Fri Dec 20th

• research and write
• workshop - reminder apps and organization

Thurs Dec 19

Questions:

• How can we create fictional exploration stories that are appealing to a younger audience and that are based on real stories of exploration?
• How can we effectively write a story collaboratively?
• How can we effectively write for a younger audience? 
• How have people, ideas, and technologies advanced understanding of the universe and solar system?
• What have we learned through space exploration missions?

Day Plan:

1. Write Goals for the day
2. Research Your Mission/ Write Your Story
1. Complete Chunk 4: Space Exploration in the Media on your own (if its not done yet)
2. Share with Team in Chunk 2: Writing Team Brainstorming
3. Use Chunk 5: Story Planning on your own to guide your own writing process. 
3. Self Assessment on Rubric:
1. Please "comment" on the descriptor (square) that you feel best describes your current performance for each row of project criteria. In your comment please include an explanation of how you've met that criteria. 

Project Resources:

• Project Outline
• Space Exploration Pinboard of resources 
• Story Writing Pinboard of Resources
• EBSCO databases - perfect for media coverage of missions 
• World Book Student - very research friendly articles on missions 
• Example of Students writing stories for a younger audience

Mon Dec 16th - Wed Dec 18th

Questions:

• How can we create fictional exploration stories that are appealing to a younger audience and that are based on real stories of exploration?
• How can we effectively write a story collaboratively?
• How can we effectively write for a younger audience? 
• How have people, ideas, and technologies advanced understanding of the universe and solar system?
• What have we learned through space exploration missions?

Day Plan:

1. Story Time/ Free Write
2. Finish presentations of Chunk 3 History of Astronomy Pins
3. Work on Your Mission/ Your Story
1. Complete Chunk 4: Space Exploration in the Media on your own (if its not done yet)
2. Share with Team in Chunk 2: Writing Team Brainstorming
3. Use Chunk 5: Story Planning on your own to guide your own writing process. 

Project Resources:

• Project Outline
• Space Exploration Pinboard of resources 
• Story Writing Pinboard of Resources
• EBSCO databases - perfect for media coverage of missions 
• World Book Student - very research friendly articles on missions 
• Example of Students writing stories for a younger audience

Fri Dec 13

Questions:

• How can we create fictional exploration stories that are appealing to a younger audience and that are based on real stories of exploration?
• How can we effectively write a story collaboratively?
• How can we effectively write for a younger audience? 
• How have people, ideas, and technologies advanced understanding of the universe and solar system?
• What have we learned through space exploration missions?

Day Plan:

1. Free Write
2. Finish presentations of Chunk 3 History of Astronomy Pins
3. Chunk 2 Story Pitches
4. Chunk 5 on your own

Project Resources:

• Project Outline
• Space Exploration Pinboard of resources 
• Story Writing Pinboard of Resources
• EBSCO databases - perfect for media coverage of missions 
• World Book Student - very research friendly articles on missions 
• Example of Students writing stories for a younger audience

Thurs Dec 12th

Questions:

• How can we create fictional exploration stories that are appealing to a younger audience and that are based on real stories of exploration?
• How can we effectively write a story collaboratively?
• How can we effectively write for a younger audience? 
• How have people, ideas, and technologies advanced understanding of the universe and solar system?
• What have we learned through space exploration missions?

Day Plan:

1. Finish presentations of Chunk 3 History of Astronomy Pins
2. Wrap up and Hand in Chunk 4
3. Work on Chunk 2 Mission Summaries and Story Pitches

Project Resources:

• Project Outline
• Space Exploration Pinboard of resources 
• Story Writing Pinboard of Resources
• EBSCO databases - perfect for media coverage of missions 
• World Book Student - very research friendly articles on missions 
• Example of Students writing stories for a younger audience

Wed Dec 11th (Stories of Exploration)

Space Exploration | Learn about Space Exploration on instaGrok, the research engine

Questions:

• How can we create fictional exploration stories that are appealing to a younger audience and that are based on real stories of exploration?
• How have people, ideas, and technologies advanced understanding of the universe and solar system?
• What have we learned through space exploration missions?

