tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92183199784829381542024-02-19T12:58:22.041-08:00Dan Adair Blog sitedanadairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00097946373528788209noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218319978482938154.post-15021811298800439662010-12-15T15:20:00.000-08:002010-12-15T15:20:16.788-08:00FINAL PROJECT<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCNGr7oEbWc_9-2tFH2MMoNH2CdLGz7Y_69CXmxXQGN03ZbWSVOFGGTfysH9-5VuePTC4o_EcCPE3wjUvz5a8oTJXHssiz8CnxnAJHlWnXU0b1ndYmqJUSLXEwx71fAYYPDy0UPEv_BrRy/s1600/alaska-coal-bed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="295" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCNGr7oEbWc_9-2tFH2MMoNH2CdLGz7Y_69CXmxXQGN03ZbWSVOFGGTfysH9-5VuePTC4o_EcCPE3wjUvz5a8oTJXHssiz8CnxnAJHlWnXU0b1ndYmqJUSLXEwx71fAYYPDy0UPEv_BrRy/s400/alaska-coal-bed.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><strong> </strong> (Alaska Coal Beds courtesy of <a href="http://www.bigcatenergy.com/Coal-Basins-Map-48-United-States.aspx">bigcatenergy</a>)<br />
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<strong>Hello fellow classmates of Explore Alaska. This is a lesson I have put together for my final project. I cannot find a way to put my PowerPoint on here. If you would like it send me an email and I can shoot it your way. </strong><br />
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<strong>The other part of my final project is not very formal but something I definitely plan on doing. At our next in-service I plan to show our entire staff the Teacher's Domain website and how I have been using it. The great thing is that it is FREE!</strong><br />
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<strong>Below you will find my lesson plan minus the PowerPoint.</strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: red;">LESSON PLAN FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE:</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: red;">Coal and its' effects on Alaska and its' people and alternative energy options for Alaska</span></strong><br />
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<strong>TOPIC:</strong> Coal and alternative methods as an energy source and its effects on the global and Alaskan ecosystem as well as appropriate alternatives to coal based electricity<br />
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<strong>STANDARDS ADDRESSED:</strong> Alaska Science Standard [10] SB2.1, [11] SA3.1, [11] SC3.1, [11] SF1.1-1.3<br />
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<strong>OBJECTIVES:</strong> Students should be able to:<br />
<ol><li>explain what a hydrocarbon is </li>
<li>describe the different types of coal</li>
<li>describe the basic steps in a coal fired electrical generation power plant</li>
<li>list pros and cons of electric energy derived from burning coal</li>
<li>elaborate on how other countries are contributing to greenhouse gases and the ecological and political issue associated</li>
<li>give examples of alternative energy sources with pros and cons for each</li>
</ol><strong> ANTICIPATORY SETTING:</strong> Open discussion with class on how we obtain electric power. Brainstorm a list on the whiteboard.<br />
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<strong>STEP BY STEP PROCEDURES:</strong> PowerPoint lecture on coal with the following resources embedded within the PowerPoint that were obtained from the Explore Alaska course as well as resources not from the course.<br />
<ul><li><a href="http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/frnht10_vid_coal/">America's Addiction to Coal </a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/ean08_vid_arctichaze/">Arctic Haze video</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/frnht10_vid_china/">China and Coal / Politics</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/ipy07_vid_pcbfoodchain/">Contaminants in the Arctic food chain</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/ean08_vid_microbe/">Microbes and Global Warming</a></li>
<li><a href="http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/greenhouse">greenhouse online simulation</a></li>
<ul><li><a href="http://phet.colorado.edu/en/contributions/view/3092">simulation assignment (courtesy of Traci Radil)</a></li>
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</ul> <strong>INDEPENDENT PRACTICE:</strong> This portion will be done at the end of the PowerPoint with an assignment to be done on school laptops and put in my "dropbox" As well as the individual assignment with the greenhouse online simulation.<br />
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<strong>ASSESSMENT: </strong><br />
<ul><li>Formal assessment with textbook content exam on the chapter with coal and alternative fuels. </li>
<li>Completion of online greenhouse assignment with class discussion on what observations / what was learned from the assignment (list of things learned on the white board...completion grade on assignment and participation points with white board list)</li>
<li>Completion of the assignment on the last slide of the PowerPoint (Answer the following questions in a word document or a PowerPoint and put it in my dropbox)</li>
<ul><li>How do carbon emissions into the atmosphere effect the global ecosystem and the Alaskan tundra? (5 points)</li>
<li>List at least 2 ways the Native peoples have aided Western science in learning about changes in Alaska's tundra and ecosystem (5 points)</li>
<li>What are some alternative methods to generating electricity from coal? Use your school laptop to find 3 alternative sources appropriate for Alaska with 2 pros and 2 cons for each. (15 points, 5 points for each alternative source with its' pros and cons)</li>
</ul></ul>THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE'S WONDERFUL BLOGS THIS SEMESTER. I GOT A LOT OF RESOURCES AND IDEAS FROM EVERYONE DURING THE COURSE. THANKS AGAIN AND HAVE A GREAT CHRISTMAS. FRIDAY I WILL BE HEADING TO COSTA RICA!<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Explain: What new learning or reflections have you taken from this module?</span></strong><br />
