Final Projet: Unit of Inquiry With Tech and "What is on Your Horizon?"

What is on your Horizon?

Esa es la pregunta que cada día al despertar me hago, a donde quiero llegar como profesional y que es lo que me gustaría realizar para poder seguir alimentando la vida de mis estudiantes, mis compañeros y los futuros estudiantes.

La parte en que creo que me ha hecho pensar este curso es en la visión del colegio donde dice  “En todos los aspectos de la vida escolar se fomenta en los estudiantes el amor por el aprendizaje, la búsqueda de propósitos de vida nobles y significativos, así como lograr que se conviertan en ciudadanos responsables que contribuyan para un mundo mejor” , esto es mi nuevo lema con este bloque de tecnología.

Basándome en lo antes citado creo que este lunes voy a implementar las herramientas que me han enseñado a utilizar en este curso como son   “Socreative”  esta herramienta la puedo utilizar para realizar diferentes tipos de Reflexiones en mis alumnos y poder combinar las que ya realizo y hacerlo mas variado. No solo quiero utilizarlo con mis estudiantes, también me gustaría poder utilizar esta poderosa herramienta para compartir ideas con mis cooteachers con los que tengo siempre que checar cada una de las actividades y de las unidades que están a futuro.

El siguiente año voy a presentar cada unidad haciendo una presentación a mis maestros en la cual pueda utilizar “Prezi” esta herramienta me facilitara realizar  la presentación y cambios de cada uno de mis experimentos que van ligados con la idea central de la unidad, Science Standards y con las líneas de indagación.

A tres años me gustaría poder seguir actualizándome y obtener certificados en donde pueda compartir mis experiencias y conocimientos con algunos maestros en diferentes partes del mundo y creo que ya inicie con las redes sociales que estuvimos realizando durante el curso, creo que esto es una puerta a futuro para todos los que queremos compartir algo de nuestra forma de enseñar.

1st Grade Unit

From Field to Factory

Unit of Inquiry

How We Organize Ourselves: From Field to Factory

Central Idea

The interdependence between communities affects our lives.

Grade Level

1st Grade

Related concepts: 

production, communities

Time for class: 40 minutes

Related Science Standards

The study of the properties, behaviours and uses of materials, both natural and human-made; the origins of human-made materials and how they are manipulated to suit a purpose.
PYP: Science (2008), PYP, Skills

Student Learning Objectives: 
1.The students will be able to identify different types of matter.  
2. The students will be able to and recognize that everything is made up of matter.
3. The students will be able to describe the process when matter changes from one state to another.

