2.+Planning+and+Preparation

2. Planning and Preparation Planning

Knowledge gaining: Students will gain knowledge of vertebrates and invertebrates by three different approaches. First they will watch the video titled "Vertebrates and Invertebrates at [] to introduce the topic. Next, they will go to [] and explore throughout the website. They will learn basic knowledge and see examples of vertebrates and invertebrates. Finally they will discuss what they have learned from the website with their peers in groups of five.

Knowledge organizing: Students will organize the knowledge they have gained by picking out of a can one slip of piece of paper that has one type of invertebrate or vertebrate on it. They will then research their topic at the previous website searching for the following information: Is it a vertebrate or an invertebrate? What are the characteristics of their animal? Does their animal breath? What kind of enviroment does their animal live in? List three interesting facts about your animal that you would like to share with the class. Finally the student will enter their information into a wiki for the class to see for the last day.

Knowledge sharing: Students go to the Questions, Concerns, and THoughts Blog and post a comment on their thoughts of the assignment. Students will also login to wikispaces and look at other students wiki pages. They will then respond to the pages they observed and type two things they learned from the page for each wiki the student observes. Students will post a reflection on the class Blog of the unit and what they have learned and what they liked about the unit. Preparation

Teacher will have to create a Vertebrates and Invertebrates wiki in pbwiki.com, two blogs at [|www.blogspot.com], creat links for the students to receive access to websites in wiki spaces.