UPT


 * Universal Planning Tool**

**Working Title**: Life Cycle of a Tsunami

**Content Standards**: Science Standard 9.1 Energy cannot be created or destroyed; however energy can be converted from one form to another.

AASL 21st Century Learner Standard 1 Inquire, think critically and gain knowledge. AASL 21st Century Learner Standard 2 Draw conclusions, make informed decisions, apply knowledge to new situations, and create new knowledge. AASL 21st Century Learner Standard 3 Share knowledge and participate ethically and productivity as members of our democratic society. AASL 21st Century Learner Standard 4 Pursue personal and aesthetic growth.

**Information Literacy/Inquiry Standards/21st c. Skills**: 1.1.1 Follow an inquiry-based process in seeking knowledge in curricular subjects, and make the real-world connection for using this process in own life. 1.1.2 Use prior and background knowledge as context for new learning. 1.1.4 Find, evaluate, and select appropriate sources to answer questions. 1.1.5 Evaluate information found in selected sources on the basis of accuracy, validity, appropriateness for needs, importance, and social and cultural context. 1.1.8 Demonstrate mastery of technology tools for accessing information and pursuing inquiry. 1.1.9 Collaborate with others to broaden and deepen understanding. 1.2.1 Demonstrate confidence and self-direction by making independent choices in the selection of resources and information. 1.3.1 Respect copyright/intellectual property rights of creators and producers. 1.3.3 Follow ethical and legal guidelines in gathering and using information. 1.3.4 Contribute to the exchange of ideas within the learning community. 1.4.2 Use interaction with and feedback from teachers and peers to guide own inquiry process. 1.4.3 Monitor gathered information, and assess for gaps or weaknesses. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">2.1.1 Continue an inquiry-based research process by applying critical-thinking skills (analysis, synthesis, evaluation, organization) to information and knowledge in order to construct new understandings, draw conclusions, and create new knowledge. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">2.1.2 Organize knowledge so that it is useful. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">2.1.4 Use technology and other information tools to analyze and organize information. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">2.1.5 Collaborate with others to exchange ideas, develop new understandings, make decisions, and solve problems. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">2.1.6 Use the writing process, media and visual literacy, and technology skills to create products that express new understandings. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">2.2.4 Demonstrate personal productivity by completing products to express learning. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">2.3.1 Connect understanding to the real world. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">2.4.2 Reflect on systematic process, and assess for completion of investigation. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">3.1.1 Conclude an inquiry-based research process by sharing new understandings and reflecting on the learning. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">3.1.2 Participate and collaborate as members of a social and intellectual network of learners. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">3.1.3 Use writing and speaking skills to communicate new understandings effectively. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">3.1.4 Use technology and other information tools to organize and display knowledge and understanding in ways that others can view, use and assess. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">3.2.1 Demonstrate leadership and confidence by presenting ideas to others in both formal and informal situations. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">3.2.2 Show social responsibility by participating actively with others in learning situations and by contributing questions and ideas during group discussions. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">3.2.3 Demonstrate teamwork by working productively with others. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">3.3.2 Respect the differing interests and experiences of others, and seek a variety of viewpoints. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">3.3.4 Create products that apply to authentic, real-world contexts. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">3.4.2 Assess the quality and effectiveness of the learning product. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">4.1.7 Use social networks and information tools to gather and share information. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">4.1.8 Use creative and artistic formats to express personal learning. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">4.3.1 Participate in the social exchange of ideas, both electronically and in person.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">**Purpose**: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">You have been invited by a fifth grade teacher to teach her students about the life cycle of a tsunami.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">**Essential Question connecting content to purpose**: How can we best communicate to fifth graders that a tsunami's energy is neither created nor destroyed, rather it is converted from one form to another?

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">**Work habits**: Students will work collaboratively as a team, networking with subgroups, follow directions, getting started, persisting, completing work, attending to details and accuracy, committing to neatness and presentability, managing time, organizing work, setting goals for improvement through accurate self-assessment, thinking creatively and critically.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">**Thinking skills**: Identify the accurate and complete information to share, make a plan for completing project including how to teach the topic and assess the results.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">**Formats of Products and/or Performances**: Wikispaces for student groups to post their work to be shared with fifth grade. Voicethread for interactive lesson and assessment. Narrated student created video of energy experiment.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">**Audience**: District fifth grade class and teachers, with possible expansion to a conversation with a class in Japan

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">**Role of learner in task**: Producer, Researcher, Storyboarder, Designer, Teacher, Marketer

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">**Instructional arrangement(s):** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">individual - students will have individual tasks to complete for their group. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">small group - groups will be assigned some aspect of the life of a tsunami to research and then teach to the fifth grade by posting on the Wiki and/or creating a Voicethread <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">large group - the whole group will participate in the model experiment that we will film and narrate to attach the the student created Wiki for fifth graders to see

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">**Technology or resources suggested**: Science text for information on energy conversions. Print and online resources in the library on tsunamis. World Book Online with read aloud capability. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Noodle Tools for online notetaking and bibliography - see Jing tutorial for teachers on home page. Voicethread - see Jing tutorial on home page. The following video about how a tsunami is formed and will support the hands-on experiment: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">[|National Geographic Video clip on Killer Tsunamis] For hands-on experiment: an aquarium with a stone and a dowel to push the stone Flip Video Camera to capture the experiment and student narration on film.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">**Collaborative teaching roles and responsibilities**: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Classroom teacher will introduce the assignment by reading the request from 5th grade teacher. Classroom teacher will use the science text and class discussions to begin work on how energy is converted. Classroom teacher will put students into heterogeneous groups for the project.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">LMS will model searching lessons for accessing information using databases. LMS will review Noodle Tools for creating bibliography and online notecards that can be shared with classroom teacher in a class dropbox. LMS will set up the Wiki and invite all students and teachers to be members. LMS and classroom teacher will introduce the Wiki and model how groups can add information to that collaborative site. LMS will coach Voicethread collaboration. LMS will have Flip Video Camera charged and checked out to classroom teacher when students are ready to film.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">**Timeline**: 2.5 weeks <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Project introduced in class and preliminary science background is set for the project - two class periods. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Class visits library for Noodle Tools review and to research - three class periods. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Groups visit the library and computer lab to add information to the Wiki and work on Voicethread - three class periods. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Class works in classroom on the experiment and the narration - two periods. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Experiment and Narration is filmed - one class period. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Film added to Wiki and groups do final edits of their work - one class period. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Self and group reflections - one class period.