Lab - 03 - 31 - 11 Food Webs

1. What were you today in the food web?


2. Were you a producer, consumer, or composer?


3. Did your meal worm hatch?


4. What is the difference between a food chain and a food web??

Created by : Jimmy Smith - Happy Birthday!!

Created by : Clayton Morris

Tool 11: Reflections

1. My favorite tool was Skype - so much fun. I have already set up a science lesson with another teacher and we will be doing a lesson together very soon.

2. This process of 11 Tools has shown me that there is a lot of technology out there to be used and if I don't get on board the technology train is going to leave me at the station. I am ready to try some new thing with my students.

3. I had no idea what a "Wiki" was and I was surprised how much information is really out their for us to use.

Tool 11

Digital Citizenship

Three Things I would want to make sure my students understood about being a good digital citizen.
1. Be nice and respectful in the online world
2. Be careful not to give out your name, address, phone number, or the school you attend.
3. Tell an adult if you feel uncomfortable about any message you receive online.

The best way I feel that I could teach digital citizenship to my students is on "BrainPOP".

Here is just a few they have for you:
Digital Etiquette
Online Safety
Information Privacy
Social Networking
Cyberbullying.

Tool 10

Apps - first of all love, love, love the iTouch.

Since I teach science I reviewed science apps.
Here are the ones I loved......
* BrainPOP - it was great for all subjects
* NASA
* Space Images - NASA
* NASA 3D Sun

The iTouch in class is going to be great in enhancing the lesson you are teaching.
It could help with early finishers are ESL students that need a little extra help.
The best part is with BrainPOP - you are teaching a lesson on Matter - you could have the iTouch for a center that students could go learn more about the subject.

Tool 9

Screencast is a great tool for students and teachers. As a teacher, we can create screencast to help supplement instruction. Students can create screencast to teach others how to do different tasks on the computer.

Jing was good but I had to download the program and it pops up all the time on my computer- so to be honest it was not my favorite.

Skype is my FAVORITE!! Love it!!
We have a colleague that is out on maternity leave and we Skyped her in for conferences.
I have used Skype with a school in Alabama and we shared a science lesson on chemical changes - it was great!!

Tool 8

Tool 8 - Video Resources is a great tool to use in the classroom.

The first one I found was from USA Today about the International Space Station - it is so cool because it shows how it has grown over the years.

The second video I found was form School Tube - a great rap video on the Scientific Method. I already shared it with my class and they loved it!!

Space Station

Look at what happened from 1998 until 2008. In just ten years it has grown and grown.
Watch the pieces come together as they are sent up from Earth. This is the International Space Station (ISS) Assembly diagram, piece by piece.
I had no idea the Space Station had grown to this size.
This is really cool.....
http://i.usatoday.net/tech/graphics/iss_timeline/flash.htm

Scientific Method

http://www.schooltube.com/video/c82c9874b3033796013b/Rappin-with-the-Scientific-Method

Tool 7

Photo Story is unbelievable. I can't believe I just made this cool video on the sun.

The funny thing is it was way easy!!

The students could make their own photo stories on our next science unit.

Love it!!