Welcome to Bringing Writing and Reading into Your Earth Science Classroom

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Welcome to Bringing Writing and Reading into Your
Earth Science Classroom Innovative Assessment
Ideas

• Jennifer Bergman jenjoy_at_ucar.edu
• David Mastie mastie_at_umich.edu
• Julia Genyuk jgenyuk_at_ucar.edu
• Randy Russell rrussell_at_ucar.edu

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A Little Help for Teachers

• BACKGROUND INFORMATION
• Realistic Points in the Movie
• - Depiction of enormous power released during a
  composite volcano eruption.- Explosive eruption
  with lots of tephra.- Hot springs exist near
  volcanic activity.- Towns water supply became
  contaminated.- Volcano became restless quickly
  (within one week of first signs of activity).
  Earthquakes do occur.- NASA tested a robot named
  Dante at volcanoes in Alaska and Antarctic.-
  Lakes near volcanoes can become acidic enough to
  be dangerous to people (pH of water was tested
  initially).- Seismograph readings.- Carbon
  dioxide can kill trees and wildlife.
• Unrealistic Points in the Movie
• - Can be deadly for helicopters to fly in areas
  with dense ash in the air.- Lava flows were too
  fluid! (looked like mafic magma). Should be thick
  and slow moving (Cascades felsic).-
  Temperature of hot spring near volcano changes
  more slowly than shown (increase takes days,
  weeks to develop).- Water supply probably
  contaminated too quickly.- Earthquakes
  associated with eruptions rarely exceed 5.0 (not
  big enough to destroy houses, roads, and
  buildings).- Robots are not used by the USGS to
  monitor earthquakes. They rely on observations
  and measurements taken in the field and with
  satellites.- Unlikely that acid lake would
  dissolve the metal boat in minutes.-
  Seismographs were not real. . .patterns not
  reflective of earthquake shown.- Driving across
  lava flow! Whatever! 2000 degrees C! Rubber tires
  melt, gas tank ignites. . .

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Examples of Student Questions for Rubber Ducky
Article

• What was the main advantage of the ducks getting
  dumped into the ocean?
• To bump Princess Di off the front pages of
  British newspapers.
• To study ocean currents and wind currents.
• To study the climate.
• To study what weather has to do with oils spills.
• The toys were dumped into the ocean
• Because people were angry.
• By a careless sailor.
• In a crazy, unexpected storm.
• As they were going onboard.

• A similar thing happened in 1990 when
• a) Barbie dolls went overboard.ahhhh! Splash!
• b) Nike shoes were lost at sea.
• c) Hot, new clothes made in Taiwan got knocked
  into the ocean.
• A years supply of dust rags disappeared from the
  ship.
• Weather patterns are very interrelated with
• Pollution patterns
• Solar radiation patterns
• Ocean current patterns
• Fish migration patterns
• What is being used to track the plastic ducks,
  turtles, frogs and beavers?
• A computer model
• Aircraft and satellites flying over the region
• Small fishing boats using fish trackers
• Hunting dogs with flippers on

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Examples of Student Questions (Continued)

• Which is false?
• A) The ducks were most recently on the beaches
  of Sitka and Kodiak
• B) Studying the ducks help scientists predict
  what salmon may do when they come back
• C) There were a total of 3,000 toys
• The toys needed no flotation devices
• Why did the toys need no flotation devices (as
  scientific instruments in the ocean would
  normally need)?
• Write a letter to the intended destination point
  for the toys explaining why all is not lost and
  how what happened will actually be good for their
  community and good for others

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Windows to The Universe

• Recent statistics
• Up to 50,000 visits per day, including up to
  15,000 to the Spanish site.
• Visitors come from more than 100 countries.
• More than 2,000 teachers receive our newsletter.

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Teacher Resources

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Three Levels of Content in Two Languages

• Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced levels
  roughly correspond to elementary, middle and high
  school.

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Windows to The Universe Journal

• Allows users to create reports that document
  their learning. These reports can be private,
  shared with teacher or shared with the class.
• Allows teachers and students to use this tool in
  their coursework or research.
• Teachers version with assessment options coming
  soon!

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Teachers Journal Library

• Coming soon!
• See your students journals by classroom or by
  student.
• Give assignments and grade students work.

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View Journal Page

• Journal can have several pages.
• Journal can contain
• Text
• Links
• Images

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Creating and editing a journal

• Users who know HTML can use it to customize the
  appearance of their journal pages.
• Users can insert images from the site and links
  to pages they are currently browsing (no HTML
  needed).

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Viewing a Students Journal

• Coming soon!
• Grade the journal
• Comment on a specific page or on the whole
  journal.
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