Earth Forces Project Fourth Grade Prior to beginning this unit, students should be divided into small groups to study one of the following forces: earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, tsunamis, tornadoes or volcanoes.
Activity Application Technology Skill Days 1-2: • Open Wiki page • Research and • Students will to find research Information Fluency conduct research articles and • Digital Citizenship in groups on one graphic • Critical Thinking/ of the Earth’s organizer. (Print Problem Solving/ & copy graphic forces using an Decision Making organizer for online source. student use prior to • Students will take Days 1-2). notes on a • Other studentgraphic organizer friendly online and cite sources research engines, appropriately. such as Grolier or World Book • Texts can also be used to supplement research Day 3: • Open Wiki page • Communication & • Students will use to find Power Collaboration their notes to Point template • Critical Thinking/ Problem (print & copy handwrite a draft Solving/ Decision Making Power Point that matches each template for each page of a future group prior to Day Power Point 3) presentation. Days 4-5: • Power Point • Technology Operations • Students will type Slide 1: Cover page • Communication & their handwritten Slide 2: What is it? Collaboration (Heading, Photo, Text) draft into each Slide 3: Effects slide of the (Heading, Photo, Text) Power Point Slide 4: Our presentation. Thoughts & • Students will Questions import a picture
from clip art to match each slide.
Day 6: • Students will add special features to each Power Point slide. Day 7: • Students will use a Flip Cam to film each other reading their script. Day 8: • Students will import their previouslyrecorded videos into their Power Point slides. Day 9: • Each group of students will share their completed Power Point presentation and reflect on what was learned.
Slide 5: Cited Sources
• Power Point
• Creativity/Innovation • Technology Operations
• Flip Cam
• Creativity/Innovation • Communication & Collaboration
• Power Point • Flip Cam
• Communication & Collaboration • Technology Operations
• Power Point • Cornell notetaking sheet for reflection (print
• Communication & Collaboration • Critical Thinking/ Problem Solving/ Decision Making
out a copy for each student prior to Day 9)