2010+Fossils

=Second Grade Unit 4: Fossils=

//What relevant goals (e.g. content standards, course or program objectives, learning outcomes) will this design address?// || //Students will understand that. . .// //• What are the big ideas?// - The Earth is really old and it took a long time to make //• What specific understandings about them are desired?// - Living creatures have been here a long time - It takes a long time to make rocks - Fossils are rocks made from dead creatures from long ago //• What misunderstandings are predictable?// Fossils are just stone, fossils aren't that old, the earth isn't that old || ===Essential Questions:=== //**•** What provocative questions will foster inquiry, understanding, and transfer of learning?// - How do animals get in those rocks? - Why do they look the way they do? || //• What background knowledge and skills will students need to have or be brought up to speed on and how will this be done?// - What are rocks, what are dinosaurs? || //• What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this unit?// - //• What should they eventually be able to so as a result of such knowledge and skills?// - || ====//Students will be able to know. . .//==== • VoiceThread multimedia report with questions and concepts //• By what criteria will performances of understanding be judged?// || ===Other Evidence:=== • Through what other evidence (e.g. quizzes, tests, academic prompts, observations, homework, journals) will students demonstrate achievement of the desired results? • How will students reflect upon and self-assess their learning? || What learning experiences and instruction will enable students to achiever the desired results? Learn what fossils are exploring what fossils are and how they are made watch BrainPop Jr on Fossils online fossil activities, add fossil pictures to VoiceThread Reflect on Reading Buddy experience talking about how Reading Buddies is going add to a VoiceThread on Reading Buddies
 * ==Stage 1 - Desired Results== ||
 * ===Establish Goals:===
 * ===Understandings:===
 * ^  || ===Essential Background:===
 * ====//Students will know . . .//====
 * Think of these as secondary skills / content ||
 * ==Stage 2 – Assessment Evidence== ||
 * ===Performance Tasks:===
 * ==Stage 3 - Learning Plan== ||
 * ===Learning Activities:===
 * Week One**

Learn details about fossils discovering where fossils come from watch a video on Dinosaurs online fossil activities, add fossil questions to VoiceThread
 * Week Two**

Learn more about fossils discovering where fossils come from watch a video on Fossils online fossil activities, add fossil questions to VoiceThread Reflect on Reading Buddy experience talking about how Reading Buddies is going add to a VoiceThread on Reading Buddies
 * Week Three**

Learn more about fossils learning about rocks and minerals watch BrainPop Jr on Rocks online fossil activities, add fossil questions to VoiceThread
 * Week Four**

Learn how old the Earth is learning about how the Earth changes over time watch BrainPop Jr on Slow Land Changes online fossil activities, add fossil answers to VoiceThread Reflect on Reading Buddy experience talking about how Reading Buddies is going add to a VoiceThread on Reading Buddies
 * Week Five**

Reflect on what we've learned thinking about what we've learned online fossil activities, add fossil answers to VoiceThread
 * Week Six**

Reflect on what we've learned thinking about what we've learned online fossil activities, add fossil answers to VoiceThread Reflect on Reading Buddy experience talking about how Reading Buddies is going add to a VoiceThread on Reading Buddies
 * Week Seven**

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