2.+Planning+and+Preparation


 * Planning **
 * a. Knowledge gaining: **Students will gain the knowledge of what Global Warming is, how we contribute to global warming, and what global warming is doing to our habitat using several different approaches. First the students will watch a video and explore the added value websites that will introduce Global warming and how we contribute. Next students will be presented with discussion questions about Global Warming and answer them using a survey at monkeysurvey.com. Then the students will get put into a group to construct a wiki that they will present to the class the following information: about how we are affecting where we live, how we can solve the issue of Global Warming, and what they foresee about the future etc. After the students present their work they will individually use a wordle.net to show the key words and concepts that they learned while doing this project. Lastly, the students will write a minimum of a paragraph on the future, and how they personally feel about the topic and post their response on a blog.


 * b. Knowledge organizing: ** The students will individually watch a video and explore the added value websites introducing Global Warming: What it is, how we make things worse, etc. Next the students will answer comprehension questions about Global Warming. Next, the students will work in groups to research and organize the important information they find on the topic. Then the students will individually create a wordle using the key terminology from the project. Lastly, the students will write a paragraph discussing their feeling about Global Warming and what they feel the future will be like.


 * c. Knowledge sharing: ** Students will share their work in a variety of ways. First the groups will share their research through the use of a Wiki. Then, the students will individually create a wordle using wordle.net to display all the terms they used and what they believe to be most important, this too will be shared with the rest of the class.

1. Teacher will find added value websites and a video for the students to watch that covers what Global Warming, in case any student doesn't know a lot of information about Global Warming. 2. Teacher will have to create the discussion questions for the survey on monkeysurvey.com 3. Teacher will have to pre selected the groups for the students to be placed in (either 4 or 5 dependent on the class size). 4. Teacher will create a Global Warming wiki on **wikispaces.com** and give access to all the students so they can do their projects. 5. Teacher will go to wordle.net to create their own wordle to show to the students at the correct time, and so they are able walk them through the process. 6. Teacher will set up a new blog using blogger.com for Global Warming Reflection Paragraph.
 * Preparation **