Posing a question and allowing students to respond is a strategy that cuts across grade levels and content areas. Teachers can pose questions verbally, written on a board, or by posting it to an online forum. Students then typically respond either verbally or in writing. If students respond verbally, the shortcoming is that there is no record of precisely what ...
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Description: This app lesson will develop students’ understanding of the environment and require them to cite evidence correctly. Instructional Objective: Students will perform research on endangered species and create graphs to illustrate statistical information on population and habitat decline. Step 1: Students will pick an endangered species from the WWF Together app and learn about the species’ history, environment, threats, and more. Step 2: Students ...
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Description: This app lesson will develop science students’ knowledge of climate change and pollution. Instructional Objective: Students will first perform research and then develop fact-based presentations in response to arguments against global warming. Step 1: Students, using the Skeptical Science app, will pick an argument that is skeptical of global warming. Students will then read the “skeptic” argument, counterpoints to the arguments, primary source documents, statistics, ...
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Description: This app lesson will develop students’ ability to engage music. Instructional Objective: Students will design their own song by using education apps to familiarize themselves with several music notation and creation devices. Step 1: Students will play music using the Musical Instrument – Lamophone app to experience the different sounds notes make and enjoy playing music. Step 2: Students will then experiment ...
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