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Getting to know you assignment 54 points total
Purpose of the assignment: Students will demonstrate writing skills and inform teacher of future goals (beginning of the year activity)
Purpose of the assignment: Students will demonstrate writing skills and inform teacher of future goals (beginning of the year activity)
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Critical Thinking activity 30 points
Purpose of the assignment: Students will use scientific Method to investigate a case study
Critical Thinking activity 30 points
Purpose of the assignment: Students will use scientific Method to investigate a case study
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Scientific Method Notes Chapter 1 50 points
Purpose of the assignment: Students will effectively organize information that aids in improving reading comprehension in science. Note taking involves making a permanent written record of main points and supporting details to which one may refer later for better understanding of key concepts.
Scientific Method Notes Chapter 1 50 points
Purpose of the assignment: Students will effectively organize information that aids in improving reading comprehension in science. Note taking involves making a permanent written record of main points and supporting details to which one may refer later for better understanding of key concepts.
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Example of note taking format ((Turn in notes that mimic the "introduction_to_world_science_notes" below))
These notes go with the powerpoint presentation!!!!
These notes go with the powerpoint presentation!!!!
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Web Quest Project 1 (50 pts)
An Internet WebQuest RECYCLING PLASTICS
Introduction
How many times each day do you use something made out of plastic? From a toothbrush to a soda pop bottle, from a grocery bag to a garden hose, plastics are part of our daily lives. You probably know that plastics are made from petroleum, a nonrenewable resource. When plastics are thrown away, they become part of the solid wastes that end up in sanitary landfills. Today, many solid wastes, including glass, paper, and aluminum, are being recycled rather than thrown away. Some communities are choosing to recycle plastics as well. However, recycling plastics is a bit more complicated than recycling glass, paper, or aluminum.
There are many different types of plastics, and each type requires different handling in the recycling process. The next time you pick up a milk jug or 2-liter plastic soft drink bottle, look at the bottom. Do you see a triangle made out of three arrows? This symbol means that the plastic can be recycled. Inside the triangle you will see a number or perhaps an acronym made up of several capital letters. The numbers and acronyms are part of a coding system that identifies what type of plastic the item is made out of, and how it should be handled in the recycling process. What exactly is a plastic? What are the different kinds of plastics? What is each type of plastic used for? How can each type of plastic be recycled? These are some of the questions you will be able to answer when you have completed this WebQuest on recycling plastics.
Task
Your job in this WebQuest is to learn about the different types of plastics and how they can be recycled. You will explore the history of plastics and find out what properties make a material a plastic. You will identify the seven different classes of plastics, and discover what each class is normally used for. You will also learn what kinds of items can be made from recycled plastics. Finally, you will fill out a table that lists all of the information you have learned about recycling plastics.
Resources
Look at the Web sites given here to find the information that will enable you to complete the table on recycling plastics.
Time
1 class period for research and filling in the table
Process
Now that you have completed your Internet research on recycling plastics, prepare a table that lists all seven types of plastics. In the left column, write in the code for each of the seven plastics. At the top of the rows, write in the material that each code stands for and the abbreviation used for that type of plastic, then the items the plastic is normally used to make. In the last row, write in what the plastic can be recycled to make. The table is started for you below. You will receive extra points for listing more than one item under how normally used and can be recycled as, up to a total of six items under each heading.
Table 1. Recycling Plastics
See table below
Conclusion
In the process of completing this WebQuest, you’ve become informed about what plastics are, what types of plastics exist, and how each of these can be recycled. You have learned a little about the history of plastics, and about the chemistry behind the plastics that you use every day. Finally, you have completed a table that lists each type of plastic, what each is normally used for, and what items each type of plastic can be recycled into. How does recycling plastics compare to recycling of materials such as glass, paper, and aluminum?
Introduction
How many times each day do you use something made out of plastic? From a toothbrush to a soda pop bottle, from a grocery bag to a garden hose, plastics are part of our daily lives. You probably know that plastics are made from petroleum, a nonrenewable resource. When plastics are thrown away, they become part of the solid wastes that end up in sanitary landfills. Today, many solid wastes, including glass, paper, and aluminum, are being recycled rather than thrown away. Some communities are choosing to recycle plastics as well. However, recycling plastics is a bit more complicated than recycling glass, paper, or aluminum.
