Topic Geology: Earth Minerals

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Instructional Unit Topic Geology: Earth Minerals PA Standards Written to Use Technology Integration * 3.1.2.A9 Distinguish between scientific fact and opinion. * Ask questions about objects, organisms, and events. * Understand that all scientific investigations involve asking and answering questions and comparing the answer with what is already known. * Plan and conduct a simple investigation and understand that different questions require different kinds of investigations. * Use data/ evidence to construct explanations and understand that scientists develop explanations based…show more content…
Ask questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation peoplewant to change to define simple problem that can be solved through the development of a new orimproved object or tool.K-2-ETS1-2. Develop simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to illustrate how the shape of anobject helps its function as needed to solve a given problem.K-2-ETS1-3. Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem tocompare the strengths and weaknesses of how each…show more content…
The suggestions would incorporate the Four Guidelines listed in our text, Supporting Learning With Technology: Essentials of Classroom Practice. Jo Egbert (2009) explains the four guidelines as: 1. Ask the right questions. Teacher supports the critical thinking process by providing reinforcements, that steer the learner towards independent critical thinking. 2. Use tasks with appropriate thinking levels of challenge. 3. Teacher should teach strategies. The teacher should model, how to do the objective being taught. 4. Teacher should grab the students curiosity. Get the students interested in what you are doing. These Guidelines can be used along with the current objectives to make the lesson more interesting. I think allowing the students to create things using the computer is much more interesting them then just reading out of a textbook or off of a
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