Romania Scoala Gimnaziala nr . 17 Botosani
ACTIVITY 1 :
LEARNING OUTCOMES : REMEMBER / UNDERSTAND / ANALYZE
Type of activity : read / watch , collaborate , investigate , discuss – in teams Time : 120 minutes Role of students : Brainstorm and decide on a scientist and a cultural heritage place / popular place in the world Research – find information in teams about their two topics Work online on meetingwords and add relevant information Create trading cards using
www . bighugelabs . com / deck . php and adding them to the Padlet Write a self-reflection on new words they have learnt in English and a new notion ( STEM related ) as well as a challenge they faced and how they overcame it .
Role of the teacher : offers technical supports ; creates the teams using wheeldecide . com and offers a selection of 30 scientists in case one or more teams choose the same one ; Gathers their trading cards on the Padlet and creates a printed set Creates the meetingwords pages for each team Supports each team by helping them with the terminology , finding videos that are easy to understand for each discovery the students have chosen Answers their questions and clairfies if possible the scientific aspects or facilitates online meetings with specialists or onsite meetings with teachers of STEM in the school Description of the activity :
The 7 teams are created dividing the students randomly using wheeldecide .
Brainstorming activity – what scientis and inventions do we know ? What famous places do we know ? What is cultural heritage ?
Each team then chooses a scientist and a place and agree on a time to meet on meetinwords and fill in the data . They also distribute the tasks : who writes about the discoveries , who writes about the sscientist ’ life , who writes about the challenges they faced and who finds interesting information about their life and career ( for example , nowadays uses of their work , things that are not so well known ).
The teacher provides a list of sites to be used and has meetings with the students , online , to offer support if need be , in the form of videos for children , meetings with experts that can clarify the scientific notions for the level of a 5 th grader .
Students then create a short concised description of the scientist and his / her work in the form of a trading card ( 3-4 lines ); they do the same for the place they chose and for some of the discoveries of that scientist ( for example , a vaccine , a chemical element , a particular surgery , a planet ).
The teacher gathers all the trading cards and creates both an online and a printed set to be used later .
Formative assessment technique ( s ) used in this activity : feedback , questions of clarification How will you use the information gathered about student learning during the activity or to shape following activities ? According to the information gathered , the teacher knows what challenges the students have faced , what they have learnt and what information they have found useful .
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