There are many different types of plastics, and each type requires different handling in the recycling process. The next time you pick up a milk jug or 2-liter plastic soft drink bottle, look at the bottom. Do you see a triangle made out of three arrows? This symbol means that the plastic can be recycled. Inside the triangle you will see a number or perhaps an acronym made up of several capital letters. The numbers and acronyms are part of a coding system that identifies what type of plastic the item is made out of, and how it should be handled in the recycling process. What exactly is a plastic? What are the different kinds of plastics? What is each type of plastic used for? How can each type of plastic be recycled? These are some of the questions you will be able to answer when you have completed this WebQuest on recycling plastics.
Task
Your job in this WebQuest is to learn about the different types of plastics and how they can be recycled. You will explore the history of plastics and find out what properties make a material a plastic. You will identify the seven different classes of plastics, and discover what each class is normally used for. You will also learn what kinds of items can be made from recycled plastics. Finally, you will fill out a table that lists all of the information you have learned about recycling plastics.
Resources
Look at the Web sites given here to find the information that will enable you to complete the table on recycling plastics.
- Hands On Plastics: Background Information for Students.
Visit this site by the American Plastics Council to learn about the history of plastics and polymers and about the chemistry of the polymers that make up plastics. This is an excellent site to begin your exploration of plastics. Click on homepage/education & resources then Plastics 101
- Recycling Plastics – Is the Chemistry Right?
Visit this site to read about how changes in the chemistry of plastics could make recycling a much easier process.
- Cleaning Up the Waste Stream – Recycling Plastics.
Visit this site for a brief discussion of the difficulties inherent in recycling plastics. Scroll down to see a chart of the plastic container code system and a description of each type of plastic that can be recycled.
- Recycling Plastics.
Go to this site by Ecology Action to read about the code numbers used on the bottoms of plastic containers that identify how each container should be handled in the recycling process.
- Recycling Plastics is as easy as …1, 2, 3 (4, 5, 6, 7)!
Go to this New York State Department of Environmental Conservation site to see another list of the codes used to identify types of plastic for recycling. The site also describes two methods by which plastic containers are made – blow-molding and injection molding.
- Recycling Plastics.
At this Colorado School of Mines site you can read a brief discussion of how plastics are made, and about the chemistry of plastics. You can also read about the benefits of using plastic packaging here.
Time
1 class period for research and filling in the table
Process
Now that you have completed your Internet research on recycling plastics, prepare a table that lists all seven types of plastics. In the left column, write in the code for each of the seven plastics. At the top of the rows, write in the material that each code stands for and the abbreviation used for that type of plastic, then the items the plastic is normally used to make. In the last row, write in what the plastic can be recycled to make. The table is started for you below. You will receive extra points for listing more than one item under how normally used and can be recycled as, up to a total of six items under each heading.
Table 1. Recycling Plastics
See table below
Conclusion
In the process of completing this WebQuest, you’ve become informed about what plastics are, what types of plastics exist, and how each of these can be recycled. You have learned a little about the history of plastics, and about the chemistry behind the plastics that you use every day. Finally, you have completed a table that lists each type of plastic, what each is normally used for, and what items each type of plastic can be recycled into. How does recycling plastics compare to recycling of materials such as glass, paper, and aluminum?
Web Quest Project 2
An Internet WebQuestEVALUATING BIAS IN ADVERTISEMENTS
Introduction
Media literacy is the ability to analyze and evaluate the messages we see in movies, television shows, magazines, newspapers, online, and in other forms of media. One part of media literacy is developing the ability to take a critical look at advertisements, so you can understand how advertisements are constructed as well as how to interpret their messages. What are some of the strategies used to create advertisements? How do professionals use these techniques to persuade you? Is there an element of bias in an advertisement you've recently seen? In this WebQuest, you will explore advertising strategies, understand how they are used to get their messages across, and evaluate how bias can play a role in advertising.
Task
Your job in the WebQuest is to expand your media literacy. You will learn about advertising techniques and investigate their use. You'll take a look at stereotyping as one type of bias in advertising. Once you've conducted some research to increase your knowledge of advertising and bias, select a print advertisement to evaluate (bring magazine or look up an ad on the internet). Using a worksheet, you'll describe the elements of the print ad and describe biases you observe.
