Journey to the Center of the Earth

Screencasting gives students a tool to demonstrate creativity and collaboration.

8th Grade is filled with some adventurous field trips .. this latest one takes you directly to the Center Center Center of the Earth Earth Earth!

Grab your astrosuit and climb aboard as two 8th graders narrate your journey through the Earth's Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, Sub Layers and  Inner Core. 

 

Typically, Mr. Heim's students complete a web quest to answer questions as a way to demonstrate their learning.  However, with the iPad, the screen casting app, Explain Everything opens up other possibilities that push students to use creativity in writing a script, in finding images to match their information and in producing an animated movie. This activity also involved a tremendous amount of collaboration through discussion/communication, research, decision-making and the creation process. The end result.. you have students who not only met the learning objectives, but who were able to successfully complete a higher order complex task in an engaging, purposeful way.

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Student Work: Charles Law by Shakespeare

Check out the work created by Medfield students:  Using the Puppet Pals App to learn about Charles Law

Typically to assess students' learning about a science concept, they're given the usual multiple choice /short answer quiz.  Not this time!  With iPads in hand and the Puppet Pal app, students were given the opportunity to expand and to push their imagination by developing a short animated puppet movie instead.


Who knew Shakespeare, Abraham Lincoln and science went together?!  
Watch how these eighth graders create a unique way of explaining their knowledge.

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