Give the learners a new and wider view of the concept by connecting to their personal knowing of the concept. Students will then sort and graph finds and email results to fourth graders. Provide a body of knowledge related to the concept. Provide a hands-on activity for practice and mastery of the elements of the concept. Students use their knowledge of bugs to create their own model bugs in colored clay.
Learners apply the concept to a constructivist project.
Fourth graders will place results of collection and classification activities on a web page. Students will create Quick Time Virtual Reality bug videos for web page. Refine and edit work. Students will make predictions about findings and research to validate them. Information will be shared on web page.