Friday, April 12, 2013

Glass and Jamestown


Follow these directions:

1. Do a SEE-THINK-WONDER with this image. Come back AFTER your see-think-wonder is complete to follow the rest of the directions.

2. On an iPad, record on audioboo your "I think _______ because ______." statement. I will upload them to this blog to share your response with the class.

3. Use the text on this website (click here) to answer the following questions:

a. What was "one of the Jamestown colonists’ first attempts at industrialization and manufacturing in America"?
b. Based on our study of Jamestown so far, why do you believe that the "attempts were not successful" to bring in glass blowers?
c. How do we know today that there were glasshouses in Jamestown?
d. Think back to our DIG article about the discovery of Jamestown fort... What job/occupation did the people who found the glasshouses have?
e. Read about the image here. Write your "From my reading I now know that _____________." statement.

I think statements from classmates:





6 comments:

  1. Excellent interactive blog post. Thank you.

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  2. Mandy, this is an awesome activity! I focus a lot on making observations that will naturally lead to the steps of the scientific method!! I may also use this sort of thing with my blog!Great post!

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  3. I'm going to use this. Great lesson! :) Thanks for sharing Mandy.

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  4. Mandy, I really liked the strategy of " See - Think - Wonder". I think this a great way for the students to reflect on learning. I think kids have a hard time understanding how much they can learn through observations.This is a wonderful lesson!

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  5. Great Job. Love the student interaction, did the students like the use of the audioboo.

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    1. They loved it! I only had to model it once. I put them in pairs, they did their own pictures, recording, and title. I will for sure make use of this app again, it is much easier than other audio recordings I've used.

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