I learned about Captain George Vancouver and the areas he explored. Since my history knowledge is limited, I had never heard of him until today. What an adventourous life, no motors on the ships, only the wind, <a href="http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/8q_1.html">ocean currents</a> and the stars.<br />
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I learned that Antarctica contains approximately 70 percent of the Earth's freshwater. I found this information in the <a href="http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/ipy07_vid_cryoantarctica/">cryoantarctica</a> video. I knew that most of Earth's freshwater is in the solid state, but for 70 percent of it to be at the south pole is quite interesting to me. Did you know that Earth's magnetic south pole is actually by Earth's geographic north pole? If you didn't, check out this <a href="http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/magnet-and-compass">LINK</a><br />
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One thing that I used to know and was reminded of was continental rebound. If you didn't see this in Clay's Module it is like pushing on a couch cushing (which would be Earth's crust) and then as you take the pushing pressure away from the cushion, or crust, it rebounds or increases in elevation.<br />
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I have purchased the raffle tickets for the Tanana ice break up, but I had no idea how they determined what they considered "break up" until I watched the Youtube video <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blDuFObaIXA&feature=related&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1">Tanana River Breakup 2009</a><br />
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(photo courtesy of <a href="http://www.moddedmustangs.com/forums/clubhouse/582-end-world-earths-magnetic-field-our-core.html">moddedmustang</a>)<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Extend: How might you use this week's information and resources? What other resources can you share?</span></strong><br />
I will be sharing the <a href="http://ankn.uaf.edu/index.html">Alaska Native Knowledge Network</a> with some of my native students. I have a 17 year old young man who has decided to do his research paper on native culture because he said he has recently been feeling guilty that he is native but knows almost nothing about his heritage. I will be sharing all of the links in Clay's <a href="http://alaskaculturesgeosciences.blogspot.com/2010/03/module-ix-part-vii-cultural-connections.html">cultural connections </a>portion of module IX.<br />
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Another resource I will find useful is the "A Drop in a Bucket" ( <a href="http://www.usgs.gov/global_change/glaciers/water_on_earth.asp">water on Earth</a>) activity and the "1000 Snow Flakes" (<a href="http://www.usgs.gov/global_change/glaciers/intro_glaciers.asp">Intro to Glaciers</a>) activity in the <a href="http://alaskaculturesgeosciences.blogspot.com/2010/11/module-ix-i-only-have-ice-for-you.html">ice for you</a> section of the module. We are just wrapping up a section on water in my Environmental Science course. It will be interesting to see what they guess in those activities.<br />
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I will be saving the <a href="http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/ipy07_vid_cryoantarctica/">cryoantarctica</a> video in my TD folder to use in my Geology course next sememster when we study ice sheets and glaciers. I will also most definitely be using the interactive <a href="http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/ipy07_int_glacierphoto/">Documenting Glacial Change</a> resource as well. If you haven't checked it out it is very cool. It can literally be used for K-12.<br />
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In addition to the resources above, I have saved and will be using the <a href="http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/ipy07_vid_fastglacier/">Fastest Glacier</a> video from TD as well as the <a href="http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/ess05_vid_esglaciers/">Earth System-Ice and Global Warming</a>. I must say that I have saved many resources from this module. Below is a list of the other resources I think will be valuable to myself and my students.<br />
<a href="http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/ess05_int_icemelt/">If the Ice Melts - interactive</a><br />
<a href="http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/ipy07_vid_fastglacier/">Fastest Glacier Video -5 min.</a><br />
<a href="http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/ean08_vid_permafrost/">Melting Permafrost video - 4min</a><br />
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(some aretes and cirques outside of Seward courtesy of myself, Dan Adair)<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Evaluate: How useful, insightful or relevant are this weeks module's and information and resources?</span></strong><br />
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I found this week's module very relevant for me because I saved many videos and online interactives in to my TD folder that I created. As far as insightful, there wasn't much content that I hadn't already been exposed to. But as far as usefulness this week was a great one for me. I have already emailed some of the cultural links today with a few of my native students. <br />
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I think we all have taken college courses we feel have been a complete waste of time, hopefully all of you have taken some resources out of some of the modules to use with students. Even if it is something as simple as emailing your classes links or diagrams. Hopefully you all are set up so you can email a specific class like I can. They just implemented that last year for us and I use it all the time.<br />
