Life Science/Biology Ages 15-16 Learning Areas Levels Objectives Software Description Life Science/Biology Ages 15-16 To organise work on the school’s intranet to enable students to have easy access to tasks, to link resources and activities and to state outcomes for students. To encourage excitement for and knowledge of local ecology. To increase knowledge about global warming. To introduce skills of argumentation and critical analysis of webpages. Macromedia: Contribute. Microsoft Office (Word, Powerpoint, Excel), Microsoft Internet Explorer. All work is linked in tables on the the schools Intranet.As an introduction to Ecology students visited a National Garden and created a Powerpoint presentation on biomes studied. As an introduction to cycles in Nature they research aspects of global warming and its effects and were introduced to argumentation skills and critical analysis of webpages in the context of Ecology This Virtual Classroom Tour template has been provided so you can develop your own Virtual Classroom Tours. Use the template to record a special learning project that you have found particularly successful in your classroom. Then share the project with other teachers in your school, district or beyond. Here’s how: Follow the prompts on each slide and in the embedded Word documents in this PowerPoint template to insert your project information. When you have finished inputting all of the project information that is requested, delete the prompts. Select each one and press the Delete key. The first Word document, on slide 1, includes general information and does not need to be changed by you. Note: To enter the title of your Virtual Classroom Tour you must select View, Master, Slide Master, and enter it on the slide master. Then click Close Slide Master. This will cause the title to appear on each of the slides. As you are working on your Virtual Classroom Tour make sure that the Auto save feature of PowerPoint is turned off. This will help to prevent the size of your file from getting too large. Go to Tools, and Options. Click on the Save tab, and uncheck the box that says Save Autorecover info. Remember to manually save your work frequently! Author Documents Cheryl Douglas, Bishops, Cape Town South Africa.

Teacher Planning and Management Click the documents below to help you understand the context of this exemplary learning project: Background & Planning: A synopsis of the origin and objectives of the learning project, including the manner in which the project was planned and managed. Classroom Images: Images of the classroom to give you a better feeling for how the project was implemented. Open the Word documents at the bottom of each slide by double clicking the icons. Follow the prompts [in the yellow boxes] for inserting information about your learning project. Documents

Work Samples, Teacher and Student Reflection Click the documents below to see work samples and reflections from the teachers and students: Student Work Samples: Examples of student work generated through participation in this learning project. Teacher Reflection: Thoughts and reflective comments from the teachers involved, including advice for future implementations. Student Perspective: Comments on how the students perceived the learning that occurred. Open the Word documents at the bottom of each slide by double clicking the icons. Follow the prompts [in the yellow boxes] for inserting information about your learning project. Also, include student work samples with this slide. Here’s how: Be sure the work sample is a Microsoft Office document. From the Insert menu choose Object…. Select Create from File… and click Browse…. Find the file you want to include and click OK. Select Display as icon and click Change Icon… and add a suitable caption. Click OK to add the caption and click OK to embed the file. With the work sample icon selected, from the Slide Show menu choose Action Settings…. Select Object action: and from the drop-down list choose Open. Click OK. Position the Student Work Sample icon at the bottom of the slide. You can go to View, Grid and Guides, and click Display Grid on Screen for a grid on which to line up your icons. Documents

Teaching Resources Click the documents below to view the teaching resources used in the teaching of this learning project: Student Project Overview: An overview of required tasks. See ‘Scaffolding Biowork’ in”Work samples and Reflections’ for student tasks Other Teaching Resources: The Intranet sites contain links to Powerpoints that we bought from Biozone (www.thebiozone.com) and a large number of internet sites which cannot be linked to this document because their size. The link below shows the term planner for teachers On this slide, embed the student handouts and the resources created for this project. Some examples are a student project overview, Internet and other resources, directions for art projects, or instructions to students for peer editing of projects. To embed the resources, follow these steps: Have the resource document available. From the Insert menu choose Object. Select Create from File… and click Browse…. Find the file you want to include and click OK. Select Display as icon and click Change Icon… and add a suitable caption. Click OK to add the caption and click OK to embed the file. Position the document icon at the bottom of the slide. You can go to View, Grid and Guides, and click Display Grid on Screen for a grid on which to line up your icons. Documents

Assessment and Standards Click the documents below to see the assessment rubrics and standards cover in this learning project: Assessment Rubrics: Examples of assessment rubrics provided to students showing how the project was assessed. See ‘Scaffolding Biowork’ in”Work samples and Reflections’ for student tasks and rubrics Mapping the Standards: Mapping this project’s learning objectives against curriculum standards. National Educational Technology Standards for Students (NETS): Performance indicators for technology-literate students. Add any assessment materials you developed for the project to this slide. Have the resource document available. From the Insert menu choose Object. Select Create from File… and click Browse…. Find the file you want to include and click OK. Select Display as icon and click Change Icon… and add a suitable caption. Click OK to add the caption and click OK to embed the file. Position the document icon at the bottom of the slide. You can go to View, Grid and Guides, and click Display Grid on Screen for a grid on which to line up your icons. To include the Standards targeted through your learning project, open the Mapping the Standards document and then add your own standards at the bottom of the document. Links are included to help you search for local curriculum and technology standards. Documents