Investigations into Plate Tectonics with the Our Dynamic Planet” CDROMUCSB
Collaborators:
Goal: Students will learn about:
Students engage in authentic scientific investigations and analysis, which includes:
Strategy - students:
The “Our Dynamic Planet” CDROM, Tools for scientific investigations:
Background knowledge, the Virtual Science Workshop:
Observations and feature classification, the “Profile Game”:
Earth Data Access, the MAP:
Presenting captured data representations, The Graphics Workshop:
Software Demonstration
Challenges students face:
Writing Challenges :
Explicit instruction with rhetorical analysis---recognizing statements which:
Weekly section activities include:
Week 1: Observations and Interpreations
Week 2: Making meaning from the data
Week 3:Small Area paper feedback- refining student understanding:
Results (analysis in progress):
Coming soon:
Email: prothero@geol.ucsb.edu
Home Page: http://earthednet.org/