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<a href="http://www.scienceinalaska.blogspot.com/">Alicia</a> I felt the same way about the module IX. I found many useful resources.<br />
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Kris, thanks for the <a href="http://www.blm.gov/ak/st/en/res/education/akcold_desert.html">Alaska's Cold Desert </a>link. I never thought to check out the <a href="http://www.blm.gov/ak/st/en.html">Burea of Land Management's</a> website.<br />
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<a href="http://kahtnu.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2010-12-01T00%3A00%3A00-08%3A00&updated-max=2011-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-08%3A00&max-results=1">Tommy</a> I appreciate your feedback on the drop in a bucket activity. It was helpful for me that you teach all ages because you encountered a wide range of problems depending on ages....even up to the parents with the calculations. Thanks Tommydanadairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00097946373528788209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218319978482938154.post-46939940340287451022010-11-24T15:55:00.000-08:002010-11-24T15:55:49.068-08:00Module VIINOTICE HOW THE TEMPERATURE <u><strong>DOESN'T</strong></u> SIMPLY GET COLDER AS YOU CLIMB IN ALTITUDE IN OUR ATMOSPHERE<br />
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I learned that Clay put the <a href="http://alaskaculturesgeosciences.blogspot.com/2010/09/how-can-digital-resources-and-effective.html">course participants</a> link at the top of the class homepage. Thank you Clay.<br />
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I learned that indigenous peoples are indeed collecting data but just not quite like we learn in the Western culture. I thought it was very neat that the Inuit people were posting observations on pieces of paper onto a wall in the Inuit Observations of Climate Change <a href="http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/ipy07_vid_inuitobserv/">video</a>.<br />
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I also learned that biologists are using the females to access knowledge on the condition of the animals harvested. To me, this is interesting because they way I was raised was that the men kill, clean and process big game, not the women.<br />
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Also, I never even know that the Arctic Climate Modeling Program <a href="http://itestlrc.edc.org/arctic-climate-modeling-program-acmp">(ACMP)</a> existed at all. If you haven't looked at the overview of the program please click on the link I provided in the previous sentence.<br />
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I found it fascinating that microbes are remaining active well into the winter months in the arctic. I have already shown <a href="http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/ean08_vid_microbe/">soil microbes and global warming </a>video to my Environmental Science classes today.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: red;">Extend: How might you use this week's information and resources in your lessons? What other resources can you share?</span></strong><br />
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I will be showing the TD video <a href="http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/ean08_vid_teens/">Alaska Native Teens Help Researchers</a> because first it shows teenagers can aid in actual research (I teach teenagers) and second I loved the very beginning of the video which shows the change of the norther polar ice cap. It is a great visual from a satellite point of view. This connects to a cool video on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dFbuaz130c&feature=related&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1">glacier retreat</a> that I found on YouTube. <br />
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The Life Before Oxygen video will be a resource I use in Geology next semester as we go over the concept and activities on the <a href="http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/Geologictime.html">geologic timeline</a>. It made me think of black smokers and how cool I think they are. There is a downside to this video I found when I tried to show it to one of my classes, you cannot maximize the video like the others.....bummer.<br />
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Did you know they have found microbes that live on the hydrogen sulfide at extremely high temperatures. This kind of research may lead to a better understanding of early life forms on Earth. If you are interested in this type of microbiology check out the abstract on this <a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V5Y-3WNMTF8-7&_user=10&_coverDate=06%2F24%2F1999&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_origin=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1554907762&_rerunOrigin=scholar.google&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=73fe3755a486dcd76aae350a0524fec1&searchtype=a">link </a>. <br />
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As I was cruising the net looking for other resources on ancient and microbial life I found this <a href="http://www.uic.edu/classes/bios/bios100/mike/spring2003/lect04.htm">link</a> that gives a great shortened version of the history of the universe and our planet. Perhaps some of you may find it useful instead of those resources that are very detailed and long reads.<br />
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Lastly, I will be showing the videos in the <a href="http://alaskaculturesgeosciences.blogspot.com/2010/03/module-vii-part-i-earths-changing.html">Carbon Chemistry</a> section of Clay's module to my freshman after Thanksgiving as we will be starting a Chemistry unit. If you teach a full on Chemistry course to upper classmen like I do you will find <a href="http://misterguch.brinkster.net/freestuff.html">Ian Guch's </a>website of FREE Chemistry supplements a savior. <br />
