Monday, June 23, 2008
Day 1/ Patti's Demo
I thought this was a great hands on activity that can be used in any subject area at any level. Students love to collaborate on projects and activities, especially if they are hands on. This is also a good activity to stress the importance of following instructions. So often students misinterpret or completely disregard directions of a particular assignment. This activity will illustrate to the students the importance of following instructions to a "T". This activity could be used in science to stress the importance of finding certain locations on the globe. For example use a Styrofoam sphere and have the students use different items to locate the equator, north and south poles, prime meridian, Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans, continents, ring of fire, etc. This can be done with given written directions or with the "Write it/ Do it" technique. The students may find it frustrating at first, but once they get the hang of it...watch them go.
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Nice job of considering how to adapt a demo lesson for your own use. This, for me, is the heart of this program -- teachers sharing what they do and other teachers thinking about why it might work for them and how they can make it work under their own circumstances.
Patti did a great job today. Very thought-provoking.
Missy,
I also thought the demonstration was exceptional. I thought of several ways to use this in my math classes. I could have students use this in my geometry unit having students use geometry vocabulary, or I could use it with area, volume, and formulas using estimation first, then find the actual area or volume. Overall, a great tool for any subject area.
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