****The purpose of this evaluation is to help you become more informed about advertising techniques and bias in order to make you a better consumer of advertising and the products and services they promote. In science, students evaluate scientific articles to determine the credibility of scientific claims. Is the information in the articles true/false/geared toward a certain population to gain money, these are the questions we seek.
Time
2 days to answer the questions and evaluate a product advertisement
Process
First, read through the following set of questions before you begin your Internet research. As you explore each site, look for answers to the questions.
Questions about Evaluating Bias in Consumer Product Advertisements
Select a printed advertisement from one of these sources:
Review the rubric to understand how your worksheet will be evaluated.
Resources
Look at these web sites to find the information that will help you answer questions about bias in product advertising and to gather information to use for your advertisement evaluation.
Conclusion
In the process of completing this WebQuest, you've become informed about the techniques of advertising as well as evaluating bias in advertising. You have read information to answer questions about this topic, and have increased your media literacy. You've also used your evaluation skills to take a critical look at a print advertisement. By expanding your media literacy, you will become more aware of advertising techniques, how they are used to persuade you, and how to be observant of the different messages advertisements present.
Introduction
Media literacy is the ability to analyze and evaluate the messages we see in movies, television shows, magazines, newspapers, online, and in other forms of media. One part of media literacy is developing the ability to take a critical look at advertisements, so you can understand how advertisements are constructed as well as how to interpret their messages. What are some of the strategies used to create advertisements? How do professionals use these techniques to persuade you? Is there an element of bias in an advertisement you've recently seen? In this WebQuest, you will explore advertising strategies, understand how they are used to get their messages across, and evaluate how bias can play a role in advertising.
Task
Your job in the WebQuest is to expand your media literacy. You will learn about advertising techniques and investigate their use. You'll take a look at stereotyping as one type of bias in advertising. Once you've conducted some research to increase your knowledge of advertising and bias, select a print advertisement to evaluate (bring magazine or look up an ad on the internet). Using a worksheet, you'll describe the elements of the print ad and describe biases you observe.
****The purpose of this evaluation is to help you become more informed about advertising techniques and bias in order to make you a better consumer of advertising and the products and services they promote. In science, students evaluate scientific articles to determine the credibility of scientific claims. Is the information in the articles true/false/geared toward a certain population to gain money, these are the questions we seek.
Time
2 days to answer the questions and evaluate a product advertisement
Process
First, read through the following set of questions before you begin your Internet research. As you explore each site, look for answers to the questions.
Questions about Evaluating Bias in Consumer Product Advertisements
- What are some strategies that professional groups use to create “good ads?” Which strategies have the potential to introduce bias? Why?
- What is a strategy that advertisers use to gain your attention? Think of an example of an advertisement that uses this strategy. Describe the ad and its strategy.
- What are the elements of a magazine advertisement? How do they work to persuade the reader?
- What is stereotyping? Why is stereotyping a problem?
- Some types of advertising contain the ad creator’s perspective. What is propaganda? What is the difference between information and propaganda?
Select a printed advertisement from one of these sources:
- Local or national newspapers
- Magazines
- Periodicals
- Organization newsletters
Review the rubric to understand how your worksheet will be evaluated.
Resources
Look at these web sites to find the information that will help you answer questions about bias in product advertising and to gather information to use for your advertisement evaluation.
- http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/issues/stereotyping/index.cfm
Read about media stereotyping at the Media Awareness Network's Web site to understand why this type of bias poses possible negative outcomes for different groups of people.
- http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/educational/
handouts/advertising_marketing/common_ad_strats.cfm
Visit the Media Awareness Network to read about different types of strategies that advertisers use to persuade buyers to look at the products being displayed.
- http://pbskids.org/dontbuyit/advertisingtricks/
betheaddetective_1.html
Visit the Don't Buy It pages at PBSKids.com to investigate where and why companies place advertisements.
- http://www.cheney268.com/UbDUnits/chs/JustFacts.htm
Review this page to understand the differences between fact, opinion, and bias.
- http://www.ced.appstate.edu/departments/ci/programs/edmedia/medialit/article.html#What%20is%20Media%20Literacy
Read this page to explore the idea of media literacy.
