Card model

Finally,  we have created a card model to evaluate them.

 

 

Evaluation

Today, we have elaborated the evaluation of our didactic unit

Evaluation

The evaluation will be realized in a continuous way because we want to take into account the different moments:

-Initial: at the beginning of the lesson the teacher evaluates the students' previous knowledge to prove their level of knowledge.

-Progressive: the teacher evaluates the activities done in class in order to acquire the planned knowledge.

-Final: teacher evaluates the  final results of the procedures that the students are carried out in class to acquire the necessary knowledge as well as the understanding and assimilation of them.

Evaluation Criteria

1.    Knows the principal characteristics of the Earth.
2.    Describes the movement of the moon in the solar system according to its location on the Earth.
3.  To identifies the phases of the moon for a given period.
4.  Describes the causes of the phases of the moon
5.  Knows what the planets are
6.  Recognizes which the characteristics of each planet are
7.  Has the ability to use technologies
8.  Knows what a galaxy is
9.  Recognizes the different kinds of galaxies
10.  Knows in which galaxy we live
11.  Describes the process of how a black hole is formed
12.  Identifies the different parts of a black hole
13.  Understands how a black hole works
14.  Knows how the constellations are formed.
15.  Understands  the importance about constellations .
16.  Identifies the biggest stars.
17.  Identifies the main features of starts,  galaxies and constellations.
18.  Uses different representation and artistic expressions and start to build visual proposals .
19. Respects turn to speak between classmates.
20. Knows why the different seasons occurs.
21. Distinguishes between rotation and translation.
22. Uses the technological resources that are available in class. 
23. Is responsible with the class materials
24. Has a good behaviour in the group work
25. Collaborates with the classmates
26. Participates in class

Evaluation techniques and instruments

The evaluation technique we are going to use is "Techniques based on information"  and the instrument that we are going to utilize is a structured writing test because students must select and identify the correct answer between a group of them. The children will do this exam on their own computers, in a platform create by the teacher in which they will have to answer the questions.

Marking criteria applied

Exam.............50%

Activities.......30%

Attitude........20%

Use the scale card model to evaluate the attitudes and activity of each student (30% + 20%)

The teacher evaluates students in a continuous way in different sessions. Teacher notices who students achieve the planned objectives in the scale card model so teacher can have a register of their progress and finally, at the end of the trimester teacher can evaluate them

  

 

Competences

We have elaborated the different competences that we are going to include in our didactic unit and that we want that children achieve after the nine sessions about the Solar System

SKILLS: CONTRIBUTION OF THE AREA OF KNOWLEDGE

COMPETENCE IN LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION

Different types of information are presented: expository texts, videos, news, images, etc., that allow reading literacy work. In addition, oral communication skills are developed through activities exchange of views on various topics.

MATHEMATICS COMPETENCE

From knowledge of the environment, mathematical competence through interpretation and the mathematical expression of facts and phenomena work. In the second working cycle is especially related concepts numerical interpretation of the physical world (the measurement of time and distance).

COMPETENCE IN KNOWLEDGE AND INTERACTION WITH THE PHYSICAL WORLD

It is done through critical reflection and responsible attitudes manifest their environment. They must also learn to apply their scientific knowledge to explain the physical world (eg, as guided by the stars). This competition will help to explain phenomena like day and night, the changing seasons ... and also scientific criteria explain the operation of the solar system and the sun, in addition to their interaction with the environment and humans.

DATA PROCESSING AND DIGITAL COMPETENCE

This area contributes to the processing of information through multiple activities of observation and description of reality, like registration and classification of information in different technological formats. Furthermore, in this area an introduction is made to the computer and its operation. And competition from sharing information.

SOCIAL AND CIVIC COMPETENCE.

Through active participation in discussions that take place in class discussions and sharings of different topics. In addition you will be helping children to appreciate and understand the social reality in which they live and that they know live in a tolerant and supportive with their environment.

COMPETITION FOR LEARNING TO LEARN

In this area different technique to select, organize, interpret and store information work. In addition, careful sequencing of learning activities proposed and abundant abstracts and different types of charts and graphic organizers offered. At the beginning of the units are given the opportunity to remember what you already know about the subject matter, to link new knowledge with the already acquired.

