- Have students watch a brief video on stars and outer space to elicit prior knowledge and build background knowledge.
- Then use Stellarium (a free, online 3D sky) to view how constellations look different depending where you are.
- Going further, have students interact with NASA’s SkyMap to see constellations in the sky based on the time of year and time of day.
Monday, June 10, 2013
Teaching Science and Writing with Technology
By teaching writing within the context of science instruction, you will be able to address three of the key shifts recommended by ELA CCSS. You can (1) build your students’ knowledge of science concepts, (2) ground their writing in evidence from informational texts, and (3) give them practice understanding complex texts and using academic language within science reports and other genres.
See this video from WatchKnowLearn for an introduction on how to navigate the night sky(http://www.watchknowlearn.org/Video.aspx?VideoID=30014), or see how one YouTube member uses an app to find the north star (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ut4727-_NU).
Here is an example of how writing is integrated into a unit on astronomy:
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