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Grade Level: Fourth | Subject: Science |
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Student Task:
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Teacher Role: The teacher explained the concepts of weather to her students. The teacher made assignments at the beginning of the week. She also led all classroom discussion. She assisted students with gathering information for their research paper. | Grouping: Students worked
independently for their assignments. They discussed what cities they
were going to choose for the comparison portion of the weather activity. |
Hook: At the end of the week, each student will do a display comparing their weather with that of a another place in the country. Their projects will be displayed around the school. | Student-Directed Learning:
Students choose which city they wanted to compare their local weather to. |
Use of Technology: Students went to internet to gather information about weather instruments. They also used the internet to find the weather for the various cities they were comparing. | Assessment: Students' research papers were graded. They also took a multiple test on the information covered in the text. They were graded on their displays. |
Author(s): Wanda McMichael, Linda Payne, Emmie Thirlwell
School:
Sheridan Elementary, Orangeburg Consolidated School District #5,
Bamberg-Calhoun-Orangeburg Math/Science Hub
Created: March 4, 2001 -
Updated: April 7, 2001
URL: /lincon/w01/projects/weather/wm
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