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Lesson Title: **What causes the Copper River to be brown?** (Part 2, Online Collaboration)
Grade Level: 4th and 5th grades Subject area: Earth Science By Emily Million ** Goals ** Content Standards: Earth Science 4] SD2.1 observing models of how waves, wind, water, and ice shape and reshape the Earth’s surface by eroding rock and soil. (L) [4] SD2.2 identifying causes (i.e., earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, floods, landslides, and avalanches) of rapid changes on the surface

Writing: W2.1 Write two paragraphs on a Topic W2.2 Uses a variety of forms W2.3 Uses a variety of sentences/Proofread W2.4 Revise Writing/Provide Peer Feedback W2.5 Give Credit W2.6 Use resources

Math: The student demonstrates an ability to classify and organize data by [4] S&P-1 [designing an investigation and collecting L], organizing or displaying, __using appropriate scale,__ data in real-world problems (e.g., social studies, friends, or school), using bar graphs, __tables, charts, or diagrams with whole numbers up to 25__ (M6.2.1 & M62.2) The student understands and applies mathematical skills and processes across the content strands by [4] PS-5 using real-world contexts such as __social studies, friends, and school__ (M10.2.1 & M10.2.2)

Reading: R2.3 Read Text Aloud R2.1 Use structural analysis; determine meaning of unfamiliar words R2.4 Retell or restate information R2.5 Support main idea R2.6 Follow multi-step directions

ISTE NETS-S: 2. Communication and collaboration 3. Research and information fluency 4. Critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making 5. Digital citizenship

Instructional Objective(s): Students will get into groups of 4 and use their photos of the water samples and their graph from the previous lesson to describe their hypothesis about why the Copper River is brown using a wiki. Students will discuss the results using the wiki discussion forum.

**Action** Before-class Preparation: Place students in groups of 4. During Class: rubric for online discussion || rubric for online discussion ||
 * Time ||  Instructional Activities  ||  Materials and Resources  ||
 * 15 minutes || Teacher will go over the final wiki project rubric and discussion rubric as a class. || wiki rubric, discussion rubric ||
 * 10 minutes || Students will log in and create their group page on our class wiki. (Only one student per group can sign in at a time or edit) || student laptops (1 per group) ||
 * 30 minutes || Students will upload photos from field trip to the Copper River to the wiki page and make appropriate captions. || student laptops (1 per group) ||
 * 15 minutes || Students will upload their graph created from the last lesson to their wiki page. || student laptops (1 per group) ||
 * 30 -60 minutes || Students need to come up with a description of the experiments and share the outcomes of both. This is also on the wiki. || student laptops (1 per group) ||
 * 60 minutes || Students will record the research information that best describes why the Copper River is brown. They will need to have a bibliography table at the bottom of the wiki page to make sure the resources are cited correctly. || student laptops (1 per group) ||
 * 1-2 hours || Students will create their hypothesis of why the Copper River is brown. They will need to have at least two paragraphs and need at least 2 resources to support their hypothesis. || student laptops (1 per group) ||
 * 2-3 hours || After the groups are finished with their hypothesis, they will go to each of the other groups’ wiki pages and make discussion comments to each group. They will need to follow the rubric for online discussions. This is an individual component where every student needs to participate. To alleviate any problems with the wiki access, students will open a group’s main page and type out a comment or suggestion in a Word document and save it. When there is time, students can go and copy and paste their discussion. || student laptops (1 per person)
 * 1 hour || Students will be in groups and will comment on the discussion posts made to them. Students may have time to respond the last posts. || student laptops (1 per person)

**Monitor** Ongoing Assessments: Assessment of group members working together cooperatively with a rubric. Students understand how to effectively communicate through the use of a wiki.

Accommodations and Extensions: Some students will need extra support with the uploading of the pictures, graphs, and writing conclusions. Students could communicate with other classes with river access to compare similar projects. They also could be grouped with others and will use things like a Skype, a blog, or wiki to communicate. Students could also create a newscast describing why the Copper River is brown. They could do some of their footage by the river from the field trip.

Back-up plan: Students could write everything down on paper if the Internet or laptops weren’t working. They could make a poster (like a science fair project) to describe the steps used.

**Evaluation** Lesson Reflection and Notes: Completed activities will be graded using a rubric for the discussions on the wiki and the completed wiki page.