ILearn/6 th Grade/Science Session 5 of 8 Modeling a Strong Lesson Using Google Earth and Weather Aps

Focusing Questions What does a strong lesson using Google Weather Aps and Layers look like? How can I use Google Weather Aps and Layers to create my own strong lesson?

Instruction

Framing The Session In this session, participants see an model of a strong lesson using Google Earth and Weather Aps and Layers. After seeing the lesson modeled, they will create their own strong lesson using Google Earth and Weather Aps and Layers.

Teaching First thing we have to do is make sure that all our aps and layers are turned off, so go into your task panes and make sure that nothing is turned on.

Turning on Weather Aps and Layers Time to turn on some Weather Aps First in the Weather Aps folder turn on the European Real- Time Lightning Strike Ap

Turning on Weather Aps and Layers Now in the Layers section, turn on the Populated Places layer

Open Your Double Entry Weather Document From the resource list, open the Double Entry Weather Document for documenting your observations and predictions

First Entry Look at the active weather aps and layers running. Think about what information you can see by looking at the globe. Based on the fact that the most recent lightning strikes appear white and the oldest are dark red, what can you deduce from the active lightning strikes?"

Second Entry Now we are going to turn on the Global Cloud Map application. What do you notice? As you can see, some of the lightning is grouped around the cloud masses. Why do you think this is? Why are there some lightning strikes not near the cloud masses? Think about these questions as you make your observations and predictions.

Third Entry Now we are going to turn on the World Metar's Tool. It will put in real time weather conditions that pilots around the world use to keep track of weather conditions. It has information that is very useful in letting pilots know what weather they will be flying into.

Third Entry Look at the METAR's Legend to locate one of the weather information updates. As you can see, it shows information like temperature, wind direction and speed, cloud information, and even present weather conditions. What does information tell you? What can you deduce from this information?

Guided Practice You just participated in a sample strong lesson using Google Earth and Weather Aps and Layers. Use the empty section of the double entry model document to come up with another layer or question or process to observe for your students. Complete your table as if you were the student and then make a prediction or interpretation. Once you have finished, copy the information from your Double Entry Document into your Google Notebook.

Work Time

Now that you have seen a strong lesson and have helped create a double entry model with your observations and predictions, it is time to start thinking about your own lesson. Use the skills taught in the past sessions to start working on your own "strong lesson" using Google Earth and Weather Aps.

Work Time Continued Step 1 – Review Lesson Ideas Gathered Step 2 – Review Tools and Applications covered in previous lessons Step 3 - Create a Strong Lesson using Google Earth and Weather Aps

Share

Today we learned how to use Google Earth and Weather Aps and Layers to teach a strong science lesson. You then used the modeled lesson to develop and create your own strong science lesson. Let’s look at some of the strong science lessons you created today. Share

What does a strong science lesson using Google Weather Aps look like? How can you use Google Weather Aps to teach an inquiry based lesson? Do you see any potential problems? Share

How does this work address the questions that began the session? Answers