You can get all of his materials for free or you can make a donation to his program as I chose to do because you won't find many sites like his.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: red;">Evaluate: How useful, insightful or relevant are this module's information resources?</span></strong><br />
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Every week I have found at least one thing that I have used or will use. This week was a great week's module for me as far as useful resources for my classes as indicated in the "Extend" section of my blog. This is most likely easier for me because I am teaching Chemistry, Geology, Physical Science and Environmental Science this year. <br />
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Oh yeah, I almost forgot to give you guys a sweet link to an interactive <a href="http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/greenhouse">Greenhouse Effect</a> simulation. Scroll to the bottom of the webpage and you will also find printable lessons that go with the simulation. Or, you can simply project it on your Smartboard or a big screen and show the kids what happens when you manipulate <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_gas">greenhouse gas</a> levels.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: red;">3 Colleagues</span></strong><br />
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<a href="http://ehhayesexplorealaska.blogspot.com/">E.Hayes</a> - thank you for the NASA tv link on your module V blog. I sometimes visit NASA but I didn't know they had that. Thanks<br />
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<a href="http://bjorkmansblog.blogspot.com/">Jesse Bjorkman's </a>blog has some funny political cartoons. I will keep checking in on your blog Jesse to see what new cartoons you have up.<br />
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<a href="http://kahtnu.blogspot.com/2010/10/module-iv.html">Tommy </a>you have a cool <a href="http://www.aeic.alaska.edu/recent/sub/index.html">earthquake </a>link for us Alaskans. Thanks Tommy. Very cool.danadairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00097946373528788209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218319978482938154.post-40072492546100687532010-11-12T16:07:00.000-08:002010-11-12T16:07:40.653-08:00Module VI<strong><span style="font-size: large;">3 Colleague's</span></strong><br />
<a href="http://ham28.blogspot.com/">Kevin</a> thank you for the information on the ice cores. Kevin had this info..."All three metal levels soar between 1850 and 1900 only to escalate 10 fold again in the early 20th century until the great depression curbed industry." It find it astounding that people cannot see some of the extrememly suggestive correlations such as the one you pointed out.<br />
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<a href="http://www.alaskanwisdom.blogspot.com/">Tyler</a>- I love to hunt and really miss hunting white tail in the mountains of Montana. I loved your pic and I didn't know the technique of hunting deer on the beach because of snow in the higher elevations. That sounds AWESOME<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Explain:</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> What new learning or reflections have you taken from this module?</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span></strong></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I have been aware of bio-accumulation for sometime but only with compounds like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDT">DDT</a> and mercury. I had no idea that industrial pollutants have been found in seal blubber whales. It seems so obvious that I almost feel embarrassed that I have never made the connection to arctic wildlife that are on the higher <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trophic_level">trophic levels</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I found it quite the coincidence that Clay linked us to the same video clip that I showed my Environmental Science classes yesterday on <a href="http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/ean08_vid_arctichaze/">arctic haze</a>. You might want to check out another clip from the same episode on the <a href="http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/frnht10_vid_coal/">coal industry</a>. </span><br />
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Another thing that I learned for the arctic haze video is that these pollutants can be suspended in the arctic air for weeks at a time and they can travel for up to ten thousand miles in Earth's air currents. <br />
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<span style="color: red;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Extend:</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> How might you use this week’ information and resources in your lessons?</span></span></strong></span><span style="color: red;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></span></strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I absolutely know that I will be using the </span><a href="http://www.teachersdomain.org/ext/mck05_int_fronts/index.html"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">warm and cold front </span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">models with my Physical Science classes next semester. If you haven't created a folder in teachers domain to save you favorite items I highly recommend it. I have saved things that I plan on using 3 to 4 months from now. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Also, if you go in to "My Folders" on the left is "Add an external link". So, if you find a link on some one's blog that you like you can save it with the other educational materials throughout the rest of this course.