virtual penpals

We have developed a virtual penpal unit with our first graders that is centered around weather monitoring. To view this document you can click the link below:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aKUSgVNnqt0Idjfb9W97hwM84I7pdy9iYHOnrCfputE/edit

I was checking what we had to do this week and there is a lot. First we each have to make a movie based on a concept in our big project. My movie is going to be about clouds. How about you girls? what are you doing?

Second we have to write a paper together. It is based on how to incorporate cultural ties with the project. Who are our students going to work with in a different part of the world? We have to write this in Google Docs.

And Last we have to make a Google maps for our project of where our students are going to be working with the other students.

We can do this, but we need to be checking our blog more than once daily and making sure we are all doing our part. It's hard to work in a group and accomplish our goals if we aren't checking the blog and responding. :)

Website Evaluations

here are the three websites I have evaluated: http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-temperature.htm ,http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/ , and http://www.historyforkids.org/scienceforkids/physics/weather/temperature.htm let me know if I need to help find more websites :)

concept map edited

Grade for our Project

Hey girls! I started writing my lesson plan and realized we didn't choose a grade for our project. I am writing for 1st grade. I hope that is okay with you both. :)

Concept Map

I agree the map looks really nice! Thank you for taking all the time to correct and add our ideas!! Weather Forecast is a great one to do...Please make correction of putting that as the center and then reposting the final concept map so we can get our full points

concept map

Lesson Plan 1

I am going to do a lesson plan on precipitation. I will also list my three websites as soon as I get them. Thanks
Lindsay

new concept map

here is a new concept map tell me what you girls think? I can make any changes :)

Concept Map

I think that the concept map looks great!!!

here is our new map any other changes/additions you girls think we should make?

possible additions

I think under the precipitation category that we at what is precipitation and then how to measure it, because different typed of precipitation are measured in different ways example you don't measure snow the same as you do rain...just a thought...if you dont want to change it no big deal.

This is what I have for ideas so far, can anyone think of anything else or is there anything anyone would like to change? Let me know what you think!

If you would like to download the program that is fine...Those sound like great ideas...let me know what i can help do

Big Ideas

Kidspiration seems like a really cool program if you both would like I can sign up for the free trial, also did we think of any ideas for our idea board? I think creating some kind of project that incorporates things for kids to do at home to monitor different types of weather for example we can have make your own rain catchers or something? Or is this idea going in the wrong direction? Let me know what you girls think! I am excited to get started!

Inspiration

Hey girls! I was looking at what we have to do for this week. One of us needs to download  kidspiration and as a group we need to decide on our big project. After we decide the big project we need to brainstorm ideas to branch off of our big project. What are you girls thinking?

Greetings!!

Greetings Group!!
I can't wait to see how our project is going to come together this week!! Lets keep in touch
Lindsay