Conclusion
In the process of completing this WebQuest, you've become informed about the techniques of advertising as well as evaluating bias in advertising. You have read information to answer questions about this topic, and have increased your media literacy. You've also used your evaluation skills to take a critical look at a print advertisement. By expanding your media literacy, you will become more aware of advertising techniques, how they are used to persuade you, and how to be observant of the different messages advertisements present.
WebQuest 2
Introduction
Students should read the web links (resources) to gather information and then start writing the introduction based off your opinion on the topic on advertising techniques, stereotyping.
Task
Our job in the WebQuest is to expand your media literacy. You will learn about advertising techniques and investigate their use. You'll take a look at stereotyping as one type of bias in advertising. Once you've conducted some research to increase your knowledge of advertising and bias, select a print advertisement to evaluate (bring magazine or look up an ad on the internet). Using a worksheet, you'll describe the elements of the print ad and describe biases you observe.
The purpose of this evaluation is to help you become more informed about advertising techniques and bias in order to make you a better consumer of advertising and the products and services they promote. In science, students evaluate scientific articles to determine the credibility of scientific claims. Is the information in the articles true/false/geared toward a certain population to gain money, these are the questions we seek.
Time Frame: everyday type what section you completed or worked on
(examples below)
- 11-28-2012:
- 11-29-2012:
- 12-3-2012: 1. Made gmail account 2. Read Webquest instructions
- 12-4-2012: 1. copied question and answered question in process section
- 12-5-2012 : 1. started conclusion
Process Google search an advertisement ad under images and answer question based off the picture
- 1. What product, service, or point of view is being advertised?
Project Inspire kids to learn that live in low income homes
2. Who is responsible for creating this advertisement? Why are they sending this message?
Eddie Brown with Fairway Outdoor Advertisement
- 3. What is the purpose of this advertisement? (For example, is it intended to educate, entertain, or inform?)
- 4. What advertising techniques are used to attract a viewer’s attention and to make
the advertisement believable?
5. Who is the anticipated audience of the advertisement? Who is actually seeing the
advertisement ?
6. What does the advertisement say to the viewer? What lifestyles, values,
opinions, and points of view are represented?
7.Who makes money or benefits from the advertisement?
8.What makes the advertisement biased in some manner? How is this bias
demonstrated? What has been included or left out of the advertisement?
9.Why would the advertisement’s creators or the product makers have the need to
be biased in their advertisement?
10.How might some people understand this advertisement differently from others?
Would all viewers agree on what was being advertised and the purpose of the
ad?
11.Would someone be likely to believe this advertisement? Why or why not?
12. Do you agree with the advertisement? Why or why not?
Resources Students are to visit each website and provide what information can be found on each website (brief summary for each website
Read about media stereotyping at the Media Awareness Network's Web site to understand why this type of bias poses possible negative outcomes for different groups of people.
(Example)
This website outline how skills and competencies for digital literacy and media literacy intersect and provide us with essential skills for playing, learning and working as citizens of the digital world.Although digital and media literacy are closely related, and both draw on the same core skill of critical thinking, there are important differences in how the two have traditionally been approached from an educational standpoint: media literacy generally focuses on teaching youth to be critically engaged consumers of media, while digital literacy is more about enabling youth to participate in digital media in wise, safe and ethical ways. However, it is important to keep in mind that competencies for digital literacy and media literacy are not separate, but rather complementary and mutually supporting and are constantly evolving and intersecting in new and interesting ways.
Visit the Media Awareness Network to read about different types of strategies that advertisers use to persuade buyers to
look at the products being displayed.
Visit the Don't Buy It pages at PBSKids.com to investigate where and why companies place advertisements.
Review this page to understand the differences between fact, opinion, and bias.
Read this page to explore the idea of media literacy.
Conclusion (some tips for conclusion)
- I have learned......
- I enjoyed the choice of selecting my own advertisement ad because I really like inspiring students to want more out of life. I realize how successful people can be with having a strong educational background.
- The Webquest lesson focuses on how media can persuade and manipulate people to make a profit. I have to be aware of advertisements ads, especially in this technology driven world. Everyone must have knowledge of digital and media literacy because......
- Next time I would........ work harder, faster, stay focused and on task because......