Ch. 8-10 Summative Project

  • Due Nov 17, 2021 by 11:59pm
  • Points 75
  • Submitting a file upload

Introduction

In the past few weeks we have investigated the surface of planet Earth by looking at the hydrosphere.  This ESCI 110 course is targeted for students in the *Teacher Trac* program at Cerritos College. In education, particularly online learning, assessments typical fall into the categories of formative and summative.   Formative assignments look at specific topics with specific objectives.  We have completed writing assignments, lab assignments, and reading quizzes and these all would be *forming* your understanding of our topics. Summative assessments look at the relationships between the topics and they integrate multiple objectives and topics.

Using the content in the first four chapters, you will create a summative assessment that is either a lesson plan or a presentation.  If you are in the Teacher Trac program you must do the lesson plan, but the rest of you can pick the lesson plan or the project.  The summative assessment is worth 75 points and the guidelines are below.

The Lesson Plan 

For all you future teachers, here is (for this course) your 1st opportunity to create a lesson plan. I am attaching below a lesson plan template in both word and pdf. If you cannot work with those formats, use your own document app and follow the lesson format listed.  One of the most widely used lesson plan template for science classes is the 5 E lesson plan.  The 5 E's are engagement, exploration, elaboration, evaluation.  In this new season of remote learning, check out this website with lessons build around a video series https://www.generationgenius.com/ Links to an external site. (reminds me of the Disney Channel).  This website will require a subscription, so your viewing might be limited. I am adding a pdf lesson as a model. To begin your lesson you will need to look at the California Department of Education website on NGSS (Next Generation Science Standards) and decide on one grade level and one DOC (Disciplinary Core Idea).  https://www.cde.ca.gov/pd/ca/sc/ngssstandards.asp Links to an external site. Pick a DOC that relates to the topics we have covered in module 8-10. Here is an example from 4th grade. Notice Earth Science DOC's all begin with ESS! 

4-ESS2-1.     Make observations and/or measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, or vegetation. [Clarification Statement: Examples of variables to test could include angle of slope in the downhill movement of water, amount of vegetation, speed of wind, relative rate of deposition, cycles of freezing and thawing of water, cycles of heating and cooling, and volume of water flow.] [Assessment Boundary: Assessment is limited to a single form of weathering or erosion.]

Next, you will need to decide on a specific objective(s) you wish to teach.  Then you fill in your 5 E's with detail and explanations and resources.  The lesson should take approximately 1 hour and you can add approximate time need for each component.  The lesson plan is worth 50 points.  In addition to the lesson plan you need to detail one *hands on* activity for the students.  You can develop your own or find one and then modify it to become *your own* inquiry -based laboratory activity.  This activity also should be explained in detail, possibly with images/photos and resource links.  This activity should be uploaded as a document or pdf.  This *hand-on* activity is worth 25 points.

Rubric

Lesson Plan: 50 points

Hand-On Activity: 25 points

Total = 75 points 

The Presentation

The presentation project has two parts 1) the presentation and 2) the script. The presentation requires you to use a presentation app or presentation program (the most common are PPT or Google slides, although there are others, just make sure you can save the presentation as a pdf). Your goal is to develop a presentation about a specific topic covered in Modules 8-10. Hopefully, you found some of the topics interesting and you want to do some research to *go deeper* in your understanding.  The presentation must have 10 slides. The 1st slide is the introductory slide and your name and your specific research questions must be on the slide.  Yes, you need to have your presentation revolve around *a question* you develop from your research.  For example, "What erosional coastal features are found in Dana Point, CA? or What are the largest reservoirs in Southern California?" are potential questions you could base your research on.  Your goal is to become the expert of a topic and then present the material you find in a presentation.  Your final slide is your *works cited* page.  Please correctly cite your sources and in the script, mention when your sources were used. That means you have 8 slides to develop with content/images/data/diagrams.  Do not try to fill in too much on each slide.  It is *ok* to have a slide that only has 1 diagram or 1 table.  There are a couple of slide requirements 1) there must be 2 slides that contain data in the form of a graph or table 2) there also must be a minimum of 2 slides with images or photos. The presentation must be saved as a pdf and uploaded to this assignment.

The script is a written description of what you would say if you were presenting this information to the class.  Each slide needs a description and should be labeled with the corresponding slide number.  Try to include vocabulary and descriptions from the chapters and module pages/videos/laboratories. Again, you are the expert and need to be detailed and descriptive, using specific examples or data from your slides.  Also, make sure you have your name on the script. The script can be an uploaded word/document or pdf.

Rubric

Intro Slide (name and question): 5 Points

8 Content Slides : 40 points  

Works Cited Slide: 5 points

Script: 25 points

Total = 75 points 

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