Transcript Educational Module Proposal Template

“The Great Crystal Creation”
http://educate.si.edu/resources/lessons/siyc/gems/start.html
Team Leader: Kendra Mallory
Team Members: Janice Scott, Zarina Qadir, Dwayne
Fields, Theresa Hopkins, Valerie Hardy
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under grant No.
EEC-0502174. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this
material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science
Foundation.
Friday Feedback
Session
• 40 minutes for feedback on each module
– 15 minutes for first team
– 15 minutes for second team
– 10 minutes for discussion
• Each team presentation should contain roughly
7-10 PowerPoint slides
• Focus on engineering activities, inquiry activities,
ethics
• Consider use of module concepts in three
groups: elementary, junior high, high school
Tasks
1. Review existing module
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Present ideas to enhance module for target
audience,
Consider content engineering activities, inquiry
activities, ethics
What else would you add, if anything?
2. Propose adaptation to other grade levels
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Present ideas to modify for the two other target
audiences (e.g., if developed for HS, then suggest
modifications for elementary and Jr. HS.)
Consider content engineering activities, inquiry
activities, ethics
Module Enhancements
• Research
– Use of crystals in everyday life
– Types of crystals, location, cost etc.
• Adapt vocabulary per grade level and across the
curriculum
• Creative writing
– Create and describe crystals and write about their
special powers (properties)
– Write a persuasive commercial to advertise crystal
product
• Multicultural use of crystals
Engineering Design
• Elementary
– Design 2-dimensional snow flake
– Create various types of crystals (Epsom salt, Kosher
salt, Alum etc.)
• High School
– Design 3-dimensional snow flake crystals
– Design crystal jewelry
– Create a crystal painting
Scientific Inquiry
• Elementary
– Discover the density of various crystals/minerals via
liquid displacement
• High School
– Discover what effects the density of crystals/minerals
Ethics
• Value of Crystals
– Mining crystals effect on the environment and people
(child labor laws, lost of life and limbs etc.)
• Multicultural value of crystals
– Healing power of crystals
– Aesthetic value
– Industrial use
Modification 1
Age Group: K-6
• Engineering Design
– Design jewelry from crystals given
• Scientific Inquiry
– Why would you use crystals for jewelry making?
– How would you construct a design pattern from
crystals for jewelry making?
• Ethics
– Is it fair to copy someone else’s jewelry design? Why?
Modification 2
Age Group: 9-12
• Engineering Design
– Construct crystals from chemicals for jewelry design
• Scientific Inquiry
– How do chemicals affect the formation of crystals?
– How can you identify authentic crystals from synthetic
crystals?
• Ethics
– Is it ethical to sell synthetic crystals as authentic
crystals?
References
Snow Flakes
• www.snowcrystals.com
Density and crystals
• www.edinformatics.com/math_science/density.htm
Jewelry Making
• www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/high/Christawire.htm
Crystal and Mineral Gallery
• http://mineral.galleries.com/