</span></span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I personally put the </span><a href="http://www.arh.noaa.gov/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">NOAA</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> weather map link in there today. I will use it as we study the atmosphere next semester as well as for my own personal </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> use. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have been aware of Earth's heat budget I did not know until this module that the convection cells in our atmosphere account for approximately 23% of the budget. That is some serious power. I wonder how many Watts of </span><a href="http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/work.html"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">POWER</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> that is?</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lastly, even though I am not to my atmosphere unit for many months I still plan to use the </span><a href="http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/ess05_int_jetstream/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">graphs</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> from the jet stream and temperature gradients simply to give my kids practice at making inferences from data.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Once again the most useful things I encountered this week are new computer animations to help myself and students understand very large systems of the Earth. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is totally cool with me because almost every class or professional development I take I get nothing useful out of it. Every week I find at least one thing I can use which is a win in my book.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The <span style="color: blue;"> </span><a href="http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/ess05_vid_oceancur/">ocean temperature</a> video has a female narrator which is a nice change as I find most science videos have a more monotone male voice.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><b><span style="font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">LAB- A fun and easy lab is to have beakers of sand and water both at room temp (set t</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">hem out the night before)</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This can be super basic or you can make it for higher level depending on what grade you teach.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span>danadairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00097946373528788209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218319978482938154.post-36042767347264650932010-11-05T16:31:00.000-07:002010-11-05T16:34:28.672-07:00Module V<strong>3 colleagues</strong><br />
<a href="http://culturalconnectionsinearthscience.blogspot.com/">Janet Reed</a> has a link <a href="http://www.mos.org/oceans/motion/index.html">oceans alive</a> which I will be using with my physical science classes. Thanks for that resource Janet<br />
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<a href="http://explorepalmer.blogspot.com/">Cheryl </a>has a picture of a balloon with a light below it. What activity is that Cheryl? The <a href="http://www.gi.alaska.edu/alison/">ALISON</a> link she provides is very "cool" Check it out and you will get my terrible pun.<br />
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<a href="http://explorealaskawithalison.blogspot.com/">Alison</a> makes a good point that as educators we need to filter out the resources and information in the modules that will best meet the needs of our students. Great reminder Alison.<br />
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The comments of how the Russian's exploited the otter population allowed me to reflect on the same mentality when many non-native people slaughtered and exploited the once fantastic resource of the <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/american-buffalo-spirit-of-a-nation/introduction/2183/">buffalo</a> herds of North America. It truly makes me sad and somewhat ashamed.</span></span> </ul><ul style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/ean08_vid_foodfish/">Warmer oceans affect food web</a> video makes a wonderful point that most people don't realize in that a few degrees of temperature change has a tremendous impact on wildlife and their ability to survive.</span></span> <span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I know I will be using the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuiQvPLWziQ&feature=related&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1">youtube</a> video on the seasons as the computer animation is better than my current video clip that I show. </span></span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">When I have kids thinking that summer occurs when we are closest to the sun I turn on a lamp, have them stand at the other end of the room. Then I ask them to take a 6 inch step forward and ask them "do think your body is going to be warmer after that tiny step you just took?" Then I reinforce the concept that it is the angle of the incoming radiation that makes the difference.</span></span> <span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I also like to have students analyze data for different angles of light using our <a href="http://store.pasco.com/pascostore/showdetl.cfm?&DID=9&PartNumber=PS-2140&groupID=192&Detail=1">light sensor probeware</a></span></span></ul><ul style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><strong><img height="270" id="il_fi" src="http://cache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/eobs_01_14/e02_bear_iko.jpg" width="400" /></strong></span></span></span> </ul><ul style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><strong>(photo courtesy of <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/01/earth_observed.html">boston.com</a>)</strong></span></span></span> </ul><ul style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><strong>EXTEND</strong></span></span></span> <span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This week's information reminds me to use more visual aids than I already do. I feel as though I use a lot of visuals but I think that you cannot have enough visual aid to assist in teaching new concepts to our students.