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Week
15: Air
Weeks
13, 14, and 15 make up a three-week cycle about air. Currently, you are
in Week C: Teacher As Designer.
This week you should
refer to the resources listed under Readings & References, and you
need to complete the assignments listed under Assignments & Rubrics.
This week's assignments focus on...
Readings
& References
Read:
"There are many ways to acquaint children with earth-related phenomena
that they will only come to understand later as being cyclic. For instance,
students can start to keep daily records of temperature (hot, cold, pleasant)
and precipitation (none, some, lots), and plot them by week, month, and
years. It is enough for students to spot the pattern of ups and downs,
without getting deeply into the nature of climate."
"Students can
discover patterns of weather changes during the year by keeping a journal.
Younger students can draw a daily weather picture based on what they see
out a window or at recess; older students can make simple charts and graphs
from data they collect at a simple school weather station." (Source--National
Science Education Standards)
Recommended Web
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Assignments
& Rubrics
You will work
individually and in teams to address air during this three-week cycle.
Use the links below to access the assignments and rubrics.
Week C: Teacher
As Designer - Individual
Lesson Design Assignment & Rubric
You will individually design or find a sphere lesson for your students,
post it in the Teacher As Designer space for feedback from your teammates,
use their feedback to revise your sphere lesson, then post it again.
Week C: Teacher
As Designer - Team
Feedback Assignment & Rubric
You and your teammates will serve as a "critical friend"
to one another. When acting as a critical friend, use the Feedback Rubric
and the criteria for effective concept-building activities you and your
teammates developed together in Week A: Teacher As Researcher to give
an objective analysis of your teammates' sphere lessons.
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