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Developing a lesson plan using the NTeQ template started off easily. But as I was using the school’s template I ran into the parts about standards and rotation. As I Googled standards I ran into another NTeQ template that seemed to fit my lesson plan better. I entered my information into this template but then I could not edit it even when the website told me that I could. A I tried to enter my lesson plan again being more careful this time it still got all messed up. All of this took probably three times as long as it should have. I had the whole template of the school’s finished except the standards and rotation. I should have stuck with it.
principal demands.
As for student learning, the NTeQ template assures that all bases will be covered in any lesson that will be taught to the students. It makes sure that all aspects of every step make sense and will be well thought out especially what the students will learn during the lesson, equipment that will be needed and how the experiment will be graded. The NTeQ template is a wonderful tool to use.

Developing a lesson plan using the NTeQ template started off easily. But as I was using the school’s template I ran into the parts about standards and rotation. As I Googled standards I ran into another NTeQ template that seemed to fit my lesson plan better. I entered my information into this template but then I could not edit it even when the website told me that I could. A I tried to enter my lesson plan again being more careful this time it still got all messed up. All of this took probably three times as long as it should have. I had the whole template of the school’s finished except the standards and rotation. I should have stuck with it.
As the templates go it is the best way to organize your thoughts for a lesson plan. Everything is organized and any detail is not left out. As a teacher’s lesson plan are usually submitted to the department head or the principal a teacher can confident that the lesson plan will be well received and it will include all aspects that the department head or principal demands.
to use.

Developing a lesson plan using the NTeQ template started off easily. But as I was using the school’s template I ran into the parts about standards and rotation. As I Googled standards I ran into another NTeQ template that seemed to fit my lesson plan better. I entered my information into this template but then I could not edit it even when the website told me that I could. A I tried to enter my lesson plan again being more careful this time it still got all messed up. All of this took probably three times as long as it should have. I had the whole template of the school’s finished except the standards and rotation. I should have stuck with it.
As the templates go it is the best way to organize your thoughts for a lesson plan. Everything is organized and any detail is not left out. As a teacher’s lesson plan are usually submitted to the department head or the principal a teacher can confident that the lesson plan will be well received and it will include all aspects that the department head or principal demands.
As for student learning, the NTeQ template assures that all bases will be covered in any lesson that will be taught to the students. It makes sure that all aspects of every step make sense and will be well thought out especially what the students will learn during the lesson, equipment that will be needed and how the experiment will be graded. The NTeQ template is a wonderful tool to use.

Our learning team C used the bookmarking tool Diigo. It was easy to use. There were many sites that used student-centered learning in the content areas of language arts, mathematics, science and social studies. As we found websites that pertained to these content areas Diigo allowed us to copy the URL then select the “bookmark” function and paste to the URL into the box. Then when we clicked on the URL the title and a brief description of the site appears. As we were to review the site ourselves I deleted the description provided by the site and added how it could be used in the classroom. After the information was entered into Diigo anyone can click on the URL to get back to the site. There is a topic button which can be used to type comments without having to erase the comments the bookmarking site provides. There is also a button which allows you to see the Diigo contributor’s additions as a compact display. The downside to the compact display is that the comments the other contributors had posted could not be seen. Another good function on the Diigo bookmarking tool is the “Bookmark, click to see all” button. This button allows all of a particular person’s entries sorted by name.
Diigo could be used by students and teachers alike. The students could use Diigo to easily find the research sites that they have been to and to easily find the URLs to put into their bibliographies. The students also could easily collaborate on their research using the URLs they put into Diigo.
Teachers could use the site to keep track of the URLs that they have gotten information from when preparing their lessons. The information would be at their fingertips to refer to. Diigo can also be used by teachers to share websites with each other both from those in their content area and from those in other areas.
The three resources I contributed were http://www.edheads.org/, edheads http://www.udel.edu/biology/ketcham/microscope/scope.html, UD virtual compound microscope and http://www.learningscience.org/ learning science.
Edheads is amazing! There are fifteen activities from which the students can choose. They range from aortic aneurysm to weather. I chose aortic aneurysm. There was a virtual doctor who reviewed the parts of the heart and a CT scan comparing a healthy body to one with an aneurysm. The doctor asks questions to make sure the student understands what she just taught them. The video conducts a virtual operation starting with the student virtually performing the incision. This web would be wonderful for an AP anatomy class. At first I thought that the best way to use this site would be for each student could choose which activity she is most interested in but I think this site would be better for students to work on as a class. During the virtual activities the students could take turns doing them on a projector attached to the computer. This site would not be good for use with lower level learners. The information is delivered so quickly and intently that only very advanced students would be able to gain from it.
The next site I contributed was the virtual compound microscope. This site takes you through the steps to set up a microscope for viewing slides or specimens. There is a checklist that activates when you complete a step. If the student does not know how to complete a step then there is a “How to…” list to explain it. This site is very good for reinforcing the teaching of the microscope and for students who missed the instruction in class.
Finally I found a site called Learning Science and it is an excellent site to investigate a plethora of science topics. The teacher can choose from Science Inquiry, Physical Science, Life Science, Earth and Space, Science and Technology, Science and Society, and History and Nature of Science. I chose Physical Science. Within the standards listed the teacher can choose Grades K-4, 5-8, or 9-12. In 9-12 I chose the Structure of Atoms. Again the teacher can choose from nine different websites that can be activated by clicking on them or Googling them. This a great site that a teacher could draw from for a multitude of class lessons. Many of the sites on here use interactive learning which students prefer.
This assignment was very helpful in not only finding sites that teachers could use in class but showing how easy it is to find good sites to use in the classroom. Many sites have places where teachers can post ideas and share how they used that website.

