| Location | Activity Description | Google Earth Content |
| 1. Y Mountain | Have students watch the youtube video about the differences between rocks and minerals. Have various pictures of rocks and minerals on page. Direct students to decide which is a mineral and which is a rock using what they learned in the video. Record results in learning journal. | Video and images |
| 2. Timpanogous Cave | Students will have a Bill Nye video that will re-look at the differences between rocks and minerals. They will be introduced to the 3 types of rocks. After viewing the movie, students will view pictures of rocks and record what types of rocks they are in their journals. | Video and images |
| 3. Moab | Students will read information about erosion and weathering of rocks. After reading the information, students will watch a video about erosion and weathering. After viewing the material, students will be asked to answer the questions, "Where the arches in Moab caused by erosion or weathering?" | Text, images, and video. |
| 4. Dixie National Forest | Students will read a text about soil. Students will discover that soil is composed of rocks and minerals. Students will watch a video and view images of various types of soil. When they are done, they will summarize what they have learned about rocks, minerals, and soil in their learning journal. | Video and images |
Possible Sources:
1. Y Mountain
2. Timpanogous Cave
3. Moab
4th Grade Science Core
Standard 3
Students will understand the basic properties of rocks, the processes involved in the formation of soils, and the needs of plants provided by soil.
- I will be guiding the children to examine the differences between rocks and minerals
- They will be able to distinguish between the 3 types of rocks
- Learn about weathering and erosion
- Learn about soil and how it is composed of rocks
All will be illustrated through the surrounding areas in Utah. The children will be guided to Mt. Timpanogous, Moab, and other locations that exemplify different rocks, erosion, and soil.
For this assignment, I decided to focus on 4th grade science core. I thought a virtual tour would be a great way to show students around the landscape of Utah while introducing a new topic. Instead of having there merely read out of a text book, a virtual tour will allow them to visit local locations where they can see the topics discussed. Mt. Timpanogous, for example, has various rocks embedded in it. The children will see pictures of these rocks and then read about rocks and minerals. They will begin to understand that rocks and minerals are all around them. For some children, they need to see things visually. If some sudents have been to Moab or caves, they will be able to relate to the new content with previous information, which will hopefully help them better remember the content.
I also thought this would be a good resource for if I was out of the classroom and a substitute was there. This would be a great way to make sure I was guiding the students and they are continuing to have meaningful experience while I am not there.
Lizzy,
ReplyDeleteThis looks good. I particularly like the third place because you are having the students look at the landscape at Moab. When you make your actual place markers you may want to include something about the locations and how they relate to the the topic.
Also, just a reminder that you didn't do the second part of the assignment: Include in the post a description of the core curriculum standard that you will be addressing with your virtual tour (including grade level and standard). Describe why you chose to do a virtual tour on this topic. You are supposed to write a paragraph or two on "Why would a Google Earth tour compare to other instructional approaches you could take to teach the core curriculum standard."