Transcript Roundhouse Diagrams: Techniques for Building Scientific

Integrating ICT into the
Science Curriculum:
Strategies to Support K-8
Science Skills and Concepts
Dr. Candace Figg
Brock University
[email protected]
905-688-5550, ext. 5347
Dr. Kamini Jaipal-Jamani
Brock University
[email protected]
905-688-5550, ext. 4739
Are you ready for her?
Hewlett Packard print commercials (2003)
Southwestern Bell Telephone Book, 2005
Digital Natives
200,000 emails
and instant
messages
10,000 hours
playing video
games
20,000 hours
watching TV
10,000 hours of
cell phone usage
500,000
commercials
5000 hours of
book reading
Prensky, M. (2004). Capturing the Value of "Generation Tech" Employees.
Strategy +Business.
http://www.strategy-business.com/press/enewsarticle/enews063004?pg=all
Integrating Technology??
Teaching with Technology
Content
Technology
Skills with tools,
Teaching with tools for
appropriate outcomes
Knowledge of
Science &
Technology
Concepts and Skills
Pedagogy
Technological
Pedagogical
Content
Knowledge
Routines, Lesson Plans, Class
Structures, Learning Styles,
Teaching Strategies, Authentic
Hands-On, Lesson Design
Three Simple Rules . . .
Authentic tasks
 No more than 5 new skills at a time
 Activity Types to meet learning outcomes
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Authentic Uses for Technology
Research
Background Information, Facts, Concepts
Information gathering
Authentic Uses for Technology
Data Collection & Analysis
Information analysis—collecting,
organizing, and analyzing data
Authentic Uses for Technology
Communication
Reading, Writing, and Publishing/Presenting
Direct Communication via email, listservs, newsgroups
or
Publishing--desktop publishing, web publication, or multimedia
presentations of information
Authentic Uses for Technology
EDU-tainment
Entertainment for Educational Purposes
via
games, skill games, reading of current or popular materials, watching presentations,
videos, or animations, listening to music, and shopping
Only 5 skills per lesson
Teaching content not technology
 More than 5 new skills—teaching THE tool
 Sequence activities to teach needed skills
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Activity Types
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Activity types = Thinking tools for lesson
design
Characteristics of activity types that
integrate technology
 Few BASIC technology skills
 Adaptable for many grade levels/subjects
Activity Types
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Think of an activity type as a building
block
If you know ONE activity, you can build a
lesson around it
Focus
Advanced
Organizer
Virtual Field Trip
Closure
Assessment
Activity Types
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Think of an activity type as a building block
BUT if you have LOTS of blocks, you can
build many items
Baker’s Dozen
Research
Life Systems: Grade 3 –
Growth & Changes in Plants
Identify
the major parts of
plants and describe their
basic functions
Centres or Group Work
Edublog
Linklist
Research
Life Systems: Grade 5 –
Human Organ Systems
Describe
the basic structure
and function of the major
organs
Centres or Group Work
Treasure
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Hunt
Scavenger Hunt
Research
Life Systems: Grade 4 –
Habitats and Communities
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Describe structural adaptations
of plants and animals that
demonstrate a response to
living in their environment
Centres or Group Work
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Virtual Field Trip
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Creating Blogs: Step 1
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http://www.blogger.com
Creating Blogs: Step 2
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Create your
Google account
if you don’t
already have
one!
Creating Blogs: Step 3
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Name your
blog!
Creating Blogs: Step 4
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Pick a
template!
Creating Blogs: Step 5
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Write your first post!
Research
Life Systems: Grade 2 –
Properties of Liquids and
Solids
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Describe characteristics of
the three states of water,
and identify the conditions
that cause changes from
one state to another
Centres or Group Work
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WebQuest
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Search for appropriate WebQuests
http://www.webquest.org/
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Create your own WebQuests with
QuestGarden (Click on “Create
WebQuests”)
Data Collection & Analysis
Life Systems: Grade 4 –
Habitats and Communities
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Describe structural adaptations
of plants and animals that
demonstrate a response to
living in their environment
Brainstorming
Inspiration/Smart Ideas
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Concept Web
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Data Collection & Analysis
Earth & Space Systems: Grade 5 –
Weather
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Predict local weather patterns
using data from their own
observations
Planning and conducting
investigations
Excel
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Data Plotting/Chart
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Data Collection & Analysis
Life Systems: Grade 7 –
Habitats and Communities
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Identify factors that must be
considered in making informed
decision about land use
(environmental impact)
Problem solving with data
Tinkerplots
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Database Investigation
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Communication
Life Systems: Grade 6 –
Diversity of Living Things
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Investigate processes of life
common to all animals
(reproduction, growth)
Project-based learning
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eBooks using Multimedia
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Time Lapse (MovieMaker)
Digital Collection (PowerPoint)
Roundhouse (PowerPoint)
Communication
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Differentiating with:
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Online Tools
Clicker
Podcasts
Digital camera
Microphone/headphone
EDU-tainment
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Information gathering, Application,
Review & Reinforcement,
Vocabulary
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Video
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Video Clips
United Streaming
YouTube
Podcasts
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Discovery Channel
EDU-tainment
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Information gathering, Application,
Review & Reinforcement,
Vocabulary
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Games & Simulations
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Read/Write/Think/
The Virtual Body
Cells Alive
Build a Volcano
Electricity
Explore Learning
Questions??
http://www.handy4class.com/stao2007/
http://www.handy4class.com/activity_types/
Flowering Plants of Texas: A
Digital Collection
Liriope
Dusty Miller
Daisy
Rose
What is a Roundhouse diagram?
Iconic mapping
(represent knowledge
visually)
 Process for learning
conceptual information
 Blends prior knowledge
with new knowledge
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Blank Roundhouse Diagram
GOALS:
What did you see?
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A CIRCLE
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2D figure
Field of vision
Inner circle
GOALS:
What did you see?
A CIRCLE
 SEVEN SECTIONS
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7
1
2
6
5
GOALS:
3
4
What did you see?
A CIRCLE
 SEVEN SECTIONS
 GOALS
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7
1
2
6
5
GOALS:
3
4
Student Created Sample
The Art of Roundhouse Diagram
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Step 1: Complete
Worksheet
The Art of Roundhouse Diagram
Step 1: Complete
Worksheet
 Step 2: Draw sketch of
diagram
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The Art of Roundhouse Diagram
Step 1: Complete
Worksheet
 Step 2: Draw sketch
of diagram
 Step 3: Write or
orally justify diagram
choices
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What happened?
Twenty-three students were tested and
three weeks later were asked to recall the
original diagrams.
 56% of the students recalled the
information exactly the same as in the
original diagram
 43% recalled the information but in a
different order
 100% of the students recalled their work
Courtship and Mating
Butterflies are creatures
of the sun and fly best
when they’re warm.
Emerging Butterfly from
Chrysalis
CATERPILLARS
AND
CHRYSALIS
OFREPRODUCTION
AND
TRANSFORMATION
The pupa is the transformation
stage where the caterpillar turns
into an adult. A butterfly’s pupa is
called a chrysalis
Female butterflies lay
their eggs on the
underside of a leaf.
The caterpillar is the
main eating and growth
stage
Larva Stage
A
caterpillar
will eat until
it grows too
big for its
skin!
© 2005, Ward, Figg