What+I+See


 * What I See **


 * Your name: Todd Wheaton **
 * Your grade level/subject area: Biology/Science 9-12 **
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Level--Novice/K-12:Walk the World  || I would place this in the D quadrant. || The students need to use higher order thinking skills, it is a real world application and the student needs to have some creativity in exploring the topics. || For my classes I would substitute ecosystems, for cultures. || Level--Advanced/Secondary/Interdisciplinary: //Rolling on the River // || This would be in the A quadrant. || The students do use higher thinking skills, but it is very artificial for most schools. How many schools have a 150 acre campus with a private river flowing through it? || I do a similar sort of project with my Field Biology classes. They monitor Lillibridge Creek for organisms and chemicals. As they test the stream they create a spreadsheet for their data, then make graphs and conclusions on the health of the stream. || Level--Advanced/Secondary: //The Flat Classroom project// || I would also place this in the A quadrant. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Very few public schools have the resources to have the kind of collaboration required for this project. Even though students do use Higher level thinking skills, and they are talking to other students in the real world it is very artificial in its plausibility. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">Maybe occasionally have a class collaborate with another school. By occasionally I mean 3 or 4 times a year, to discuss what is happening in each of the schools and in the lives of the students, This would give the students a “taste” of another culture or locality. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> Add more rows as needed. S
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