Teaching Guide
Investigating the Thinking Fountain
produced
Jo-Anne Cairo
Web Institute for Teachers, Summer, 2001
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Introduction | Aim
| Rationale | Audience
| Prerequisites | Subject-Matter
| Student Link
Goals and Objectives | Instructional
Plan | Materials | Assessment
and Evaluation | Appendices ! Resources
! Glossary
Introduction
This unit will use our web site to introduce students
to A to Z list of the Thinking Fountain.
Aim
The aim of this model is to introduce students to
a wide variety of educational acticities.
Rationale
The intergration of science, math, and literature
using technology as a visual medium is necessary for students to functions
in todays society.
Goals and Objectives
-become visually aware of detail in the national
and constructed environment.
-recognizing the connections between science,
math, literature and art.
Audience
This module is apropriate for students in grades
5-9. It can be modified for other grade levels.
Prerequisites
This is a begining unit for a variety of subjects
to be investigated. Therefore, no prior knowledge of the various
subjects is required. Teachers should familiarize students with basic
computer skills.
Subject-Matter
This unit will focus on what the teachers specific
lesson will be on.
Instructional Plan
-guide students through the viewing experience
of the different subjects that are presented.
-explain and demaonstrate basic computer skills.
-have students find more information on that
particular subject.
-display, view, and discuss the students works.
Materials
-internet accessable computers.
-a list of descriptive volcabulary words pertaining
to assignment given.
-other supplies that are related to the assignment
studied at that time.
Assessment and Evaluation
-articulate his/her own explaination of the outcome
of the project completed.
-if project apllies put it on the internet for
display.
-understand the work itself and the process
for the final outcome.
Appendices (optional, if needed)
Resources
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Glossary
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