Hydrology+Lesson+Plan+Review+Week+4

=Distance Learning - Lesson Review= Below is what you submitted to dl@pisgahforestinstitute.org on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 at 10:27:17


 * Name:** Kim Collazo
 * E-mail:** kscollazo@gmail.com
 * Lesson Title:** Cleaning Point Source Pollution
 * Topic:** Hydrology
 * Subtopic:** Water Sources, Water Quality, Watersheds
 * Question 1:** This lesson correlates with several objectives at the 6th grade level.
 * Question 2 :** 3.06 Evaluate ways in which human activities have affected Earth's pedosphere and the measures taken to control the impact: * Vegetative cover. * Agriculture. * Land use. * Nutrient balance. * Soil as a vector. 3.08 Conclude that the good health of environments and organisms requires: * Monitoring of the pedosphere. * Taking steps to maintain soil quality. * Stewardship. Connections could be made in the classroom between the pedosphere and the hydrosphere and their interdependence with each other.
 * Question 3:** The lesson objectives are clearly stated.
 * Question 4:** The instructions are very clear, and are written in terms that even 6th graders could understand and follow.
 * Question 5:** Several of the questions involve critical thinking, however since the new Bloom's Taxonomy includes "creating" as its highest level, I would incorporate something in which the students would have to apply what they've learned to creating a new technology that would be even more effective than those they used during the lab. They would then have to create a how-to video so others would be able to use this new technology.
 * Question 6:** See above.
 * Question 7:** As long as the teacher had all of the materials prepared and set up for the different stations, I think the management issues would be minimal. The lab is interesting and would keep the kids engaged. A change I might make would be that every person in the group at each station would have to take a turn with the "clean up tool". That way one student would not dominate the clean up efforts leaving the others "bored".
 * Question 8:** I liked that all aspect of the clean up must be listed by the students. I like that it included measuring the pollutants and that it does this in a very straight-forward, simple way.
 * Question 9:** The lesson didn't really include any visuals for the kids.
 * Question 10:** I would include a video clip or documentary clip while we were going through the background information. This would give the kids a visual which would help them understand the importance of the pollutant clean up.
 * Question 11:** The other addition I would make would be to provide specific websites for my students to explore during the research on pollution removal section. This would allow for more time being spent gaining new knowledge as opposed to searching for credible information.
 * Rating:** 9

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