 AUTONOMY AND PERSONAL INITIATIVE

In Knowledge of the environment, the multiple activities of application of knowledge and troubleshooting of daily life. Likewise, the way texts are written and activities allows students to do their work independently.

Resources

RESOURCES

Session 1

·         Video about National Geographic

·         Digital board

·         Children´s computers

·         Word program

Session 2

·         White board

·         Word program

·         Web site of the subject.

Session 3

·         Projector (Prezi presentation)

·         Computers

Session 4

·         Projector

·         Computers

 Session 5

·         Computer

·         Electronic display

·         Internet

·         Laptop

Session 6

·         Teacher's Computer.

·         Electronic Display.

·         Internet.

·         Laptop.

Session 7

·         Laptop

·         Web site of the subject.

Session 8

·         A computer for each child

·         Digital screen

·         A short video from the movie "The treasure planet"

·         Images of black holes

·         An animated representation of how  a black hole is

 

 

Session 10

Session 10

The last day the students will make an exam to check the knowledge and skills that they have acquired during the nine previous lessons in relation to "The Solar System". The children will do this exam on their own computers, in a platform created by the teacher in which they will have to answer the questions.

 

 

Session 9

SESSION 9

Planetarium Activity

In this session the students will go to the Science Park of Granada in order to see the planetarium.
There, students will be able to appreciate in a more realistic way how the universe is formed and its characteristics.

 

 

 

 

Session 8

We have also elaborated session 8.

Session 8

Initial activity

The first activity will help the teacher to know what exactly the students know about the black holes. The teacher will ask the students some questions about what a black hole is and how it is formed and every child will write all their answer in their own computer and them will appear on the digital blackboard. Then, the teacher will show the students a small fragment of the movie " The treasure planet" in which a black hole appears. After that the child will review what they have said before and check what was right and what was wrong. If it was necessary the teacher will explain them something about the black holes.

Development activity

After this first activity the teacher will ask the students to look for some photographs about black holes on the Internet. When they found some pictures they find interesting, they will send them to the teacher and they will appear on the digital blackboard. The teacher will select one of the pictures and with the help of different students they will point out the different parts of a black hole.

Final activity

Finally, the teacher will show the students some representation about what happens to the light when it comes closer to a black hole. It shows how the light changes its direction and can't escape from the gravity of the black hole. 

We have included a video from YouTube and some gifs

 

 

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agujero_negro#mediaviewer/File:Black_hole_lensing_web.gif

           

 

Session 7

Session 7 EARTH MOVEMENT

-  Initial activity:  the teacher puts  a video about the movement of large-scale land and children can have a general conception. After the video the teacher asks a question to the students so that they become involved in their own learning process. The questions are the following: Do you know why  at 21:00 does it get dark ?, Why does the weather change ? The students intervene loudly respecting turn to speak.

- During the development of the class: in the platform  of the subject, there is an application in which students can manipulate the movement of the earth and observe what happens when the earth moves around the sun and around itself. So they will understand the concepts of rotation and translation.


-  Final activity:  the teacher gives a brief explanation of the difference of seasons in different countries of the earth, for example:  Australia, North America, South America, Finland... and children have to write in a word document what happened in Spain. The teacher also explains  the seasons.

They will send it through Gmail to the teacher and he/she corrects the activity.

Here it is the video:

 

Session 6

Today, we have completed the session 6. In this session, we have developed the subject of "The Earth".

Session 6

THE EARTH

Activity:

In the first activity, the teacher will launch an initial question to their students: "What is the earth?" Quickly students in their laptops will seek information about this. Subsequently, the information will be shared with peers,  putting in common and finally it has to be sent to the teacher´s email.

After the first activity, the teacher will project a video that reflects in general outlines the main features of the Earth, so that later the students with their laptops have to make a conceptual map showing the general ideas that can be extracted from the  documentary video.

Finally, students with "Paint" program will make a drawing of the earth, looking at a model that teacher will project on the electronic display. After the activity, students will upload their image to the blog.

 For this theme, we have selected several activities. In one of them, children have to draw a very simple picture of the earth using the program "Paint" in their computers. The teacher will provide them some images so they can use them as a model. Here we have the images:
 

Session 5

In this session, we are going to work with the Moon and the phases of the Moon.