		Lesson 1: CHANGING MATTER   Grade Level: 1st Grade Related Science Standards The study of the properties, behaviours and uses of materials, both natural and human-made; the origins of human-made materials and how they are manipulated to suit a purpose. PYP: Science (2008), PYP, Skills Time for Lesson: 40 minutes Materials -ice cubes -clay -plastic -water -digital cameras checked out from the Library  -digital projector and lap top for Skype interview Student Learning Objectives 1.The students will be able to identify different types of matter.   2. The students will be able to and recognize that everything is made up of matter. 3. The students will understand that matter can change. Key Concepts:  Function and Causation Questions of Inquiry: What is matter? What affects matter? What is made of matter? Think about the different types of matter. The lesson before: We talked about the different states of matter and the students did an investigation with books. The lesson after integration of technology:  Setting up: Before the lesson begins, I will coordinate with Jose Analis about setting up a Skype interview with the class on the topic of different states of matter with melting metal.  Lesson: Students will come in and sit in table teams.  The Skype interview will be projected onto the screen and they will observe as Mr. Analis describes and shows how metal changes matter. After the interview the students can be divided in teams and each team takes an object that reacts to temperature quickly, (ice cubes, clay, plastic) and goes around the school looking for different temperatures and reporting their results by taking pictures of the changes that are occurring to the matter.  Key Concepts:  Function and Causation Questions of Inquiry: What is matter? What affects matter? What is made of matter? Think about the different types of matter.
		Lesson 2: NOT EVERYTHING IS WHAT IT SEEMS Grade Level: 1st Grade Related Science Standards The study of the properties, behaviours and uses of materials, both natural and human-made; the origins of human-made materials and how they are manipulated to suit a purpose. PYP: Science (2008), PYP, Skills Time for Lesson: 40 minutes Student Learning Objectives 1.Students will be able to distinguish similarities and differences of matter 2. Students will be able to recognize that different states of matter may appear in one substance. Materials -ice cubes -clay -plastic -water -iPads -laptop for Skype call The lesson before: The students were using cards to describe every state of matter and writing a reflection about what they learned. The lesson after the integration of technology: The students will explore the different states of matter using the iPad App "States of Matter". Through this interactive piece of technology, students will gather information and create informational posters with their teams explaining what they learned.  Lesson The students will come in and sit in their table groups.  We will review the classroom expectations and expectations regarding the use of the iPads. I will go through how to use the iPad App "States of Matter" and how to gather the most important information from the app.  After students have worked about 10-15 minutes on the app, they will create mini-posters to reflect what they learned. If time allows, they team up with another group to present to each other, which would allow them to compare the information they received they gathered. Key Concepts:  Function and Connection Questions of Inquiry: What is the difference between a solid and a liquid? What is the difference between a solid and a gas?  What is the difference between a liquid and a gas?
		Lesson 3: IT’S TORTILLA WEEK Grade Level: 1st Grade Related Science Standards The study of the properties, behaviours and uses of materials, both natural and human-made; the origins of human-made materials and how they are manipulated to suit a purpose. PYP: Science (2008), PYP, Skills Time for Lesson: 40 minutes Student Learning Objectives 1.Students will be able to distinguish similarities and differences of matter 2. Students will be able to recognize how the matter can change from liquid to solid making tortillas.  Materials - Corn Flour - Water - Ziploc bags - Tortilla Maker - Ipads Lesson before: A video was show about the process to make tortillas.  Students observed it and created a mind map to show what they learned from the video. Lesson after the integration of technology: They will find a tortilla recipe using ipads and they have to make it and document the process with the camera and create kidpix slade show teaching the process of the cooking.  Key Concepts:  Connection Questions of Inquiry: What is corn? How does the corn go from the field and turn into corn dough? How does the corn dough become a tortilla?
		Lesson 4: I SCREAM- YOU SCREAM- WE ALL SCREAM FOR ICECREAM!!!   http://crafts.kaboose.com/ice-cream-in-a-bag.html Grade Level: 1st Grade Related Science Standards The study of the properties, behaviours and uses of materials, both natural and human-made; the origins of human-made materials and how they are manipulated to suit a purpose. PYP: Science (2008), PYP, Skills Student Learning Objectives 1.Students will be able to distinguish similarities and differences of matter 2. Students will be able to recognize how the matter can change from liquid to solid making ice cream.  Time for Lesson: 40 minutes Materials - Ice - Salt - 2 Ziploc bags - Milk - Vanilla - Sugar - Camera - Laptop  Lesson before: A video was show about the process to make Ice cream.  Students observed it and created a mind map to show what they learned from the video. Lesson after the integration of technology: They will find a ice cream  recipe using Laptops and they have to make it and document the process with the camera and create a Ibook using "book Creator for ipad"  show teaching the process of the cooking.  Key Concepts:  Connection and function Questions of Inquiry: What are the different steps we need to take to make ice cream? How does the liquid matter change when we make ice cream?
		Lesson 5: Final week Grade Level: 1st Grade Related Science Standards The study of the properties, behaviours and uses of materials, both natural and human-made; the origins of human-made materials and how they are manipulated to suit a purpose. PYP: Science (2008), PYP, Skills Time for Lesson: 40 minutes Using socrative app we will create an assesment to know what do they know of this unit Create class blog and report results in it. Make a presentation on Prezi about their learning.