Third+Grade-+Road+Trip+Through+Maryland


 * // Tuesday 7.28.09; 3:40pm; The final copy lesson one spreadsheet is down at the very bottom. Thanks! ~ Laura

Tuesday- Good Morning ladies!! I am at a doctor's appointment today for Wyatt but will be available by phone (get it from Cindy) or e-mail if you need me. I got the e-mail from Danielle that you gave the completed lessons to Cindy. Thank you for doing that. Have a great day!!!

Gina

__ Lesson Plan Template __ //** Our thinking from the first day-

Science Curriculum Survey Results- (you can filter third grade by going to Data, filter, auto filter)

__Links-__ Virtual Tour of Maryland's Geological Features- [] School yard geology- [] VSC- hyperlinked with glossary of terms- [] Science and Children Journal (April's issue is about Earth Science!!) - [] __Username-__ Brengle __Password__- 757954 Virtual Slide Show of a Road Trip across America [] Canyon

__Ideas-__
 * Title the unit- __A Road Trip through Maryland!__
 * Create a scrapbook of a geological features in Maryland
 * Create a photo story of geological features in Maryland to serve as a "hook" into the unit.
 * Search for "hands-on" activities that students can do at each geological feature.

__Geological Features in Maryland to explore-__


 * Sideling Road Cut
 * Chesapeake Bay
 * Atlantic Ocean
 * Appalachian Mountains
 * Deep Creek Lake

On July 2 Cindy downloaded all of the lessons for review. If you change any of the lessons after this time, please let me know. Lots of hard work! Bravo! __Insert your work here-__ Unit Overview 

The lesson sequence looks great. Did any essential questions or objectives change? The unit overview is a critical part of the curriculum. It gives parents, teachers, students a view of what the unit is all about. This is only the sequence of lessons. where is the full unit overview? This is not the complete overview, just part of it. I have the overview and will make the changes to post!!- Gina

The following are lessons that Emily re-formatted and are the most current versions.... please use this file when revising, then post the final copy below the line at the end.__**
 * __Draft Lessons

Lesson 1 Lesson Plan I think that your students will love the data collection and analysis. I have used track changes to share some ideas with you. Do you need to explicitly tell teachers when to analyze the data? The spreadsheet and directions are great! Here is the lesson with tracked changes

When I looked at this lesson, I also agree that we need an engagement that will hook the kids. Something that will WOW them!!- Gina How about a concept attainment activity for the engagement? We could use Kidspiration or any other program in which pictures could be dragged from one category to another. The first part could be pictures of different types of weather (precipitation, temperature, wind) and students could sort them into categories (either in groups or as a class) and name and describe the categories. Then the second part could be pictures of the characteristics of the different seasons. Students could sort the pictures, name the categories by season and explain why each picture fits. Let me know what you think. -Danielle Danielle- I think that is a great idea! Will you have time to complete this or work with Laura to complete it?- Gina I like the idea too Danielle :) On Thursday, we'll sit down with Gina after 1:00 and make sure we have this ready. ~ Laura



Excel Spreadsheet (hyperlinked in lesson)

Seasonal Changes (hyperlinked in lesson) Seasonal Changes Answer Key (hyperlinked in lesson) Laura- the lesson looks good, adding an engaging Engagment will make it more powerful. Also adding directions to the seasons chart will be useful too. I asked Terry H. to edit the Excel spreadsheet by making the graph automatically appear when students add the data. - Gina

Lesson 2 You have done a nice job of introducing the road trip. The photo story has great images. Bravo! Here is the lesson plan with track changes comments. I agree! Nice job introducing the unit. I think you can introduce the travel guide during the engagement and the exploration seems like an engagement rather than and exploration. The extension could possibly be part of the exploration. Let's talk about the sequence! - Gina Lesson Plan Frayer Model (Hyperlinked in lesson) Should these Frayer worksheets be renamed to be Lesson 2?

Frayer Model Answer Key (hyperlinked in lesson)

This is the Photo story saved as a microsoft movie file. Great photo story! Love the pictures of Maryland.- Gina

Photo Story final copy with music!!!!! (hyperlinked in lesson) media type="file" key="lesson02_geological_features_photo_story.wmv" media type="file" key="Geological Features Photo Story_1.wmv" Travel Guide Template (hyperlinked in lesson)

Lesson 3 this lesson lets students explore and define what a mountain is. Here are my comments Teacher may want a plan b for students who do not bring in rocks/ pebbles for their mountain. I really like the comparison of photos with the Appalachian Mountains and Rocky Mountains. When comparing the Rockies to the Appalachians you may want to add the weather conditions of the different regions, height of the mountains, and other variables that impact the differences. - Gina

Lesson 4

Here are my suggestions for lesson 4- It may be a good idea to have the first part of the exploration the engagement. Nice lesson!

Lesson 5

Here are my suggestions for lesson 5- good lesson!! May want to include world book article link- Gina

Lesson 6 - Consider using Active Vote software?? Here are my suggestions to lesson 6- Gina

Include Answer key Is the language such as "inclusion of" kid friendly enough?
 * //__Lesson 7__//** Geological Features on Map (Project Introduction)

Here is my feedback about Lesson 7. Thanks for a great idea!

Depending on the homework policy of the school, the project may have to be completed in class and therefore shortened. Include that option in the lesson plan. - Gina

Lesson 8 Lesson Plan The Water Cycle Diagram Student Sheet PDF copy of Earth's Water Book (Gina... I'm not sure if I'm allowed to include this...)

Lesson 9 Lesson Plan (not finished yet at all... Gina I need help with this!!!)

In the exploration, students can fill out a comparison chart of the weather data from the different regions in Maryland and in the different seasons. As an explaination, students can draw conclusions and add them into their travel guide with the various geologic features?? Below are my ideas- Gina

Lesson 10 Schoolyard Geological Features Include an answer key with suggested answers- Gina - Great lesson! Consider including in the extension - Students can take digital photographs of their school yard to create a photo essay or digital map showing the features and comparing it to a geologic features of Maryland. This can be posted on a page of the science Wiki for all schools to view. - Gina

Lesson 11 Project Presentation - Consider creating a hand-out for students to complete as they view the projects in the gallery walk so that they can compare the various geological features. - Gina Take a picture of a project to show in the lesson as an example.


 * __Final Copies of lessons below-__**

Unit Overview- Materials List that includes new items that need to be purchased this year-

Insert your completed lessons below....