Attach to folders. Allow students free exploration time of the sites, activities and final project. After free exploration reserve time for student questions. Review with the students the Activity Rubric and Group Reflection forms. Emphasize that these forms and all their work will stay in the portfolios.
Student groups begin their journey into the centers, which encourage student choice and interaction.
Facilitate, as needed monitoring the group s Portfolio Checklist and group reflection forms. On the days not in the lab maintain a group rotation schedule of one group on the computer, one meets with you, and the rest work independently. Additional group computer time may be acquired as your schedule permits. As students near the end of the centers, review the Gold Rush Unit Final Project and the Final Project Rubric. When students finish all the activities required as per the Portfolio Checklist, they are ready to begin their Gold Rush Unit Final Project.