Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Classroom Scenario #9

Students collect daily weather data and use this information to compare the accuracy of four Internet weather websites. Then students use weather data to make their own weather predictions.

5 comments:

Mr. Spear said...

This appears to be transforming. Students use thier own research and data from other groups. Great activity. Wish I could teach weather.

Unknown said...

I used to teach weather at the high school level...it was fun...the kids LOVED predicting the weather and checking the accuracy of these predictions.

Unknown said...

I used to teach weather at the high school level...it was fun...the kids LOVED predicting the weather and checking the accuracy of these predictions.

Anonymous said...

Jen -I also think that this is transforming because this is a "new story with a new tool". Students become self-directed learners.

Unknown said...

I think we are all in agreement! I think this is transfoming also because the student products require thinking skills that are rather high on Bloom's taxonomy--they gather info from a variety of authentice resources and synthesize this info into a prediction, which can have more than one correct answer.