</span></span> <span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I will certainly use the satellite <a href="http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/ess05_int_seawifs/">thermal images</a> to show the change in ocean temperatures through the seasons.</span></span> </ul><ul style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">If you like showing video clips to students the video on the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaTcsyNrEec&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1">EXTREME ICE SURVEY</a> is really neat. No matter what your view on global warming is, the time lapse videography is amazing. </span></span></ul><ul style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong>EVALUATE</strong></span></span> <span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I have found this week resources are quite valuable to me as a high school science teacher. I think I will use that Does a Watched Kettle Boil lab and extend it by dissolving certain compounds into the water. Perhaps some ionic and covalent compounds and make circuits and then measure which allows the most amperage to flow.</span></span> <span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">As always, I find the blogs of many of my fellow classmates insightful and motivating to become a better teacher in using all the resources we have available in this digital age.</span></span></ul>danadairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00097946373528788209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218319978482938154.post-83897906405157242602010-10-29T16:05:00.000-07:002010-10-29T16:05:28.670-07:00Module IV<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><strong>3 colleagues</strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="mailto:matth@mehs.us"><span style="color: #000099; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">matth@mehs.us</span></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Matt you make some very interesting statements about studying the universe with a holistic approach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Very insightful and true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thanks Matt.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="mailto:tracy.pulido@k12northstar.org"><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">tracy.pulido@k12northstar.org</span></a> Tracy totally hit the nail on the head with some of these kids going insane if they couldn’t be “connected” to their technology.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So true, and sad in my mind.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="mailto:mburgess@wrangellschools.org"><span style="color: #000099; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">mburgess@wrangellschools.org</span></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Marilyn, I like to see that you too like to use the Google earth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pretty powerful teaching tool isn’t it?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><strong>Explain:</strong> I learned that some of the Hawaiian beliefs were that the islands were formed from a fish that came up to the surface and broke into pieces. <a href="http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/echo07_vid_maui/">(Hawaii)</a> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I found the Mauna Kea video pretty cool simply by the helicopter footage of the cinder cones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another thing I learned today was that the different types of seismic waves were noted well before my initial assumption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is amazing that in 1755 humans began to investigate different types of waves. <a href="http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/ess05.sci.ess.earthsys.seismograph/">1755</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">The last very cool thing that I learned is using infrared sensors from space to study volcanoes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although it is limited, it is still another tool in the belt of a scientist’s assessment of natural earth changing forces.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><img height="190" id="il_fi" src="http://www.thelmagazine.com/images/blogimages/2010/03/24/1269440808-volcano.jpg" width="200" /><br />
(<a href="http://www.thelmagazine.com/TheMeasure/archives/2010/03/24/ominous-volcano-eruption-ineffective-metaphor-for-health-care-bill">thelmagazine.com</a>) <br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><strong>Extend:</strong> I will definitely be using the video on infrared radiation of volcanoes as we just started a unit on waves and the electromagnetic spectrum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Play this song for your kids; it gets so stuck in their heads as well as the teachers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is corny but the kids love it.<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjOGNVH3D4Y&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1">EM spectrum song</a> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">I truly appreciate the interactive resources provided in this week’s module.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will use </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/ean08.sci.ess.earthsys.akvolcano/">"Explore Alaska's Volcanoes"</a> and I will be emailing my students the link to the interactive simulation of <a href="http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/ess05_int_tectonic/">plate, earthquakes and volcanoes </a></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">If you love interactive online simulations for education like I do, please explore this site <a href="http://phet.colorado.edu/"><span style="color: purple;">http://phet.colorado.edu/</span></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The site provides free lessons submitted by other educators.