Session 5

THE MOON AND PHASES OF THE MOON.

Activity

 Initial activity:

 The teacher will present images of the moon phases and will ask questions to students to reflect about the subject. For example: Why sometimes can't we see the moon? or invite students to predict how the moon will look like at different times from a designated place, for example in the morning, at midday and at night from the courtyard of the house.

 

During the development of the class:

This activity can be worked individually or in pairs. Students should go to the class blog home page and click on "Movement and phases of the moon."

Each student have to work in the interactive page and the student that the teachers wants, has to complete the game in the digital white board.

In addition the teacher will ask the students to send to the teacher´s email a word document with the features of the four phases of the moon.

 

Final activity:

The teacher will project a video to their pupils. Then, the students should answer four questions related to the video in order to evaluate the knowledge that the students have acquired. They have to answer these questions in a word document provided by the teacher, and then they will send it to the teacher´s email.

 

 For it, we are going to use several resources like, for example, a video that we have found in YouTube that will help us to explain the phases of the Moon. Here it is the video:

Session 4

We have developed the solar system session.

SESSION 4 “Solar system”

Initial activity

The teacher launches a question to the whole group: What do you know about the planets?”

The students have to answer the question in their computers (word) and once they answer it they have to send the document to the teacher´s email in order to check what they know about the topic.

Activity

The teacher shows a short video from youtube in which the solar system is explained. While the students are watching the video they must open a document in their computers where there are questions related to the video. They have to answer them while they watch the video. After it, the teacher checks who does the questions and they correct them aloud.

Final activity

In the blog there is a link related to the planets of the solar system. Students must open the link and they will have some time to play with those interactive exercises. Then the students, in groups of five,  have to solve the exercises in the whiteboard and teacher will notice which group has understood the concept. During this time, the other students will continue playing in their computers.



http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/interactives/science/earthandbeyond/planets/

Session 3

We have finished the session in which we are going to explain the Milky Way.
SESSION 3 “Milky way”

Initial activity

The teacher, through a prezi presentation, shows a youtube video. After it the students have to talk about what they have seen in the video.

 Activity

The teacher, through the prezi presentation, explains what  the Milky Way is and what kinds of galaxies there are, with the support of photos. After it, students must look for other photos of galaxies and send them to the teacher´s email. Once they have done it, the teacher and students choose the most interesting and beautiful photos in order to print them and put them on the class´ wall.

Activity

The teacher, through the prezi presentation, shows a video song related to the Milky Way.

 For do it, we have searched some resoures, for example, we have included a prezi presentation

https://prezi.com/wjsuwcaslyv1/milky-way/
  

 

Session 2

Session  2:  STARS AND GALAXIES

-  Actividad inicial : To introduce the topic the teacher launches a question to catch the attention of students , for example:  What do you think about the figures that stars form?, which is the biggest star you know?. Then, students share their ideas and speak it loudly with the rest of the classmates and respecting turn to speak.The teacher uses a power point presentation for this sesion.

-  During the delevopment of the class: the teacher shows real photos about stars and constellations through the blog.

-  Final activity:  through the blog of the subject, students have to complete some activities of multiple choice  about stars and galaxies. To finish the activity, on the blog there is also a template with points to relate and form figures joining the dots and students have to do a brief explanation of the constellation formed.

Session 1

SESSION 1

General Introduction. The Universe

-Initial activity:

The teacher initiates the topic by asking a question: How do you think  the universe could be created? They let the children some time to express their opinion.

 

After, with the computer they create a folder with the name of the theme and the unit to get future files and keep them in an organized way.

-Development Activity: 

The teacher puts a National Geographic video to introduce the topic. After watching the video, the teacher writes on the digital board keywords that have came out in the video. (Some examples)-Universe –Planet –Star…

The child will have to select one of the words and find an image from their computer. Google images will be used to do it. After selecting the photo, they have to copy and pasted it into a Word document. After having the file ready, the child will save it to their folder unit "The Solar System."

Then, they need to upload the file to the teacher´s e-mail adding their name.

-Final activity:

The teacher from the digital board shows images and the students have to comment them loudly and vote among all their favorites. The teacher may ask them why they have chosen the image, how they see the color, light...

Here is the National Geographic video: