Science Standard VI.1
Matter and Energy: All students will
measure and describe things around us; explain what the world around us is made
of; identify and describe forms of energy; and explain how electricity and
magnetism interact with matter.
2. Social, ethical and
human issues
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Discuss basic issues related to responsible use of
technology and information and describe personal consequences of inappropriate
use.
5. Technology research
tools
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Students use technology to locate, evaluate, and
collect information from a variety of sources.
Objective:
1. Students
will be able to evaluate the information provided on various websites.
2. Students
will provide a summary of a website and create a question that can be answered
by visiting the site.
3. Students
will complete an electricity webquest.
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Computers with Internet access
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Word processing software
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Websites:
1. Pathfinder (scroll down to get to websites)
http://nb.wsd.wednet.edu/lmc/pathfinders/electricity_pathfinder.htm
2. Energy Quest http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/index.html
3. Sites that correlate
with McMillan/McGraw-Hill science text http://pages.xtn.net/~sped/gifted/activities/sci/science4.html#Electrical%20Energy
4. Electrical Energy
Sites http://www.oswego.org/staff/cchamber/resources/energy.cfm
When we first started
talking about energy, we discussed different types of energy and what we knew
about these types of energy. Today, we are going to explore some websites on
energy.
Students will work independently to evaluate websites about electricity and energy. To start out, log on to schoolnotes.com and click on Miss Herm’s page. Click on one of the websites and explore it for a few minutes. As you look at it, think about what you like about the website and why. How is the information provided on the site helpful to you? How does it help you to learn about electricity or energy? Based on what you have learned about energy and electricity, is the information on the site accurate? Is there information on the site that we did not learn about in class? Before you choose a website to write about, I would like you to look at ten different websites. You may find that some of the sites are not helpful to you, contain inaccurate information or are not functioning.
Once you have explored at least ten different sites, open a word document. Cut and paste the web address into your document. Write a short summary of why you liked the site and how it was helpful to you. Make up a question that can be answered by visiting the site and provide the answer as well.
Example:
http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/index.html
This site talks about different kinds of energy, including electricity, and has directions for experiments you can do with energy. It also has some neat games about electrical safety.
Question (From Frankenstein’s Lightning Laboratory): How is static electricity created?
Answer: Static electricity is created when an object gives up or gains electrons.
Try to write a question and answer for at least 3 different websites. When you are done, make sure your name is on your paper and print out one copy to hand in.
After the students have handed in their questions, look through them and select some to post on the schoolnotes.com site. Have the students type their questions on the site. When all the questions have been posted, the students can visit schoolnotes.com again to begin their webquest. To find the questions, click on Mr. Pantaleo’s name. There are ten questions posted, answer at least 8 of the questions, using complete sentences. I should be able to figure out what the question is from reading your answer. Open a word processing document to type your answers to the questions. You cannot answer the questions that you wrote.
Discuss the questions on
the webquest. What did you learn from
answering the questions? Which websites had the most useful information? Did
you find any websites that had incorrect information on them?
As you have seen, the Internet can be a very useful tool for finding information. There are many more sites you can explore to find out about electricity and energy in general.