Denise+Stone



My name is Denise Sto ne. I am currently the science lab instructor (grades 2-6)  and the computer lab instructor (grades 3-6) for our school.

Here is a link to my blog: Denise Stone
Looking through some of the PBL site suggested by Walden, I came across a lesson plan from [|Ocean PBL] and decided to change some things to make it my own for my students.

Week 5 - Problem Based Learning Lesson


I just realized my links to my documents didn't work. I put in the documents as attachments. Here is the updated version. Also, I had the wrong title (can you tell I'm burning the candle at both ends!). Please leave your comments here !

Denise:

I read through your lesson and I think it will be informative and enjoyable for your students. On days 2-5 when you have them create a concept map you might show them how to use Inspiration to construct their concepts maps with.

Richard Redding

Richard, I'm assuming I have already taught this skill in computer lab. I guess I might need to add that to my lesson's previously learned topics. Thanks!

Denise,

This a great lesson to teach students why we need to take care of the ocean. Your students will love accessing the many sites during this unit.

Debbie Rosa

Week 6 - Online Collaboration Lesson


Please leave comments here for week 6!

Comment from Rhonda: Hi Denise, This sounds like a good project for students. First a grammatical concern: In your standard 8.6, should the word be "habitat" instead of "habit"? For the days you have listed, the labs are listed as 45 minutes, but your first day in the lab and in the class adds up to 60 minutes. Is this correct? It is difficult to see what activities line up with each day. For instance, visiting the other groups' wiki pages, is that completed at the end of day 2 or the beginning of day 3? I like that you have added a rubric and have already set up a wiki page. Where will your students gain their information for the ideas of what is causing trouble in the oceans? Will this come from their texts or will they research online?You are well organized and specific in your actions. One last thing, Are you only assessing on participation and inlcusion or will you assess on the content included? Looks like a good way for students to collaborate.

Hey Rhonda, Thanks for the comments and the "grammar" catch. The formatting changed when it got posted. I will try to change that and repost.

The 2nd day 1 in in the science lab or science lab. That part only would take 20 minutes, but not added to the computer lab. I teach the computer lab and science lab, so I have each class 2 times a week; one in computer and once in science lab.

The online information came from week 5. I've just incorporated the 2 lessons since it needs to be a unit.

Since the unit will be 3 parts, they will get graded three separate times. Denise