Fritz Science Class Expectations
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Expectations
1) Investigate - research answers to YOUR questions
2) Experiment - design and implement experiments
3) Collaborate - work together with classmates
4) Create - generate meaningful presentations using new web tools
5) Reflect - think back on your learning and success
The Basics of Our Madness!!!!
LEARN
Upon being introduced to a new topic, you will build on your current level of understanding with some initial research to guide your next investigation.
INVESTIGATE/ EXPERIMENT
Individually or in groups, you will collect DATA to be analyzed either through Internet searches, surveys or experiments.
PRESENT
Following your learning, investigating and data analysis, you will create some presentation tool using new Web based technology to influence your audience to act on what you have learned!
EMPHASIS IS ON LEARNING, NOT ON A GRADE!
GRADING
Earth Science - https://docs.google.com/a/williamsburg.k12.ia.us/document/d/1C0dz0XxX-6U19EILUU4cnTNwXjc8UmxTeKAbXnt-vxQ/edit
Rubrics will be provided for helpful feedback. Rubrics will be designed with the standards posted above in mind. In short, your HOMEWORK and PRESENTATIONS should reveal the evidence of learning the concepts!
Basic Rubric that will be used:
Experiment / Investigation Phase
A) Research - doing google searches to find data and or or information to help answer questions. Make sure your questions are testable questions that help guide the searches in looking for data!
B) Experiments - creating an experiment so you can OBSERVE or test the effects of ONE variable to collect data to help answer your TESTABLE question.
C) Surveys - using google forms to survey people can also provide data to be analyzed.
Presentation Expectations
I. Introduction to topic and study
II. Basic Concepts
III. Experiment / Investigation
IV. Results / Data
V. Conclusions
VI. Applications to Real Life
Presentation should also be given with the following expectations met:
1. Do not read off of slides - you are sharing, teaching, communicating, etc.
2. Energy - appropriate voice level, voice inflections, nonverbals, eye contact, etc.
3. Use of Technology - you should be "stretching" yourselves each time you present by choosing a different technology presentation tool (In other words, you can use Keynote or Google Drive Presentation no more than twice!)
See the following blog for additional Web tools:Click http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Presentation+Tools
Blog Reflection Expectations
- Complete sentences!
- Proper grammar!
- Minimum 2 paragraphs!
- Reflection - "thinking about your own thinking," what did you learn? What did you agree or disagree with? What shocked or surprised you? How might you live differently now as a result of what you learned?
- Completed every week by Friday, 3:35 p.m.