Day Plan:

1. Read Starry Messenger
2. 15 minutes to Brainstorm Story Ideas:
1. See new Chunk 2 doc shared with your Team (Due Friday). It now includes:
1. Pictures of Your Mission
2. A brief summary of the mission (written collaboratively
3. Pitches for each of your stories
3. Rest of the block to work on Chunk 4 (Due Thursday)  
1. Individuals are encouraged to:
1. see if they can find world book articles on their topics
2. Use Instagrok as a way to breakup the topic and narrow their search. Notice the slider on the top right to filter results by level of difficulty. 

Project Resources:

• Outline
• Pinboard of resources 
• EBSCO databases - perfect for media coverage of missions 
• World Book Student - very research friendly articles on missions 
• Example of Students writing stories for a younger audience

Fri Dec 6th/ Mon Dec 9th (Stories of Exploration)

Questions:

• How can we create fictional exploration stories that are appealing to a younger audience and that are based on real stories of exploration?
• How have people, ideas, and technologies advanced understanding of the universe and solar system?
• What have we learned through space exploration missions?

Day Plan:

1. Chunk 4: Space Exploration in the Media 
1. Sign up for a mission.
• I'd suggest you use the world book student article "space exploration" to find names and brief descriptions of major missions
• This file is also in your new Science 9 "edit" folder
2. Use EBSCO databases - to find news articles on your missions
3. Complete the Chunk 4 Assignment
• The assignment is in your new Science 9 "view" folder
Brainstorm questions for Grade 3's
Brainstorm 2 choices for your artists (for example, backdrops of... Or characters like...)

Project Resources:

• Outline
• Pinboard of resources 
• EBSCO databases - perfect for media coverage of missions 
• World Book Student - very research friendly articles on missions 
• Example of Students writing stories for a younger audience

Tue Dec 3rd/ Wed Dec 4th (Stories of Exploration)

Questions:

• How can we create fictional exploration stories that are appealing to a younger audience and that are based on real stories of exploration? 
• What is exploration and how do we explore space? 
• How have technologies advanced understanding of the universe and solar system? (Assessed as Learning Goal D1) 

Day Plan:

• Chunk 3: History of Astronomy Pinboard (Independent)
• Preview
• Sign Up
• Make Notes
• Share
• Chunk 2: Story Brainstorm Part 2 of 3 - Plot and Mood (Team)
• This is the next layer of your ongoing brainstorming. The next suggestion is to begin thinking about Plot and Mood.  

Project Resources:

• Outline
• Pinboard of resources 
• EBSCO databases - perfect for media coverage of missions 
• World Book Student - very research friendly articles on missions 
• Example of Students writing stories for a younger audience

Mon Dec 2nd (Stories of Exploration)

Questions:

• How can we create fictional exploration stories that are appealing to a younger audience and that are based on real stories of exploration? 
• What is exploration and how do we explore space?
• How have technologies advanced understanding of the universe and solar system? (Assessed as Learning Goal D1)

Day Plan:

1. Discuss Chem Demos
2. Personal Stories of Exploration
3. Chunk 2: Story Brainstorm Part 1 of 3 - Characters and Motivation (Team)
1. Steve's Example
2. Create a shared document with your group
3. Make sure its in someone’s NLC folder
4. Submit the link here
5. Begin your brainstorming by thinking about characters you could develop. Think about your own motivation for exploration and characters you could relate to.
4. Chunk 3: History of Astronomy Pinboard (Independent)
1. Preview
2. Sign Up
3. Make Notes
4. Share

Project Resources:

• Outline
• Pinboard of resources
• EBSCO databases - perfect for media coverage of missions
• World Book Student - very research friendly articles on missions 
• Example of Students writing stories for a younger audience

Thurs Nov 28th (Chemistry Demonstration wrap up)

