Standard6

Demonstrate ability to use technology and develop strategies to solve problems and make informed decisions || 6.A.5. Investigate Problems and Propose Solutions: Communicate Conclusion //How will these plans help you as you build your clay boat? // In the next lesson, the students will begin to build their clay boats. They will be encouraged to use their plans to help them in the process. || =Resources:= =Note-taking Sheet:= =Rubric:= =Technology Resources:= []
 * Lesson Title: || Sink and Float ||
 * Subject Area: || Science: Sink and Float Unit ||
 * Maryland Technology Literacy Standard(s) for Students (MTLSS): || Standard 6: Technology for Problem-Solving & Decision-Making
 * Measurable Outcomes from HCPS’s Instructional Scope and Sequence (aligned with MTLSS) || 6.A.3. Investigate Problems and Propose Solutions: Carry out the Plan
 * Participate in a class lesson using technology to explore collecting data
 * Select relevant information from teacher-selected technology resources
 * Communicate conclusions with various audiences using different media formats ||
 * State Curriculum Standard(s): || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">2.1.A.1.b.Seek information through reading, observation, exploration, and investigations ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Student-Friendly Objective: || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">We will use a variety of technology resources to gather information about objects that sink and float. We will use KidPix and relevant information from our research to create a boat that we think will float in water. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Access and Assessment of Prior Knowledge: || //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Can you think of an object that will float in water? Can you think of an object that will sink in water? What factors impact whether or not an object will float on water? // ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Procedures: || //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">This lesson will be taught after Activity 5 in the Sink and Float science unit. This lesson will help the students in the process of designing and building a clay boat that is able to float on water. This lesson may need to be taught over the course of two class periods. //
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The teacher will access the resources on a computer: [|Digger and the Gang Interactive], <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'; text-decoration: none;">[|__Drag and Drop Game__] [|, and] [|Sink or Float Video] (using hyperlinks on the attached word document). The teacher will project them on an Interactive Whiteboard or television for all students to see. The students will use the resources to gather information about objects that sink and float.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Students will use a T-chart to record relevant information. They should be looking for commonalities among objects that sink and among objects that float.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">As a class, the students will discuss which factors affect whether or not an object is able to float on water.
 * 4) //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">(The following procedures may be taught on Day 2.) //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Each student will be given access to an individual computer, and the students will access KidPix software.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The teacher will explain that the students will be given the chance to build their own clay boats. The boats should be able to float on water.
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The students will use the KidPix software to draw a picture of a boat that they believe will float. Students will also write a few sentences explaining why they believe their boat will float, using information gathered from the research.
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">When the students have finished, they will print their documents. The students will have an opportunity to share their plans with the rest of the class. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Assessment: || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">A rubric will be used to assess the students’ ability to use relevant information from their research to problem-solve and make a plan for building a clay boat that will float on water. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Closure: || //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">What does a boat need in order to float? //
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Materials: || * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Document with links to technology resources
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Access to a computer
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">IWB or AverKey (to project resources on a screen for students to see)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Copies of T-chart for each student
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Individual computers for each student, possibly in the computer lab
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Printer
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Rubric for each student ||

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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Demonstrate ability to use technology and develop strategies to solve problems and make informed decisions || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">6.A.5. Investigate Problems and Propose Solutions: Communicate Conclusion //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">What questions do you still have about stingrays? // || //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">How was conducting research with online resources different from using books to research a topic? Which method do you prefer? // || =Rubric:=
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Lesson Title: || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Flat Sharks Wiki Research ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Subject Area: || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">C.S.I.- Non-fiction Text ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Maryland Technology Literacy Standard(s) for Students (MTLSS): || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Standard 6: Technology for Problem-Solving & Decision-Making
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Measurable Outcomes from HCPS’s Instructional Scope and Sequence (aligned with MTLSS) || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">6.A.3. Investigate Problems and Propose Solutions: Carry out the Plan
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Use electronic tools to collect data
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Select relevant information from teacher-selected technology resources
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Communicate conclusions with various audiences using different media formats ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">State Curriculum Standard(s): || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">2.2.A.1.a. Read and recognize nonfiction materials to gain information and content knowledge ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Student-Friendly Objective: || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">We will use a variety of technology resources to gather information about stingrays. We will create a poster to inform others about stingrays. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Access and Assessment of Prior Knowledge: || //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">What did you learn about stingrays after reading the National Geographic article “Swimming with Flat Sharks”? //
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Procedures: || //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">This lesson can be taught at any point in the year. It is used with the May 2011 National Geographic article “Swimming with Flat Sharks.” In this lesson, students will be able to conduct research using teacher-selected resources. They will use their research to create an informative poster to share with others. This lesson may be taught over the course of several days. //
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Students will consider what they already learned about stingrays and what questions still remain.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The teacher will introduce the students to the Flat Sharks wiki that they will be using for this activity. The teacher will show the students the resources they will use for research, the note-taking page they will use to collect information, and explain the poster they will create.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Each student will access the Flat Sharks wiki on an independent computer. The students will print the note-taking page (if it has not already been printed by the teacher) and access the resources for research. The students will organize the information they collect onto the note-taking page.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Students will use their completed note-taking page to create an informative poster using KidPix. Students are required to include a background, title, 3 relevant details, a photograph, and a graphic on their poster.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The students will print their poster to share with their classmates and parents. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Assessment: || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">A rubric will be used to assess the students’ ability to use technology resources to gather information and share the information with others. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Closure: || //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">What additional information did you learn about stingrays? //
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Materials: || * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Flat Sharks wiki page
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Individual computers for each students (possibly in the computer lab)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Printer
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Copies of note-taking page for each student (optional)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">KidPix software ||