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Lesson #1

Introduction to the Planet Earth In this lesson we will introduce Planet Earth through a list of vocabulary words that you will need to know as we move forward in this Unit.

The Assignment: Please open the file attached below. In this file is the list of vocabulary words that you need to define. I have provided several Websites, also on this document, that I want you to read to help fill out your vocabulary sheet. There are several games that you can play and videos you can watch to help with your understanding of the vocabulary as well! If you cannot find the word in the websites provided below, you can go to google to search for that word!  For homework, please fill out 15 words of your choice and print out this worksheet to bring to class on Monday. We will complete the rest of the worksheet on Monday in class, by sharing with the class. If there are any words that have not be defined by anyone, we will use the class computers to search for the remaining words.

The Materials : You will need, a computer, a printer, a pencil, and a Great Attitude to complete this lesson.

The Technological Aspects:  The students will be able to gain a better understanding of how to use the internet as a resource for reading materials and finding information. Before the students would been using a book or newspaper as a resource. This way they can better understand the vast amount of information available for them on the internet. The students can gain a better understanding of the words they are defining with the use of online games to help cement their knowledge. Lastly the students will be able to practice their typing skills in a Word document, as they define several of the words for homework.

My Evaluation of the Lesson After it has Been Completed : Some of the students might not complete the homework, which will make the in class lesson take longer than I might have planned for. Some of the students might not have access to computers at home, so I would need to make sure the students have either more time to access the material in class or print them everything out before the weekend. There may have been several words that I forgot about or should have added. In that case the next time I use this lesson I would need to add the words.

My Concerns: Several of my concerns are included in the paragraph above. The important things that I will want to focus on, the students ability to learn in several different ways. I want to make sure that the students who are visual, audio, and kinesthetic learners have the ability to use technology and the internet in specific to learn. I want to make sure that if there is a type of student who has a different learning style that I find a way to accommodate them using this lesson.



Here is a great simple video introduction to our Unit, it has no words, just pictures and shows you some of the things we will be covering over the next weeks. media type="custom" key="9259722"