Day Plan:

1. Finish Project Reflection Survey on Chemistry Demonstrations (if you didn't do submit it yesterday)
2. Self-Assess and Hand in 3.1 Reading and Practice using this key. 
3. Final Revisions to Chemistry Demonstration Project. By way of general feedback for everyone, make sure you researched the specific chemical formula for your compound and can explain the elements that are involved in the reaction. You may also be observing new compounds being created or destroyed. See if you can research enough to find out what those are. I made some comments on the outline with suggested resources. 
1. Make sure you've included each learning goal in your inquiry questions as written a statement in the document self assessing that goal. Make sure you give a mark and an explanation for each goal
2. Use Steve's feedback comments in your doc as a guide to revise you Chemistry Demonstration Inquiry
3. Have a peer read your work and use their feedback as a guide to revise inquiry questions
4. Final Revisions to Mitosis Projects if you haven't finished yet and make both the image file and the YouTube video are handed in (please upload the image to your NLC folder on drive and share the link, please share the link to your YouTube video). 
5. Check out The Hour Of Code and let me know if you are interested. You could even dig into some of their sessions and see if you think there's one in particular that you'd enjoy. 
6. Begin crafting your next question for your next Genius Hour Project 

Tue Nov 26th (Stories of Exploration)

How can we create fictional exploration stories that are appealing to a younger audience and that are based on real stories of exploration?

space, a photo by Sweetie187 on Flickr.

Day plan:

1. Feedback on Chemistry Demonstration Project (15 min)
2. Personal Stories of Exploration (10 min)
1. First, take a few minutes to think about a personal story of exploration. 
2. If you are interested, please share
3. Exploration Brainstorm: Read over the prompts in this document and add your ideas to each one. (20 min)
4. Check out the outline and see if you can come up with any specific questions for David on the exhibits and artefacts we will be seeing. (5 min)
5. Begin searching for your own resources and for exploration missions that interest you personally. Once we form teams for the project you will be able to bring your ideas to our team and narrow it down. I'd recommend starting with the pinboard of resources here. Please comment on the resources section of the outline with any other resources you'd like to see added to list. 

Friday Nov 22nd / Mon Nov 25th (Chemistry Demonstrations)

Day Plan:

1. Get Ready for your Demonstrations (see the Questions in the Chunk 7 and Demonstration Plan doc here)
2. Finish the Inquiry questions - copy the questions from all the chunks into your Inquiry Questions Document and make sure they are all answered. If you are finished for Friday fantastic, otherwise I will accept these on Monday. 
1. Chunk 1 
2. Chunk 2 
3. Chunk 4 
4. Chunk 6 
5. Chunk 7 
3. Make sure you have copied the goal into each section of your inquiry questions. Under the goal please self assess them. 

Project Resources:

• Project Outline
• YouTube Playlist
• Pinterest Pinboard
• Class Resources

Thurs Nov 21st (Chemistry Demonstrations)

Day Plan:

1. Get Ready for your Demonstrations (see the Questions in the Chunk 7 and Demonstration Plan doc here)
2. Check the 3.1 Reading and Practice key to make sure you've done it correctly
1. Ionic Bonding intro and Covalent Bonding Intro
2. Key for Reading and Practice
3. Finish the Inquiry questions - copy the questions from all the chunks into your Inquiry Questions Document and make sure they are all answered. If you are finished for Friday fantastic, otherwise I will accept these on Monday. 
1. Chunk 1 
2. Chunk 2 
3. Chunk 4 
4. Chunk 6 
5. Chunk 7 

Project Resources:

• Project Outline
• YouTube Playlist
• Pinterest Pinboard
• Class Resources

Wed Nov 20th (Chemistry Demonstrations)

Day Plan:

1. Inquiry - copy the questions from the Chunk 1, Chunk 2, Chunk 4, and Chunk 6 inquiry documents into your own inquiry document and answer the questions
2. Go over Bohr Diagram handout from yesterday
3. Introduce Ionic and Covalent Bonding with these interactive websites:
1. Ionic Bonding
2. Covalent Bonding
4. 3.1 Reading and Practice

Project Resources:

• Project Outline
• YouTube Playlist
• Pinterest Pinboard
• Class Resources

Mon, Nov. 18th (Chemistry Demonstrations)

Why Do Chemicals React The Way They Do?

