Teacher Process

The students' tasks have already been divided into days. However, there is no problem in extending the time limit if you consider it necessary. Here are some directions for each day.

Day 1

The first step, choosing an animal/tree, should take no longer than 5 minutes. Make sure every student has chosen a picture and that no 2 students (except when working in pairs) have the same picture. 

Taxonomy  

Kingdom 

Phylum  

Class  

Order

 

Family

 

Scientific name 

Species

 

Animalia

 

Antropoda

 

Crustacea

 

Copepod

 

 

Acanthocyclops vernalis

 

Animalia

 

Antropoda

 

Insecta

 

Lepidoptera

 

Danaide

 

Danaus plexippus 

 

Plant

 

Pinophyta

 

Conifer

 

Pinales

 

Pinaceae

 

Pinus Pinaster

 

Let your students do their searches about the plant/tree morphology on their own. Provide some links only when you think it is strictly necessary. Here you have some useful links.

http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/zoomorphology/morphology.html http://www.mov.vic.gov.au/crust/copbiol.html http://www.ncforestry.org/docs/Trees/PartsOfTree/parts.htm http://www.forestry.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/04752270-B0E6-4A2F-8142-76329A2FD5DB/0/parts_of_tree_factsheet.pdf http://www.monarchwatch.org/biology/index.htm 

Animal/Plant morphology:

Maritime pine:

 Roots, trunk, leaves, branch, crown

Monarch butterfly:

Antena, head, wings, fore wing, hin wing, thorax, abdomen

Copepod:

Antena 1, antena 2, cephalosome, abdomen, egg sack

Day 2

Students should browse the web sites provided to look for the required information about their animal/plant and fill in the Life Cycle Templates.

Day 3

This is a good start to know what wikis are about. The site contains a guided tour and offers free space for your wiki.

http://www.wikispaces.com/

 

Ideally, you should create a wiki before reaching Day 4. Ideally also, your students should already know about wikis. Today’s task is to introduce some of what the students have learnt about the period in the common wiki. Encourage them to introduce pictures and be creative. The information introduced shouldn’t be more than a page. Copy and Paste should be penalized.

Day 5

Every team should have 1 copy of the Wiki Rubric so as to avaluate the other groups. Pick up the rubrics when the students finish the assesment. Next, have them start organizing the Power Point Presentation.

Day 6

Every student should have as many Power Point Rubric copies as groups there are minus one. At the end of the presentations, have each group team up and discuss all presentations. Each team should agree on a puntuation for the other groups.