Sunday, December 8, 2013
Finishing it up
I am finishing the last few things I had to do now, and will be done pretty soon. Christie, I don't know if you're able to add the standards Katie sent to us and update the document again, but if not you can send the document to me and I can add hers in. I plan to post the website by 10:00 p.m. so please make any final changes by then.
Finished 2 Pages
I have completed my two pages on the website please let me know if there is anything you would like me to fix before it is due. My standards for all of my lesson plans are going to be sent by email. Let me know if you need more than what I have provided.
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Thursday, December 5, 2013
2 Pages
I have completed the home page and my two pages: Garden terms and Epals in Africa. Please let me know if you see anything that needs to be changed- or just change it. (on the home page.) If you need me to add a one of your 3 websites into one of my pages, please let me know.
Thanks.
Thanks.
Website
I have finished the home page and also set-up all the pages. All you should have to do is go out and add your stuff. I have spent several hours working on this....it has been quite the challenge. Please do not to move the pages around, it took a great deal of work to get them in the correct order. I am a little worried that nobody has done anything else yet. This effects all of our grades.
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Website
I have gotten the "Home" page almost complete, except for the state standards attachment and my first page on garden terms. Please look at the home page and make any changes you feel we need.
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
State Standards
In order to complete the state standards part for the website, I need to know which ones you guys used for your lessons. Could you please send them to me? Thanks.
Final Concept Map
Here is the final concept map I came up with. I took everything off of the storyboard. Let me know if we need any changes.
Monday, December 2, 2013
Website
So I'm assuming since nobody posted a link that there hadn't been a website started so I went ahead and started one with our group e-mail. I hope it works, I've never made one before but we should be able to use the following link to get to the site and edit it. Let me know if it works or not.
https://sites.google.com/site/vegetablesoupgarden/
I haven't done anything to the site yet, I didn't add any information in or anything because I'd like to make sure it works before I spend a bunch of time editing it. So, if you can both try it too and let me know that'd be great. Thanks
https://sites.google.com/site/vegetablesoupgarden/
I haven't done anything to the site yet, I didn't add any information in or anything because I'd like to make sure it works before I spend a bunch of time editing it. So, if you can both try it too and let me know that'd be great. Thanks
Final Concept Map
I updated the concept map to match our story board. Let me know what you think of it, and if it needs any changes.
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Project email
I just sent the email address I set up for the project to your gmail accounts along with the password. If you do not find it in your inbox, please let me know.
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Website
So I was wondering if you guys would maybe want to meet up and get the layout for the website done so then we can all just add our individual parts to their designated sections on our own. I just feel like it would be easier to sit down and do it together rather than trying to coordinate through the blog, but let me know what you think.
Thursday, November 14, 2013
I have just sent you both an invitation to the google doc. I also sent Mrs. Peterson an invite to view. Please look at it and add any lessons you have done that I did not include. I was not sure of the titles of the lesson plans you did, just the topics. Also- We need to add one more page, I was hoping one of you could help think of one? Please add, change anything. I also left a few blanks...wasn't sure what to put. Double check that I put all of our assignments on there. I also did not list the pages of the websites on the bottom- I wasn't sure who wanted to do which one. You need to decide what new item you want to add also. Some ideas I had were a video recording for the reflection; Powerpoint for the garden layout. Please let me know what you think. Let me know if you want me to turn it in or if the last one who views/changes it would like to turn it in. Thanks.
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Story board
I just looked over what we need to do for the story board this week. It is due early so lets try and get a head start on this. I think for the big celebration we could have a parent/community night where the students get to display all that they have been working on. But I think we need to discuss how we are going to split up the web pages? I was thinking maybe we could make the pages our of our Subtopics or something? So I would have a page of why growing vegetables is healthier and another one about how it is cost effective? Because then both of my lesson plans would fit into those sub categories. These are just some ideas I wanted to throw out there.. so we can definitely change it/add to it.
Monday, November 4, 2013
Digital Story
So I was planning on using the same concept that I have made my two lesson plans on because I figured it would probably be easiest for all of us... Let me know :)
Friday, November 1, 2013
Friday, October 25, 2013
Concept Map Changes
The other part of our assignment is to change our concept map. I was looking at the first one and think that maybe we should take off a few things....for instance, soil type, fall or spring garden. We are focusing on why we garden, what to plant and gardening terms more during this project. What are your thoughts after looking at the map and what we have been doing?
Lesson Plan #2
For our second lesson plan, I would like to continue with photosynthesis. There is a neat experiment that shows children that photosynthesis is occurring in plants that would be great for the collection of data. Let me know if this is okay with everyone.
Thursday, October 24, 2013
Recordings
I have sent my recording to your gmail accounts. Please let me know if you are able to open it. I had a hard time with audacity...... Thanks!