Day Plan:

1. Mark, correct, self assess 3.1 reading and questions. Hand in once you've completed your self assessment. 
2. Inquiry Questions for Chunk 1, Chunk 2, and Chunk 4 (should be done already) and Chunk 6 (make sure your questions are in a single doc which is in your NLC folder)
3. If you are interested in reading ahead and starting to think more about the chemical compounds present in your reaction check out 3.2 and 3.3 here. 

Project Resources:

• Project Outline
• YouTube Playlist
• Pinterest Pinboard
• Class Resources

Thurs Nov 14th (Chemistry Demonstrations)

Day Plan:

1. Inquiry - copy the questions from the Chunk 1, Chunk 2, and Chunk 4 inquiry documents into your own inquiry document and answer the questions

Project Resources:

• Project Outline
• YouTube Playlist
• Pinterest Pinboard
• Class Resources

Wed Nov 13th (Chemistry Demonstrations)

Lesson Plan:

1. Go over 1.3 and 2.1
2. Introduce Periodic Table - 2.2 Reading
3. Hand in Chemistry Demonstration Inquiry Doc for Feedback
4. Chunk 4 Inquiry Questions 
1. Finish writing together
2. copy and paste to Chemistry Demonstration Inquiry Doc and complete
5. Make a list of Materials needed for tomorrow to start experimenting with Demonstration

Hand in your Inquiry Document for Feedback:

Project Resources:

• Project Outline
• YouTube Playlist
• Pinterest Pinboard (includes Periodic Table Apps, if you find a good one please share)
• Class Resources

Tues Nov 12th (Chemistry Demonstrations)

Why Do Chemicals React The Way They Do?

Day Plan:

1. Finish Chunk 3: Atomic Theory Q's
2. Watch Elements Video
3. Chunk 4 Reading and Activity
4. If you have time you can start Chunk 4 Q's

Project Resources:

• Project Outline
• YouTube Playlist
• Pinterest Pinboard
• Class Resources

Fri Nov 8th (Chemistry Demonstrations)

Why Do Chemicals React The Way They Do?

Day Plan:

1. Feedback on 3.3 and 1.2
2. Introduce Atomic Theory
3. Make up missing work
4. Chunk 3: Atomic Theory Q's
5. Finish Questions from Chunks 1 and 2

Project Resources:

• Project Outline
• YouTube Playlist
• Pinterest Pinboard
• Class Resources

Thus Nov 7th (Chemistry Demonstrations Chunk 2)

Why Do Chemicals React The Way They Do?

Day Plan:

1. Modelling the Kinetic Molecular Theory activity
2. Investigating Matter WS pages 8-11
3. Chunk 2 Inquiry Questions

Project Resources:

• Project Outline
• YouTube Playlist
• Pinterest Pinboard
• Class Resources

Wednesday November 5th (Chemistry Demonstrations Chunk 1)

1. 3.3 Reading and Activity
2. Open and look over the project outline
3. Chunk 1: Make sure you've done parts 1 and 2 for tomorrow. 

Tuesday Nov 5th (Why Do Chemicals React the Way they Do? Intro)

http://chemicalreactionforchildren.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/chemical-reaction-gif2.jpg

• Here's a suggested resources as you start your search for a Chemistry Demonstration: http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/lab/experiments
• Or Steve Spangler's YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/SteveSpanglerScience
• We will be asking the Question "Why do Chemicals React the Way they do?" so the first chunk of this project will be to:
• Find a demonstration involving a chemical reaction that you could do in the class with materials available from home or at school. 
• Ask some of your own questions about the change that is occuring in the demonstration. Your questions should be related to our driving question "Why do Chemicals React the Way they do?"

