Week Four Blog:
I watched a video on the Universe, which was taught by a sixth grade teacher. She had the students use a webquest to gather, organize, and interpret data related to the livability of various planets and moons in the solar syster. I really liked the concept and could see doing something very similar in my science class. For example, her webquest used the concept of overpopulation on Earth. I could have the students do a similar project on overpopulation and what is happening to our planet. At the end the students would need to create a multimedia presentation about overpopulation and demonstrate it to the group. Along the way, students would learn to skim resources, save favorite sites, perhaps create a delicious account, and use other valuable websites. I really enjoyed getting some ideas from edutopia and hope to use other lessons from that site in the future.