EDPC605.Hubbard: Week 11 Technology Integration and Measuring Effectiveness

Below is my Technology Integrated lesson plan using Google Earth

Candidate’s Name: Kylie Hubbard

Grade Level: 6^th

Title of the lesson: Mapping Outer Banks Shipwrecks & Creating Elevation Data

Length of the lesson: 4 class period: 45 minutes

Central Focus:

Shipwrecks & Elevation

Through independent and collaborative research, students will be able to use Google Earth, Google Maps, and NOAA’s VDatum.

In groups of 4, students will identify 5 different shipwrecks along the shores of the Outer Banks using Google Earth and Google Maps, finally producing their own maps. From their identifications partners will research where the ships origins, and date of voyage. Additional points will be given if cargo can be identified and credited. All research will be recorded Google Docs. Students will create Elevation Data Chart in VDatum provide by NOAA.

Key Questions:

· What might cause a shipwreck?

· How durable were the ships in the 15-18^th centuries? What might they have been made of?

· What type of cargo might be carried on these ships?

· How often do you think these ships went off course?

· Was elevation a factor in the wrecks?

Prior Knowledge:

· Students will draw on previous knowledge of trade routes.

· An understanding of how Google Earth & Google Maps work.

· An understanding of how to produce various types of maps.

· An understanding of how to use VDatum.

Common Core State Standards:

NYS Standards:

Social Studies Standard 4- Geography

Geography requires the development and application of the skills of asking and answering geographic questions; analyzing theories of geography; and acquiring, organizing, and analyzing geographic information.

Science Standard 4- Student Work

Physical Setting Skills 1 & 6.

1. Given the latitude and longitude of a location, indicate its position on a map and determine the latitude and longitude of a given location on a map.

6. Measure the angular elevation of an object, using appropriate instruments.

Support literacy development through language:

This unit will introduce students to disease and what it has meant to global society.

Vocabulary

· Students will be able to define the following terms: Nautical Miles, Stern, Bow, Portside, Star Board, Knots, Navigation, Elevation

Sentence Level

· Sentence structure will include: a subject, verb, and object.

Discourse

· Students will work collaboratively and individually in groups of 4.

Learning objectives

· Students will be able to identify 5 shipwrecks along the Outer Banks of N.C.

· Students will be able to determine the date of the shipwrecks.

· Students will be able to collect data to map the 5 shipwrecks, providing a key.

· Students will be able to will be able to complete an elevation map using VDatum.

Formal and informal assessment:

· Ability to work with their groups.

· Ability to complete the shipwreck map.

· Ability to collect the assigned data.

· Ability to use the VDatum program.

· Quiz on vocabulary terms.

Instructional procedure:

1) Students will be provided with a vocabulary sheet containing the above terms of a ship. Students will work in a group to identify the terms.

2) Once students have completed the vocabulary sheet we will review it together as a class. Students will be instructed to hold on to the sheet to reference for their quiz.

3) To gather the appropriate information students will use suggested links posted on the Smartboard.

Evolution data graph:

http://vdatum.noaa.gov/docs/userguide_animated.html

Office of Coast Survey:

http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/index.html

United States Coast Line of Shipwrecks:

http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/hsd/wrecks_and_obstructions.html

4) Using Chrome Books, groups will be instructed to locate 5 shipwrecks along the shores of the Outer Banks of N.C. via Google Earth. *Please see Figure 1

5) Students will record the wrecks coordinates, origin, ship name, and the year it wrecked in their Google Docs.

6) Students will search the Internet to identify the ships cargo for additional credit.

7) Students will create a Google Map with their 5 shipwrecks.

8) Students will also create a graph showing the dates of when the wrecks happened indicating any patterns.

9) Upon competition, students will design an Elevation Graph using VDatum. Students will draw on prior knowledge to complete this part of the assignment. Students are encouraged to review the tutorial if they are struggling. *Please see Figure 2 & 3.

Accommodations and Modifications:

· The requirements of student IEP/504 plans will be followed to the letter.

· Students will be provided with handouts containing full instructions.

· Groups will consist of on level, below level, and advanced students.

· VDatum, Google Earth, and Google Map Tutorials.

Instructional resources and materials:

· Chrome Books

· Computers

· Smart board

· Internet

· Handouts

· Google Maps