The Navigators!
Rationale (Theory):
Our group met together and talked about different topics. Once we decided on a topic we brainstormed activities and talked over ideas. We decided that we would each come up with an activity related to the TEKS that we chose and decided to regroup later. When we got back together we discussed our activities with each other and added other ideas that might be helpful in each other’s activities. We decided on geography because we realized that students often are not aware about the world that they live in. Children need to realize that understanding the geography of the land and world is an important part of living on this Earth.
Why did we choose this topic?
Children need to be more knowledgeable about the world around them.
It is a fun and interesting topic to explore.
This bulletin board fits in with geography in the social studies strands.
“Team Building” is presented by this group. We each took a part and pulled our own weight. We talked things over until we felt that everyone was comfortable with the topic and activities.
Gardeners Multiple Intelligence
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Linguistic |
For the compass game students can read each other the directions and or questions |
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Logical |
Students have to think and recall facts about landforms, oceans, continents, natural resources, the United States, and compass directions |
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Spatial |
Spatial intelligence was used throughout our activities in that many maps were used and children can manipulate those maps. |
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Musical |
N/A |
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Kinesthetic |
Children move around to “play” with the board and use fine motor skills such as using fingers and hands to manipulate objects |
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Intrapersonal |
Children have to think to themselves and understand one’s own limits on their abilities in recalling information and facts |
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Interpersonal |
Children use social skills to collaborate and talk when using the different activities. |
Blooms Taxonomy
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Knowledge |
Students located and identified landforms, continents, oceans, states, directions, and resources |
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Comprehension |
Students will answer questions that are in the lesson plan and the teacher facilitates |
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Application |
Students have to apply the use of a compass, use of following directions. |
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Analysis |
Students have to compare the different landforms and analyze the different locations of the world and the United States |
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Synthesis |
In the extension in the classroom student can create a travel itinerary. They can design a map using a compass and directions. |
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Evaluation |
Teacher will impose questions at the end of the lesson to evaluate knowledge and understanding |
Resources:
www.google.com
www.clipart.com
The Scrambled States of America by Laurie Keller
U.S. Almanac
The Look It Up Book of the 50 States by Bill Gutman
Supplies and Posters purchased at Southwest Teacher Supply