Monday, October 21, 2013
Script
I am sending a copy of what I have so far to your gmail account. Please look it over and let me know what you think. I might need to make it a bit longer. Do you think I should end with an introduction of who is next and what is next?
Friday, October 11, 2013
Podcast
Do you guys know what you want to do for the podcast? Also, we need to decide who is going to put them all together. I would like to discuss why we are using Project Based Learning..If that is okay with everyone.
Friday, September 27, 2013
Lesson Plan
I was looking at what is due for next week and I am hoping to start on my lesson plan today. After looking at our concept map does anyone have an issue if I write mine about why growing vegetables is healthier? Let me know. :)
Map to Nigeria
Our map shows the path you could travel to get from Kalamazoo to Logos, Nigeria in Africa through Detroit. It includes the distances between locations so we could give our students an idea of how far the other class they're working with is.
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Virtual Penpals and Google Maps Assignment
Okay so I did some editing to part A, I have never used Google docs but I just hit share when I was done. Please let me know that you got it and what you think. I saved it on my computer just in case.
I tried to organize it by the bullet points in the instructions given for the assignment to make sure we covered each one in detail. I used pretty much everything in your original document but rearranged some of it to fit the criteria.
The only thing I took out pretty much completely was the parts about hand-made tools, and hoses and what not. They are from a part of Africa that has access to internet, so the chances of them being a more developed part of the region is pretty high. They may have access to a lot of the same tools we do, so I figured it was better to leave that part out and leave it more open to what the kids could discover with each other.
I am about to work on the map, should have it to you either tonight or sometime tomorrow (hopefully before 4pm) depending on how long it takes. I figured I would try to look up a path that a shipment would go to get to the place in Africa the other class and use that for our map. That is if that is possible. Otherwise I guess I'll just make one up?
I tried to organize it by the bullet points in the instructions given for the assignment to make sure we covered each one in detail. I used pretty much everything in your original document but rearranged some of it to fit the criteria.
The only thing I took out pretty much completely was the parts about hand-made tools, and hoses and what not. They are from a part of Africa that has access to internet, so the chances of them being a more developed part of the region is pretty high. They may have access to a lot of the same tools we do, so I figured it was better to leave that part out and leave it more open to what the kids could discover with each other.
I am about to work on the map, should have it to you either tonight or sometime tomorrow (hopefully before 4pm) depending on how long it takes. I figured I would try to look up a path that a shipment would go to get to the place in Africa the other class and use that for our map. That is if that is possible. Otherwise I guess I'll just make one up?
Map Idea
I thought for our map idea, if you agree with Part A, would be to plot the path the mailed seeds would take to Africa. For instance, we would mail them from K-zoo, or where ever you live, the seeds would travel to the Chicago Airport to be flown to Africa. There are several airports in Nigeria- Port Harcourt, Calabar, Enugu, Lagos...just a few examples. What do you guys think?
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Assignment Part A
I have started Part A. You should have gotten an email inviting you to the paper. Please let me know if you haven't gotten it. I put you as able to edit so, you should be able to make changes as you see fit. I'm not sure how long it is supposed to be either. Thanks!
Monday, September 23, 2013
Assignment
I think we need to have a "penpal" in a country that has a different climate than ours. I was thinking Africa? We could have the kids compare what type of fruits and veggies they grow. Where they grow them, and how they take care of them. Any ideas? I work every weekend and will need to get working on this soon. I know everyone is busy.. I just want to make sure I do my share. Thanks!
Friday, September 20, 2013
Thursday, September 19, 2013
I think we are going to need websites that focus on gardening with kids, what types of vegetables to grow in Michigan, how to grow a garden, maybe some composting ideas? I like the idea of growing a vegetable soup garden. What do you guys think? We could grow the vegetables and then have a "festival" at the school where families can come and enjoy the vegetable soup that was grown by their children.
Here are three sites I will be reviewing: www.kidsgrowingstrong.org
www.kidsgardening.org
www.migarden.msu.edu
Thanks!
Here are three sites I will be reviewing: www.kidsgrowingstrong.org
www.kidsgardening.org
www.migarden.msu.edu
Thanks!
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Vegetable Garden
Do you guys think we should do a vegetable garden? I think it might be the easiest to do. That is my suggestion. I will post a new concept map with my ideas in the next few days. Please let me know if you have any ideas. Thanks!
Monday, September 16, 2013
Saturday, September 14, 2013
Friday, September 13, 2013
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Ideas???
Do either of you have any ideas for the concept map? I was thinking maybe a vegetable garden for an elementary school. The school could then use the vegetables for the lunch program. It could also be a themed garden. You could have the rabbit garden with carrots etc. Also, a butterfly flower garden is an idea.
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