Assignment Hand In Form

Monday Nov 4th (Finish Project)

1. Finish work from last day
2. Project Debrief and Feedback

Thursday Oct 31st/ Friday November 1st (Mitosis Video Wrap Up)

In Class Thursday

1. Discuss Human Reproduction activities
2. Chunk 7a - Work on Videos - (outline)
1. Edit and Finish Video 
2. Upload to YouTube (Editing can be done here too - see the outline)
3. Change privacy settings to unlisted if you wish
4. make QR Code

In Class Friday

1. Chunk 7b:
1. Adding QR codes and labels to images
2. Finishing self assessment of project and handing it in

Assignment for Tuesday

1. 4.1 Reading Guide
2. 4.2 Reading Guide

Astronomy Preview??

https://twitter.com/NASA/status/382989281825792001/photo/1

One Cell, Two Cell, Red Cell, Blue Cell*

*I'd like to give a shout out to R.K. Grosberg and R.R. Strathmann who were the creative geniuses behind the clever name of this project. 

http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/whoami/findoutmore/yourbody/whatdoyourcellsdo/howoftenareyourcellsreplaced/
~/media/WhoAmI/FindOutMore/What%20controls%20the%20cell%20cycle.jpg

A Project to Answer the Question: How can we model the cellular life cycle of various organisms?

1. Project Outline
2. Rubrics
3. Monday Sept 30th:
• Assignment: CYU 2.2: p. 36-37, #s 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11
4. Starting Tuesday, October 1st...
• Mitosis and Meiosis Video Playlist
• Chunk 3 Assignment: Cellular Reproduction Video Critique
5. Starting Thursday October 3rd...
• Chunk 4 Description in Outline
• Chunk 4 Cell Reproduction Questions 
6. Starting Tuesday October 8th...
• Chunk 5 and 6: Mitosis and Meiosos Models
• Playlists for insporation and ideas:
• Mitosis Playlist
• Meiosis Playlist

Genius Hour Project

http://astropt.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/keep-calm-and-stay-genius.png

Videos to Introduce Project:

• Kid President Pep Talk

• Obvious to You. Amazing To Others

• Genius Hour Intro

Class Brainstorming

Research Template 

• Note: open document, go to file, make a copy, rename it, then move the copy to your NLC folder

Form to Submit Ideas 

• Note: You Need Your Idea Approved before you begin

Reflection and Feedback Survey

Student Projects Published Online:

• Kiera's Research Report on the Legalization of Marijuana

• Ming's Red Velvet Cupcakes

• Chef Connor's Corageous Cooking

• Nikki's Photo Editing Work (in progress)

• Jade's Research on Abuse
• Hudson's Research on Caffine

Fri Oct 18th: What makes a good genius hour project?

• https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1JWRKjkKwu1Kl3xocxfYHEsOTr-yJzljGrEfBJDToLbU/viewform

Sundae Project

• Project Outline
• Project Rubric
• Calculation Sheet (sample calculation sheet) 

Monday September 16th:

1. Project Feedback Survey
2. Celebration Email to Parents
3. Summary for the Wall
1. Open a Google Document and prepare a one page summary of your work (your own comments and ideas) including at least 4 things
• Your Team's calculation sheet
• A few sentences describing what went well in the project
• A few sentences describing what was tricky in the project
• A few sentences describing what you would do differently if you were to do the project again. 
• Optional: your sketch of the sundae bar design
2. Hand it in digitally here:

What is 21st Century Learning?

Here's our activity and assignment for the first week.

Teacher Introduction

Here's the "Teacher Introduction" handout for the first day. This highlights a few of the things I want to talk about by way of an introduction as your get to know me and this class.

We have lots more to talk about as we get into 21st Century Learning, Project Based Learning, Working Collaboratively and Digital Citizenship. These will be discussed in the coming days and weeks.