11, 2011
Tips for Teaching Technology
1. Incorporate technology into your everyday curriculum. You can do this for any subject.
2. Differentiate your instruction. Some students may be very knowledgable about technology, while others have never used a computer before.
3. Allow students the opportunity to teach the class through the use of powerpoints etc. This will encourage learning and will allow the students to be involved.
4. Teach students about the importance of technology and the benefits it provides. Encourage the use of technology in your classroom rather than discourage it.
2. Differentiate your instruction. Some students may be very knowledgable about technology, while others have never used a computer before.
3. Allow students the opportunity to teach the class through the use of powerpoints etc. This will encourage learning and will allow the students to be involved.
4. Teach students about the importance of technology and the benefits it provides. Encourage the use of technology in your classroom rather than discourage it.
Sunday, July 10, 2011
What if there is no money?
I am sure you have all seen, through the emails on campus, that Westminster is now REQUIRING that all students own their own laptop. I understand this is higher education, and that there are financial aide options available for those who do not have a laptop, and cannot afford one, but how does this work in elementary education? We all know funding for education is very limited, and that many teachers use their own money to enhance their classroom materials. How are we supposed to implement the use of technology in our classroom if there is no funding to buy the technology in the first place?
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