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know we are given many links to look at.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><strong><span style="color: red;">PLEASE LOOK AT THIS ONE. IT ROCKS!!!</span></strong></span></div><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><strong>Evaluate</strong>: I find that many of these video clips have much better footage and computer imaging than the one I normally find on <a href="http://www.discoveryeducation.com/"><span style="color: #336699;">www.discoveryeducation.com</span></a> As I stated above, I find interactive online activities extremely valuable and I am thankful for them being shared with us in this module.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lastly, I will leave you with a song about volcanoes that my sister shows her elementary kids.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have started showing my high school kids just because they like how catchy it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hope you may find it useful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcFtpWjZwlE&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1">corny volcano song</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> (</span><a href="http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/pacific-tsunami-warning-center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">courtesy of NOAA</span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">)</span></span></span>danadairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00097946373528788209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218319978482938154.post-77188746029671726972010-10-24T16:11:00.000-07:002010-10-24T16:17:40.670-07:00Module III<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;">(fresh silvers from the Swanson River provided us with great protein for the rest of our kayak trip this summer....water is a key component in our recreation choices)</span></b><br />
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<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTL0yqoVP6bmDmFsHSR9XXjs7CO3HykJPfP1-Ie22NC23fG_6YgwmJJ5TXI1Zm90k1ejaReCc1cjoiQ7iD2r9VF_UoLRjcoPrpZXz5pKQq0VeMP8wQLmY5ePdvdy-eY0dN7OW4-bSvNOr1/s1600/GEDC2583.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTL0yqoVP6bmDmFsHSR9XXjs7CO3HykJPfP1-Ie22NC23fG_6YgwmJJ5TXI1Zm90k1ejaReCc1cjoiQ7iD2r9VF_UoLRjcoPrpZXz5pKQq0VeMP8wQLmY5ePdvdy-eY0dN7OW4-bSvNOr1/s320/GEDC2583.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">MODULE III</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;"><strong>Explain:</strong> <span class="apple-style-span"><b>What new learning have you taken from this module?</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 12pt 0in 10pt;"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">I have learned that elevation is part of the components in determining what biome a landscape falls under.</span></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <a href="http://www.kidsknowit.com/interactive-educational-movies/free-online-movies.php?movie=biomes"><span style="color: purple;">http://www.kidsknowit.com/interactive-educational-movies/free-online-movies.php?movie=biomes</span></a> .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">If you teach elementary try the link I have provided.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also learned from the “On the Yukon River” video from Teacher Domain</span></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> (<a href="http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/ean08_vid_yukonriver/"><span style="color: purple;">http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/ean08_vid_yukonriver/</span></a> </span></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">) that the five of the last seven years of salmon runs have been below average.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I have already allowed this course to open my mind to a subsistence way of life, I am learning to keep in mind that a bad salmon year would directly impact a student and his or her performance in school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In western culture we are taught that nutrition is vital to success in school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, if an entire village suffers an off year with a salmon run it is not like they can run to Wal-Mart to get calories.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also learned from the “Living from the Land and the Sea” video </span></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/ean08_vid_denaina/"><span style="color: purple;">http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/ean08_vid_denaina/</span></a> </span></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">that using the size of the moon can aid in when to harvest resources.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I found that extremely fascinating because the only way this can occur is over many generations of a simple and holistic way of life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have learned that I am gaining a great deal of respect for Native Alaskan cultures. </span></b></span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>1) <a href="http://amysexplorealaskablog.blogspot.com/">http://amysexplorealaskablog.blogspot.com/</a> has some cool links in her evaluate section on plate tectonics. Check them out if you teach that. Thanks Amy</strong></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>2) <a href="http://mglehe.blogspot.com/2010/10/module-ii-weekly-3.html">http://mglehe.blogspot.com/2010/10/module-ii-weekly-3.html</a> Martha you and me both can agree on how amazingly challenging it is to try and make sense out of the thing Einstein wrote and published.