Super Resources

Introducing Glogster

• Glogster [31UGEB]  http://edu.glogster.com/register?edu_type=student

• Sample Glogs: http://edu.glogster.com/glogpedia/?order=updated&discipline=182&=glogpedia-navigate-Social%20Studies

• As a Timeline Tool: http://kenyanmilly.edu.glogster.com/the-rise-and-fall-of-jim-crow/?=glogpedia-source

• Templates and More Ideas: http://edu.glogster.com/glogpedia?order=updated&discipline=298&subject=315&=glogpedia-navigate-templates

• A great example of a Glog: http://kitmcc.edu.glogster.com/moon-landing/

• Troubleshooting: http://edu.glogster.com/faq#part-a-18

• Excellent Book “How to Use Glogster” http://edu.glogster.com/download/glogster-edu-users-guide.pdf  (141 pages.)

Things to think about:

• What makes a good poster?
• How can I motivate students?
• Who will our audience be?

Other Possible Tools:

• VoiceThread
• Prezi

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Are you Curious?

Engage:  Meet RoVen. Curiosity.   How might Scientists collect data from Curiosity?  How might they display that data?

Explore: In small teams, drive the rover and calculate the distance traveled in a particular amount of time.

Elaborate:  Using Create A Graph, develop a digital graph of data to display results.  Review X, Y axis.

• Create a Graph
• Need more ideas? Bar Graphs Explained
• Another graphing tool

Evaluate:  Gallery walk. Display graphs and roam with team.  Write a positive feedback about graph on a Post-it.

Extend:   Calling all learners— when your graph is complete, check out the link of your choice! 

• How did Curiosity Land?
• Drive Your Own Mars Rover
• Where is Curiosity? 

Additional Teacher Resources:

• Sequence of Events: Instead of having kids put Billy and Susie’s trip to the store in order, what about having them investigate the steps the rover goes through to land?  Check out this amazing infographic.   Analyze the landings for speed changes or altitude and you’ve just worked in some math as well.
• Cause and Effect:  Looking at how the launch systems worked together and got Curiosity on it’s way to Mars is all about cause and effect.  What had to happen?
• Data & Patterns:  Encourage kids to investigate weights on other planets.  This site demonstrates weight differences.  Ask students to explore how the weights change, graph data, and analyze their findings.  Students might even explore weights on other planets.   Estimate what you think an object might weigh on Mars, then find out!  It’s real numbers, real data, and real learning.
• TeamBuilding:  What would happen if you had a blindfold on and tried to drive a “rover” also known on earth as a remote control car?  What would happen in a teammate guided you in driving that “rover”?  Collaboration!  Helping your students rely on each other will build your classroom community.  Giving them obstacles to navigate around can be a metaphor for the way you will navigate through obstacles to learn.
• Amazing collection of lessons from NASA Summer of Innovation.
• Mars Activity Guide
• Mars As Art: What about writing haikus or other poetry about these amazing artistic images?
• Kodu Game Lab