LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE LESSON:

Student assessment work sheets for Latitude and Longitude lesson plan are available at this link:

http://www.mediafire.com/?i821tvb8h8ec0hq,de4n8vahp670aqs

The individual task consists of completing a work sheet I downloaded onto each laptop.  This will be the first time I try this approach.  I will assure you my administration will enjoy my paperless approach.  Students are instructed to complete directly onto the Word Perfect format work sheet.  It sets the lead for the group task.  Work sheets consist of prior knowledge on latitude and longitude coordinates covered during the week.  The first challenged started here.  All students were able to open the file, but several had difficulties answering on the designated area on the template.  They did not have the Word Perfect knowledge and hesitated when they put answers and the areas became altered on the work sheet.  I was able to assist these students and after reassuring them they proceeded with no other delays.  After completion, they were able to upload it onto the school’s assignment drop box on our website.  Completed work sheets from 2 students are linked to this post.

Reflecting on the first part of the lesson, I believed it went well.  I will continue implementing doing task from uploaded files and then have them upload to the drop box.  I will make this a weekly goal to have students upload assignments and class work onto the drop box.  The individual work part of this lesson is simply a recall and prior latitude and longitude knowledge.  Two focus questions needed to be answered on the work sheet.  Understanding the diversity among my ELLs, I provided the file in English and in Spanish.  

DATA & OBSERVATIONS:

Use of technology:  Digital pictures can be taken along the experiment to document the steps and the observations reported:

Bowl with water was checked to find the best leveled area on the counter.  This is to check that we will be able to have an even level of water in the bowl.

Next, fused ice (representing iceberg) was added to the bowl.  Then water was added until the level of water reached the edge of the bowl.

Bowl was observed as the fused ice melted away.  The bottom plate underneath the bowl was maintained dry to be able to document any overflow of water from the bowl.

As the fused ice melted, the water level stayed the same.  No overflow of water was observed.

The bottom plate in which the bowl was set stayed dried. 

When the fused ice was completely melted, the bottom plate in which the bowl was placed remained dry.