</strong></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>3) <a href="http://www.scienceinalaska.blogspot.com/">http://www.scienceinalaska.blogspot.com/</a> Alicia makes a great point on how important water is to the entire nation. It makes me think of the things people have done and are willing to do for water.</strong></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div>danadairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00097946373528788209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218319978482938154.post-12847410020607002792010-10-15T16:03:00.001-07:002010-10-21T15:37:54.017-07:00Module II<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkkw7-piE_IHCzhMqeD6sLnhMoTLnikweh6v6sb0_bistYQUFGUcMWdm8JaTTB4dTblnlpdMYjT87fTmJPVmv3ipuSLQ1hveByCwDRddGy0siG3VG9tyjf_b1XqZymOlG7ZQwATJj_aRY_/s1600/set_net.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkkw7-piE_IHCzhMqeD6sLnhMoTLnikweh6v6sb0_bistYQUFGUcMWdm8JaTTB4dTblnlpdMYjT87fTmJPVmv3ipuSLQ1hveByCwDRddGy0siG3VG9tyjf_b1XqZymOlG7ZQwATJj_aRY_/s320/set_net.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I have learned that the native cultures in Alaska are extremely eager to be a part of researched based (western) science.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did not know that the Alaska Native Science Commission even existed until today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I read through their link a few things really stood out to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One, they are trying to promote science to Native youth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Two, promoting the hiring of local people to assist in research.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Again, I have never been exposed to the knowledge that Native communities want to be a part of the scientific research and are intensely trying to do so.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I learned that Native cultures have vocabulary words with multiple meanings and engineered such good dwellings that one could be warm while naked inside(People of the Arctic video).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I feel that revisiting the common ground of honesty and pattern recognition was important in comparing Native knowledge and Western Science.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lastly, I learned how to start using Google Earth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What a wonderful tool that allows students to look at our Earth from space and give a great representation that our Earth truly is one system / place that we all belong to.</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-add-space: auto;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">2 and 3.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will use this weeks resources by showing my students Google Earth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> (<span class="f"><cite><span style="color: #0e774a;"><b>earth</b>.<b>google</b>.com/) </span></cite></span> </span>I plan on having them use the classroom laptops to explore different regions of the Earth and research some of Earth’s unique biomes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As we continue to explore Earth’s natural cycles in my class I think that discussing subsistence ways of living can be a great avenue to using our natural resources in an ethical and sustainable manner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If this method of living has sustained certain groups of people for thousands of years why aren’t we taking more lessons from those people?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It would be wonderful to have students do this by experiencing it first hand in addition to the standard formal education that the Western culture has brought to this part of the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I find the module very relevant to me and my classroom because I think of native students I have and how I can better connect with them and inspire them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many of today’s students learn by “rapid acquisition” with the technology they have at their fingertips.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, I find it important to perhaps think of those students who have spent portions of their lives not in this town but in rural Alaska and are used to education being non-secular but a longer process of experiences tied together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also, I find it interesting to note that with current astrophysical research such like at published from Fermi lab, there is a vast array of unexplained phenomena that is occurring in our universe which both Native and Western cultures can probably relate to.</span></div></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-add-space: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-add-space: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">BLOG COMMENTS- I commented to the following course participants</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">-</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mglehe.blogspot.com </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">had some wonderful things to say about using “both eyes” of Native and Western views to educate our students</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">-</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">explorepalmer.blogspot.com connected electron behavior to unexplained mysteries that occur with Native and Western perspectives</span><br />
- <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">kahtnu.blogspot.com has some neat pictures and views enjoying that natural <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">landscape in his hometown</span></span></div>danadairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00097946373528788209noreply@blogger.com1