Old+Lesson+Plan

Out With the Old & In With the New!

1. I chose this lesson to modify because I think the students need to be exposed to real life video/pictures of the effects of tectonic plate movements. I believe they will gain a deeper understanding when they see what happens in the "real world" opposed to merely looking at photographs in an outdated textbook.

I used to have my students do a quick write on plate tectonics in the beginning of the chapter. They would then read the chapter on plate tectonics, and I would use a PowerPoint that I created to discuss the topic. They would also do reinforcement worksheets. They each received a tic-tac-toe board with assignments that they could choose for each major section in the chapter.

The goal of the lesson is to expose students to the mechanisms that shape and reshape the Earth regularly. They brainstorm phenomenon that shape and reshape the Earth and then work backwards to determine the reasons. They ultimately discover the evidence that supports the theory of plate tectonics.



2. The goal of the lesson remains the same, to expose students to the mechanisms that shape and reshape the Earth regularly. They brainstorm phenomenon that shape and reshape the Earth and then work backwards to determine the reasons. They ultimately discover the evidence that supports the theory of plate tectonics. Howveer the means is now changed. Now they will use this wiki to learn about plate tectonics. They will still do a quick write that is prompted on the home page. Then they will surf my wiki to read, watch video clips, play interactive games and create a final product on glogster or storybird.

3. I incorporated photopeach, embedded youtube videos, interactive games, glogster and photopeach to improve this lesson.

4. The reason I chose these tools is because I want to expose my students to a number of web 2.0 tools. The photpeach was used on the homepage to showcase images of various phenomenon that continually shape/reshape the Earth. I then posed the question: "Why do all of these events happen?" I embedded a video for each major type of disaster due to tectnoic plate movement. I think it is important for the students to see the devestating effects of disasters such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis. Lastly I used glogster and storybird as culminating projects. Again, the students need to get out of the "cookie cutter" posterboard project.

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// Earth's History // // 5. //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13px;">Describe how the movement of the earth’s crustal plates causes both slow changes in the earth’s surface (e.g., formation of mountains and ocean basins) and rapid ones (e.g., volcanic eruptions and earthquakes).
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6. I feel as though this will improve my teaching tremendously. I plan on using this wiki as a means of flipping my classroom. The students will be introduced to the various topics by using the wiki before coming to class. Then we can discuss rather than introduce the topic during class time. Students can then jump to do hands on activities in class. The students can also use the wiki as a resource to revisit the information.

7.I feel as though this will help improve student learning because it is more appealing to students because it is in their "technology world." They enjoy surfing the web and discovering things because it is not the "traditional way to learn." It is also available to them any and everywhere that has internet access.