Week 3 Assignment
This assignment is a NTeQ Student-Centered Lesson
According to the NTeQ guidelines;
1) The teacher will demonstrate to the students how to use Probeware to collect data, use charts in PowerPoint and use Microsoft Word to write their paper.
2) The students devise their own experiment using Probeware.
3) Students learn how to use the Internet to find the types of pollutants that they might use in their ecosystem.
4) Students devise their own ecosystem.
5) Students use Probeware to obtain data, PowerPoint to display charts and Microsoft Word to explain results.
The students will start by following the scientific method in:
Asking a question: How will different pollutants affect an ecosystem
Do their research on the Internet.
Make a hypothesis and an educated guess from the research they have compiled.
Do the experiment using probeware to test their hypothesis.
Analyze the data and draw conclusions.
Use Microsoft Word and PowerPoint to report results.
To incorporate interdisciplinary connections the students will ask an English teacher to review their results paper and make appropriate changes as directed.
To allow for the needs of diverse learners some students may need help in setting up their ecosystem. Others may be asked to provide more than the typical types of ecosystems to stretch their imagination. Also some learners will need to provide up to three pollutants and the others will be challenged to use at least five. As the types of pollutants are expanded from three to five the amount of creative thinking is increased as well as increasing the amount of data to sift through and challenges in reporting the results.
The final assessment will include a rubric applied to the elements of the scientific method, how well they presented their data and results including the charts from PowerPoint and the report using Microsoft Word and how well they took the English teacher’s feedback on their results paper.

I wasn't aware of Nintendo science games. I'll have to check that out. - Tina
Alicia Timmer - love the idea of Nintendo science games. how fun would that be! I've never seen virtual science labs for dissection. I'll have to look these up, they sound really interesting and better than trying to coordinate dissections in the classroom.
http://www.explorelearning.com/ Check out the link I found for a site I ran across called Explorelearning. There you can search for lessons complete with interactive Gizmos for different science topics. As a teacher, you can search for appropriate material by your state standards, by your grade level and topic, or by your textbook series. MonsieurSchott (-:

Kathleen, you should check out this article I found about tech tools for science. Article about Tech for Science There are a lot of free tools referenced and some for purchase. There are also a couple of dissection simulation sites. I teach science too and bookmarked this page. I don't know what level you teach, but I also found a cool electron microscope interactive tool. Molecular Expressions-Electron Microscopy
I wasn't aware of Nintendo science games. I'll have to check that out. - Tina
Alicia Timmer - love the idea of Nintendo science games. how fun would that be! I've never seen virtual science labs for dissection. I'll have to look these up, they sound really interesting and better than trying to coordinate dissections in the classroom.

Simulations in science are good tools to use to use to meet the needs of different learning styles because during labs the teacher can control the variables for each group of students.
-I didn't know Nintendo hadscience games. What an easy way to get students attention and get them to want to engage in science. I also think virtual labs are great. In a tiwere here budgets are tight, if you have to watch money, using a virtual tool to dissect can replace and even enhance dissecting the physical specimen. I also love the Nintendo64 game set image, as it was the gaming system must have when I was a kid. -Kate
simulation sites. I teach science too and bookmarked this page. I don't know what level you teach, but I also found a cool electron microscope interactive tool. Molecular Expressions-Electron Microscopy
I wasn't aware of Nintendo science games. I'll have to check that out. - Tina