Ask Questions
- Identify questions
- Determine where you can locate possible answers to our questions
Gather Information
- Search for information using a variety of resources (print, video, podcasts, apps, websites)
- Record relevant information (correct spelling!)
- Cite where you gathered the information from
Organize Information
- Determine which research questions you've answered
- Determine which questions remain...can you locate additional information somewhere else?
Prepare and Produce
- Create two presentations: travel brochure and a Keynote presentation
The travel brochure will include the following content:
- Location of your volcano on a map
- Identify some interesting facts you learned about your volcano (history, dangers, etc)
- Determine which type of volcano yours is (shield, cinder cone, or composite)
- List some ways that tourists could travel to your volcano (transportation type)
- Describe your favorite thing you learned about your volcano
The Keynote presentation will include the following content:
- an illustration, photo, and description of the 3 main types of volcanoes
- a labeled diagram, caption, and definition to explain the three main types of plate tectonic boundaries
- construct a world map using plate tectonics information and label 6 different volcano
- conduct vocabulary work and label a cross-section of a volcano that describes how eruptions occur
- create a video lesson that demonstrates an eruption (using a student-created model and experiment)
- Apply feedback from peer and teacher conferences = Final draft
Present
- Rehearse your presentation
- Present to your audience
